Codependency Support Group
Codependency is defined as someone who exhibits too much, and often inappropriate, caring for another person's struggles. A codependent person may try to change, or feel shame about their most private thoughts and feelings if they conflict with the other person's struggles. If you are on a journey towards self-love, this support group is for you. Join us and find others...
I went to my very first Al-anon meeting today.
When I first arrived I saw many people there and that made me feel much more comfortable. I went first up to get a cup of coffee and spoke to a guy there saying some reference to Al-anon and he said I was in an AA meeting, and then I found out the Al-anon was at the same time in a room farther back.
There I found Al-anon and I was still ten minutes early. It went very well and I am so glad that I went. It turned out to have 14 people there (over 50 at the AA meet) and five (5) of us were male and 9 female. Fortunately I like women better then Martians.
I was really worried that there would be a lot of young people 20-30 there but there was only one and the rest of them were like 30-50 which is more close to my age of 52.
I said a little to the group but fact is I said virtually nothing. Others talked and the meeting was one hour long and some of us lingered 15 minutes after.
One woman made a comment that I liked very much as she said her boundaries had been changing over the years and that really struck me. Boundaries is the biggest deal to me and I always have viewed boundaries as stationary but as soon as she said it I knew I was mistaken because of course our boundaries change and adapt as time and events go by.
So I went and I had a productive experience and I plan to go back.
When I first arrived I saw many people there and that made me feel much more comfortable. I went first up to get a cup of coffee and spoke to a guy there saying some reference to Al-anon and he said I was in an AA meeting, and then I found out the Al-anon was at the same time in a room farther back.
There I found Al-anon and I was still ten minutes early. It went very well and I am so glad that I went. It turned out to have 14 people there (over 50 at the AA meet) and five (5) of us were male and 9 female. Fortunately I like women better then Martians.
I was really worried that there would be a lot of young people 20-30 there but there was only one and the rest of them were like 30-50 which is more close to my age of 52.
I said a little to the group but fact is I said virtually nothing. Others talked and the meeting was one hour long and some of us lingered 15 minutes after.
One woman made a comment that I liked very much as she said her boundaries had been changing over the years and that really struck me. Boundaries is the biggest deal to me and I always have viewed boundaries as stationary but as soon as she said it I knew I was mistaken because of course our boundaries change and adapt as time and events go by.
So I went and I had a productive experience and I plan to go back.
and it is a social organization full of people trying to live as i try to live....
keep coming back!
hugs!