Summary: <br> How can we use our recovery tools to help us when our loved ones are suffering from mental illness? Is it harder when our loved one is our child? <br> <br> <br> <br> Roberta shares her experience, strength, and hope around these questions. Our conversation was guided by these questions.<br> <br> <br> <br> * How/when did you come to Al-Anon?* Give as much or as little of that journey as you wish.* How and when did you realize your daughter’s problems?* What was your initial reaction / response to them?* What program tools are you using to support her and to keep your own “sanity”?* Serenity Prayer* A place to go — program friends* Meetings — Zoom!* “This too shall pass” — the wave comes in and then it goes out* Podcast.* Loving Detachment* Acceptance* Boundaries (around what we can do)* Live in the moment — One day at a time.* Prayer* Hope (without expectations?)* What else?* How is this experience similar to your earlier experience with alcoholism?* How is it different?* How does the fact that she is your child and still a minor make a difference in * What you do?* What you feel you should do?* What you can do?* What others are telling you you should do?* What are your fears?* Where are you today, emotionally and spiritually?* What might you say to other parents who have similar struggles?<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Readings and Links<br> <br> <br> <br> We read from the Al-Anon pamphlet <a href="https://ecomm.al-anon.org/ItemDetail?iProductCode=P15&CATEGORY=PAMPHLETS">3 Views of Al-Anon</a>, the section titled :”An Open Letter from an Alcoholic”, and the book Discovering Choices, Chapter 10.<br> <br> <br> <br> A couple of listeners wrote about the podcast <a href="https://onbeing.org/series/poetry-unbound/">Poetry Unbound</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> A listener wrote in response to a question about using recovery to deal with food issues, recommending <a href="https://oa.org">Overeaters Anonymous</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> Upcoming topics<br> <br> <br> <br> Upcoming topics include “Service”, and “What qualifies your for Al-Anon?” Please call us at 734-707-8795 or email <a href="mailto:feedback@therecoveryshow.com">feedback@therecovery.show</a> to share on either of these topics.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Music from the Show<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> https://youtu.be/mI3au4KM4xM<br> Nina Simone – Feeling Good<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Rachel Platten – Fight Song<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Eminem – Not Afraid (Explict)<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Eminem – Not Afraid (Clean)<br> <br> <br> <br> <br>
