Think
When I lived with active addiction, everything I did seemed necessary from crisis to crisis. I was in survival mode. My life was similar to an emergency room triage. What is…
A Credit To Service
You were there to greet me as I came through the door, You listened to my story, though you’d heard it before, And as I recall at my meeting number…
Changing What I Can
Change! Well, I am learning that I definitely cannot change the addicts. I cannot make my addicted loved ones do anything they do not want to do. I cannot make them…
Carry The Message
When I first learned of my son’s addiction, I rode an emotional roller coaster. Nearly a year passed before I heeded the advice of my son’s Narcotics Anonymous sponsor, who…
Sponsorship
I have been blessed to find Nar-Anon through my family and friends whose addictions affected my well-being. I say blessed because it brought me to recovery and serenity, once I…
Healthy Boundaries
Today, I am learning the importance of setting healthy boundaries for myself. I learned from past experiences that all my efforts to control and change my addicted loved one by pleading, crying,…
Praise
As a child growing up with seven boys, grandparents, my mother, and aunt, there was little, if any, praise. Everything I did or accomplished was dutifully expected of me. I…
Step Twelve
I have been in Nar-Anon for a few years and continue to be excited about what I hear and see at meetings. I love to watch the new members grow.…
Tradition Twelve – Anonymity
It was a leap of faith for me to start a Nar-Anon Family Group. The request to start a meeting had come from an unlikely source – my son, who…
New Way To Live And Trust
Many mornings I wake up full of fear. My fears are not based on my present circumstances, as I am safe and warm in my bed. My thoughts are either…