nice to meet you marti. thank you for your encouraging words. i did go to a
meeting in mt vernon yesterday and plan to go to the one st. morning. nice to
hear your spouse is sober. God bless you both. take care. i will keep you in
my prayers.

Marti55379 <marti55379@...> wrote: Hello Stacey!

My name is Marti, and I grew up in Pleasant Plains, Ill., and used to go to
Salem often when I was young.

I know that there are few meetings in that area, but there are many more
meetings in Springfield, if you really need the fact-to-face contact. I
presently live in a little town outside of Minneapolis, MN. I have to travel
sometimes 15-25 miles to find a healthy meeting.

To give you a little background, I am also from an alcoholic family, married
one, and I too have had my bout with the stuff. I am now married to a sober
alcoholic, and we share the love and benefits of that sobriety together one
day at a time. I am now in my late 40's, and a full-time student.

The program has brought me great joy, and opened my eyes to many things I
would have never been able to see without the help of my sponsor, and a
great many friends. I have been around the program for quite a few 24-hours,
and it is not only an honor, but a necessity to share my experience,
strength, and hope with newer people in the program. As they told me in the
beginning, in order to keep it, you have to give it away, just as it was
freely given to you. Please feel free to email me, and I will be happy to
share with you what I can. God Bless you.

All my best,

Marti K.

Shakopee, MN

-----Original Message-----
From: chicagoalanon@yahoogroups.com [mailto:chicagoalanon@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of staceystaceykershaw
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 9:46 AM
To: chicagoalanon@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [chicago alanon] hello

hi everyone. i am a new member and so happy to find this sight. i was
raised by an alc. married one, married another one, my best friend is
an alc, and so is my sister. both of my adult children are drinkers,
and i in my great wisdom decided if you cant beat them join them at
age 33 and started drinking myself. thank god i had the groups and
council over the last 30 years on and off, it didnt take me long to
figure out what a problem drinking could turn into for me if i kept it
up. i am 42 now. no longer an enabler, but still dont follow my own
advice to others dealing with this. i am looking forward to visiting
with others on line. i live in salem illinois and their are very few
alonon meetings near by. hope everyone is well today. god bless.

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