November 29 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON
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November 29 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON
November 29 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON:
In one of the Al-Anon leaflets, the following hard-to-believe statement is made: “A drinking problem in the home can often be more easily recognized by the wife’s behavior than by that of the drinker.”
Isn’t this an inevitable consequence of our turbulent emotions, our despair and uncertainty? Isn’t it proved by our futile efforts to outwit the alcoholic, to compel him to stop drinking and meet his responsibilities? This self-imposed struggle to control the uncontrollable is certainly not rational!
Once we experience the effects of applying the Al-Anon program, and observe the miraculous changes that take place in the attitudes of our Al-Anon friends, we can look back thankfully that we, too, are improving our relationships.
TODAY’S REMINDER
As I see the progress I have made, it becomes clear to me that many of my earlier habitual reactions needed to be transformed into normal mature behavior. The only possible way to improve the conditions of one’s life is to improve one’s emotional condition.
“Most of the things I did, in anger and frustration, only made matters worse. Now I am learning to let go.”
In one of the Al-Anon leaflets, the following hard-to-believe statement is made: “A drinking problem in the home can often be more easily recognized by the wife’s behavior than by that of the drinker.”
Isn’t this an inevitable consequence of our turbulent emotions, our despair and uncertainty? Isn’t it proved by our futile efforts to outwit the alcoholic, to compel him to stop drinking and meet his responsibilities? This self-imposed struggle to control the uncontrollable is certainly not rational!
Once we experience the effects of applying the Al-Anon program, and observe the miraculous changes that take place in the attitudes of our Al-Anon friends, we can look back thankfully that we, too, are improving our relationships.
TODAY’S REMINDER
As I see the progress I have made, it becomes clear to me that many of my earlier habitual reactions needed to be transformed into normal mature behavior. The only possible way to improve the conditions of one’s life is to improve one’s emotional condition.
“Most of the things I did, in anger and frustration, only made matters worse. Now I am learning to let go.”
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