MAY 18 and 19 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON:
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MAY 18 and 19 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON:
MAY 18 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON:
Once upon a time, a woman came to Al-Anon to find out how to make her husband stop drinking. She was extremely well-informed about alcoholism; she’d read a lot of books. Now she aws about to give Al-Anon a chance.
After six months of attendance at meetings, and reading all the Al-Anon literature, she could certainly talk wonderful Al-Anon, except that she wasn’t really powerless over anything. She had her way of using the program.
She went to AA open meeting and made friends. She introduced them to her husband (when he could navigate enough to go to a meeting with her). In time, she built up quite a stable of sponsors for him. Every day, she’d call somebody to remind him to call her husband, to come over and talk to him, or to take him to a closed meeting.
Her husband was dragged off to seven meeting a week. He agreed with everyone that AA was great. He wa a mechanized puppet, powered by his wife’s Determined Will. When it was discovered that she had set up a Great Big Multi-Sponsor Operation, the sponsors bowed out.
She wasn’t powerless. Oh No! But her husband kept on drinking, It was the only way the poor man could escape from the Terrible Domestic Powerhouse.
MAY 19 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON:
The newcomer to Al-Anon is looking for answers to a problem. The questions often begin with these two words: “WHAT IF…” What if we lose our home. What if he has an accident with the car? What if he stays out all night, loses his job, gets into fights, goes to jail? What if…?
In Al-Anon, we call this “projecting” – looking into the future and trying to imagine what may happen. The future – even as close as tomorrow – is a closed book. We cannot know what it holds, and the more we look for disaster, the more we invite it. Because the past has been unhappy is no index that the future will continue to be. This is something only God knows, and we would do well to trust in His loving wisdom and root out all our thoughts that “things can’t get better.”
Today’s Reminder
It is health to the mind and body to look to the future with confidence. Lifting up our hearts is better preparation for disappointments, if they should come. Negative anticipating only increases the impact of unhappy incidents. Let’s improve the outlook!
“ ’The thing that I have greatly feared has come upon me…’ says the Bible. I will not give reality to trouble that may never come.”
Once upon a time, a woman came to Al-Anon to find out how to make her husband stop drinking. She was extremely well-informed about alcoholism; she’d read a lot of books. Now she aws about to give Al-Anon a chance.
After six months of attendance at meetings, and reading all the Al-Anon literature, she could certainly talk wonderful Al-Anon, except that she wasn’t really powerless over anything. She had her way of using the program.
She went to AA open meeting and made friends. She introduced them to her husband (when he could navigate enough to go to a meeting with her). In time, she built up quite a stable of sponsors for him. Every day, she’d call somebody to remind him to call her husband, to come over and talk to him, or to take him to a closed meeting.
Her husband was dragged off to seven meeting a week. He agreed with everyone that AA was great. He wa a mechanized puppet, powered by his wife’s Determined Will. When it was discovered that she had set up a Great Big Multi-Sponsor Operation, the sponsors bowed out.
She wasn’t powerless. Oh No! But her husband kept on drinking, It was the only way the poor man could escape from the Terrible Domestic Powerhouse.
MAY 19 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON:
The newcomer to Al-Anon is looking for answers to a problem. The questions often begin with these two words: “WHAT IF…” What if we lose our home. What if he has an accident with the car? What if he stays out all night, loses his job, gets into fights, goes to jail? What if…?
In Al-Anon, we call this “projecting” – looking into the future and trying to imagine what may happen. The future – even as close as tomorrow – is a closed book. We cannot know what it holds, and the more we look for disaster, the more we invite it. Because the past has been unhappy is no index that the future will continue to be. This is something only God knows, and we would do well to trust in His loving wisdom and root out all our thoughts that “things can’t get better.”
Today’s Reminder
It is health to the mind and body to look to the future with confidence. Lifting up our hearts is better preparation for disappointments, if they should come. Negative anticipating only increases the impact of unhappy incidents. Let’s improve the outlook!
“ ’The thing that I have greatly feared has come upon me…’ says the Bible. I will not give reality to trouble that may never come.”
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