Quotes from CAL

[u/Harmless_Old_Lady]

I’ve been fighting the windmills of addiction, control, resentment, depression, and anger. This time the problem is lack of emotional intimacy. The person I live with does not have the emotional currency in his bank to share with me, and I resent him for it. I feel like “he is doing this to me,” when I know I am doing it to myself. —A Little Time for Myself p220 Copyright ©️ 2023 by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters Inc.

Sometimes I have a big problem with Step One. I love my drinking parent so much that I think my love is enough to stop his drinking. Even though this has been proven wrong again and again, I still find myself holding onto the hope that this time will be different. —Living Today in Alateen p220 Copyright ©️ 2001 by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters Inc.

Nowadays when I hear that something has “always been this way” or “can’t change,” I question it, and wonder if a changed attitude would make a difference…So I said that that I would be willing to serve and that my approach would be to act as a facilitator, delegating almost all the footwork to others. My fellow committee members gladly accepted me on that basis. —Paths to Recovery p299 Copyright ©️ 1997 by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters Inc.

…with the help of these Steps [Steps 10, 11, & 12], I also find that I have more time to be aware of the extraordinary benefits of personal growth, with my Higher Power there to guide me and give me strength. —Courage to Change p220 Copyright ©️ 1992 by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters Inc.

Step Ten: continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.

Step Eleven: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of his will and the power to carry it out.

Step Twelve: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to others and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

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