Keep The Focus On Myself
After attending Nar-Anon meetings for a while, my greatest secret wish was that my partner would embrace recovery and get clean. I kept my mouth shut – white knuckling it,…
Halt
The acronym reminds me that when I am Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired, I am not taking care of my needs. If I am enmeshed with my addicted loved one,…
The Power Of A Meeting
My son, in his addiction, was not in the habit asking me for favors. Then he called to inform me that he had been asked to leave a transient hotel in…
A Newcomer’s Poem
My girlfriend was enabling her addicted son and his addicted girlfriend. Her denial was allowing the addicts to become an issue between us. It was destroying our relationship, as well as my…
Changing My Mind
Ever since I heard the words, “I am a drug addict, and I need help,” my life has changed dramatically. I never would have thought that the man I married,…
Calm
Since attending Nar-Anon, I can see that to give opinions, advice, and money to the addict is a message that I do not trust the addict’s ability to mature and manage…
Sharing
Before Nar-Anon, I was always hiding my innermost thoughts. I did not want to bring them to the surface. Revealing my thoughts to others made them seem trivial. However, the…
Detachment
At my first Nar-Anon meeting, people referred to “detachment.” I remember how foreign that word sounded to me. I remember thinking, “How do I do that?” I left the meeting…
Growing Up
The Nar-Anon shared experience has assisted me in healing my weak points and recognizing my assets. Working Step Four is difficult, but necessary, in this evolving process… *The Daily…
Step Ten In Jail
Time in the Nar-Anon program gave me a false sense of security. Everyone told me what a great program I was working. I had accepted that I could not change…