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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 331745" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Thank you all (and my little sister) for urging me to attend an Alanon mtng. </p><p> </p><p>Every single person there knew what Asperger's was. </p><p>Wow.</p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/surprise.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":surprise:" title="surprise :surprise:" data-shortname=":surprise:" /></p><p> </p><p>I bought the book they are using. So many AA type books speak in generalities, but this had a lot of specifics that really hit home and I was blown away.</p><p> </p><p>At first, I was afraid it was the wrong mtng, because they said it was a "closed" mtng, meaning that only people with a direct relationship with-an alcoholic could attend. I thought, heck, my mom is dead and most of the other alcoholics I know are dead, so I won't be accepted. Then one woman clarified, "If you are a student writing a paper, we would refer you to another mtng."</p><p> </p><p>"Oh. I wanted to deal with-detachment issues."</p><p> </p><p>They all burst out laughing and said, "You're in the right place!"</p><p> </p><p>They passed around the book, ea person read a selection and stopped at will whenever they got to a point that struck a chord, and brought up a personal issue to which it referred. The 3 readers b4 me all had great points that gave me ideas, and when they got to me, I read two paragraphs, then got to a good stopping point, and said, "I forgot, my mom was an alcoholic and I'm a 'fixer' person like you, and that definitely plays into my need to 'fix' my son and rescue my cousin."</p><p> </p><p>Duh.</p><p> </p><p>Just when you think you've put it all away in a locked cave somewhere ...</p><p> </p><p>The lady sitting next to me is also a writer, and has a kid with-cerebral palsy and social issues, and we're having lunch in 2 wks, and the lady across from me was a school administrator, another mom has a spec needs kid but she got away b4 I could talk to her, and, and, and ... why was I networking in Rotary Club all these years??????</p><p> </p><p>My purse is overflowing with-biz cards and referral numbers!</p><p> </p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/Graemlins/9-07bravo.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bravo:" title="bravo :bravo:" data-shortname=":bravo:" /><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/bigsmile.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bigsmile:" title="big smile :bigsmile:" data-shortname=":bigsmile:" /><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/faint.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":faint:" title="faint :faint:" data-shortname=":faint:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 331745, member: 3419"] Thank you all (and my little sister) for urging me to attend an Alanon mtng. Every single person there knew what Asperger's was. Wow. :surprised1: I bought the book they are using. So many AA type books speak in generalities, but this had a lot of specifics that really hit home and I was blown away. At first, I was afraid it was the wrong mtng, because they said it was a "closed" mtng, meaning that only people with a direct relationship with-an alcoholic could attend. I thought, heck, my mom is dead and most of the other alcoholics I know are dead, so I won't be accepted. Then one woman clarified, "If you are a student writing a paper, we would refer you to another mtng." "Oh. I wanted to deal with-detachment issues." They all burst out laughing and said, "You're in the right place!" They passed around the book, ea person read a selection and stopped at will whenever they got to a point that struck a chord, and brought up a personal issue to which it referred. The 3 readers b4 me all had great points that gave me ideas, and when they got to me, I read two paragraphs, then got to a good stopping point, and said, "I forgot, my mom was an alcoholic and I'm a 'fixer' person like you, and that definitely plays into my need to 'fix' my son and rescue my cousin." Duh. Just when you think you've put it all away in a locked cave somewhere ... The lady sitting next to me is also a writer, and has a kid with-cerebral palsy and social issues, and we're having lunch in 2 wks, and the lady across from me was a school administrator, another mom has a spec needs kid but she got away b4 I could talk to her, and, and, and ... why was I networking in Rotary Club all these years?????? My purse is overflowing with-biz cards and referral numbers! :applause::bigsmile::faint: [/QUOTE]
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