June 27 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON
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June 27 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON
June 27 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON:
We who really try to use the Al-Anon program have various reasons to be grateful as we see the results. This was one member’s experience, which she told her friends at a meeting.
Her greatest difficulty concerned her children. “I never knew what to do about them when my husband came home drunk and disorderly. I felt they should be shielded from violence, yet overprotection wouldn’t be good for them. I didn’t want to influence them against their father; I knew he loved them, and they, him.
“I found all the answers in Al-Anon. I made sensible explanations about their father’s illness and found them naturally compassionate. I avoided scenes by not allowing my frustrations to erupt into anger. I tried hard to be consistent and fair to them. The results have been everything I hoped for, and I am so grateful to Al-Anon for this.”
TODAY’S REMINDER
Our children are a FIRST THING to consider FIRST. Our attitude is the key to a successful family relationship – and their normal growing up.
“And above all, I never use the children as pawns in any conflicts. They respond so well to respect.”
We who really try to use the Al-Anon program have various reasons to be grateful as we see the results. This was one member’s experience, which she told her friends at a meeting.
Her greatest difficulty concerned her children. “I never knew what to do about them when my husband came home drunk and disorderly. I felt they should be shielded from violence, yet overprotection wouldn’t be good for them. I didn’t want to influence them against their father; I knew he loved them, and they, him.
“I found all the answers in Al-Anon. I made sensible explanations about their father’s illness and found them naturally compassionate. I avoided scenes by not allowing my frustrations to erupt into anger. I tried hard to be consistent and fair to them. The results have been everything I hoped for, and I am so grateful to Al-Anon for this.”
TODAY’S REMINDER
Our children are a FIRST THING to consider FIRST. Our attitude is the key to a successful family relationship – and their normal growing up.
“And above all, I never use the children as pawns in any conflicts. They respond so well to respect.”
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