Detaching With Love
I think I am finally beginning to realize an important goal of the Nar-Anon message, to accept I have no control over the drugs or over the addict, and to…
Kindness
My life experiences taught me to suspect and question the kindness of others. I thought there would always be a price to pay when someone was kind to me or…
Coping With Active Addiction
I believe that someone with an active addict in his or her life must have invented Caller ID. Before attending Nar-Anon, I did not know I had a choice. I…
Never Too Late To Learn
Looking back on my life, I do not think there was ever a time that I did not live with active addiction. My father was an addict who my mother…
Nothing I Do Changes The Addicts Choice
I divorced my husband of eight years after he broke my arm in a drunken rage. He received jail time for domestic violence and I was sentenced to a Twelve…
Slow Down
I came to Nar-Anon confused and anxious to get my addict into recovery. This, I had decided, was the answer to all our problems. I listened to the readings and…
Higher Power
I never realized I was lonely and isolated before coming to Nar-Anon. I spent days by myself because I did not think anyone would understand me or the problems I…
Facing Reality
The reality that my loved one is an addict and has a disease is a tough reality to face. It is hard for me to have much hope, when the…
Slogans At Work
Live and Let Live is a two-part slogan. Because of my experience with addiction, I had to work the second part of this slogan “let live” first. Before I came…
Think
Before I joined Nar-Anon and learned about the slogan “Think,” I was at the beck and call of the addict. Whatever he asked: Fix the car, go to the store,…