Gratitude...
1. I love creative people ~ they inspire me ~ what a gift
2. Laughter
3. Friends
4. Being OK with being one among many
5. Giving back to others
6. Diet Cranberry Ginger Ale
7. Chai
8. A full life
9. Many books to read
10. New friends and old on Facebook ~ I think I'm addicted :)
11. Not giving up
12. John and Reid ~ they make me laugh every day
Did you know...
How Alateen Came to Be a Part of Al-Anon
Teenage children in the families of alcoholics soon realized that their problems differed from those of adult members. In 1957, Alateen grew out of this need. A 17-year-old boy, whose father was in AA and mother in Al-Anon, had been fairly successful in trying to solve his problems by applying the AA Steps and slogans.
With his parents’ encouragement, he asked five other teenagers with alcoholic parents to join him in forming a group to help other teenagers. The idea caught on, and the number of groups began to grow.
Al-Anon and Alateen
Shades Of Me
Shades of Books I've Read ~ 2009
Shades Of Books I've Read~ 2008
- A Brief History of ANXIETY ~ Memoir
- A Piece of Cake ~ Memoir
- Beautiful Boy ~ Memoir
- Blackout Girl ~ Memoir
- Come Back ~ Memoir
- Drunkard ~ Memoir
- Escape ~ Memoir
- Falling Leaves ~ Memoir
- Grace After Midnight ~ Memoir
- In My Skin ~ Memoir
- Lady Q ~ Memoir
- Leaving Dirty Jersey ~ Memoir
- Life Is So Good ~ Autobiography
- Prisoner of Tehran ~ Memoir
- Save Me From Myself: How I Found God, Quit Korn, Kicked Drugs, and Lived to Tell My Story ~ Memoir
- The Bookseller of Kabul ~ Current Affairs
- The Glass Castle ~ Memoir
- The Night of the Gun ~ Memoir
- The Secret Life Of Bees ~ Novel
- Traci Lords Underneath It All ~ Memoir
- Tweak ~ Memoir
- Wasted ~ Memoir
- Yakuza Moon ~ Memoir
Shades of Links
Followers
Shades of Friendship
- 1DoorAwayFromHeaven
- AlcoholicBrain
- AlcoholicDiary
- ALittleBirdToldMe
- AnotherSoberAlcoholic
- AReasonASeason
- AttitudeOfGratitude
- BigSkymAAckdAAddy
- EnjoyToday
- FellowTraveler
- GratitudeNugget
- HandInHandWithTheSpirit
- HigherPowered
- JDSober
- JilliJava
- MySoberLife
- OneSoberAlcoholic
- OutrightMentalDefective
- PrincessPowerless
- RecoveryRoad
- SoberChick
- SoberNewJersey
- SoberNuggets
- SobrietyIsExhausting
- ThingsI'mGratefulFor
- TodAAy
- VicariousRising
- WhatIsYourDeepestFear
- YouAndMeAreFloating
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8 comments:
hey! i didn't know about alateen. makes perfect sense though. i'm glad there's something like that out there.
I have to know where you find diet cranberry ginger ale. My favorite drink in the entire world is diet ginger ale and I love love love cranberry juice. Please tell me!!!
Thanks Gwen. Al-Ateen is a great program. I like the daily readers for them as well. Simple but right to the point.
My daughter was an Alateen in 1975. I was still a blubbering one-year idiot (so what has changed?) in A.A.
Great list,, and thanks to Al-anon and Alateen, it has helped so many heal from our addictions.
thanks for the poke
I love diet ginger ale and the cranberry stuff is great...it's at our Krogers here in WV. I love books, I love friends, facebook is great! What a great list!!!
Your posts are always so short..and sweet Gwen!!
Thank you for sharing xo
nifty alateen story... great program!
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