I can choose to be peaceful. I can choose my attitude and behavior. No one makes me have a particular response. It is up to me.
Higher Power
Service – What’s Your Service Journey?
Al-Anon’s very existence is dependent on the third guiding principle, SERVICE. It is how the rooms of Al-Anon remain open and ready to help others who suffer from the effects of someone else’s drinking. But service is so much more than that. It is an important tool that, when used, builds self-confidence and self-esteem, brings […]
Dealing with Pain
Dealing with pain whether physical, mental, or emotional can be very difficult especially when it is long lasting. When in its throes it is easy for me to become depressed, to feel there is no hope it will ever end, that I can’t keep going and I become incapacitated.
Doubt and Love
Doubt is a part of my life and relationship with my Higher Power. Love is a force, a force of good in this universe, and it is my Higher Power. It is something much more powerful than I. Love works miracles. Yet, I doubt it is here to take care of me or that it cares about what goes on in this world, let alone my little life.
Can I Trust That All is Well?
I find I sometimes lack trust and faith that all is well no matter what is going on. To know my Higher Power has the answers to my problems and I will become aware of those answers when it is time for me to know, this is my hope.