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Lin
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USA
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Posted - 11/20/2007 :  03:59:41  Show Profile Send Lin a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I have been a worrier all my life. Will my dad come home drunk? Will they get in another fight? Will one of them kill the other? Will one of them leave us? Will my dad rage? And it want to very unrelated things...will I pass this test? Will that cute boy ask me out? WillI have a good time at the dance? As I grew up and marriend an alcoholic, my worries continued. Will he be drunk tonight? Will he pass out so I can get some sleep? Will he have an accident and hurt somebody else or himself?

My worries became obsessioins.

In AlANon I have recognized that worry over such things is futile. What will be, will be. ANd the terrible endings I worry abut seldom happen. Probably 98% of the time, the things I worry the most about never happen.

What has changed? I have learned to rely on my HP. I turn these worries over to God as soon as I realize I am worrying. I have gained strength and confidence. I know today that I can make good decisions. I also kow HE is beside me to deal with whatever each day brings. Let Go and Let GOD is the slogan that helps with this the most for me. I can give them to GOD. I use a God box.

I also find gratitude in things around me. I pray for situations and people that are standing in the way of my serenity. I journal. I write down what is buggin me and read it over and over. Invariably it turns out to be me making a mountain out of a molehill. And my worries don't seem so bad. One day at a time. Deal with today and let tomorrow happen tomorrow. I'll deal with that then.

Are you a worrier? How do you deal with it?

LIN

Jeanne
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Posted - 12/08/2007 :  08:07:02  Show Profile Send Jeanne a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Do you believe I can still remember my 1st grade teacher telling me I was going to grow up to be a worry wart? It stuck too until about two months ago. I realized my worry doesn't help, but only about two months ago had I realized how it has taken its toll on me. I would say I am letting go and letting God, but I always kept just a little bit of it. I can only do what I can do, and leave the rest up to God...it has taken me this long to really know He is in control anyway.. Jeanne
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Lin
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USA
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Posted - 12/10/2007 :  19:11:53  Show Profile Send Lin a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Thanks for the reply. I understand and agree. Let Go and Let God does help us let go od worry.

Do you ever feel like you are waiting for th other shoe to drop? I've had that feeling alot in my life. When things are going well, I expect the roof to fall in any minute.

Isn't it wonderful to place that in HIS hands these days and not have to WORRY abotu everything and everybody???

LIN
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Jeanne
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Posted - 12/13/2007 :  21:19:28  Show Profile Send Jeanne a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I have felt a lot too that the other shoe is going to drop any time now. How about when things come in 3's...I really hate thinking about that. I was really worried about a couple of things not too long ago...I had to hand it over or go crazy. In a couple weeks things started happening that were really positive. I could feel this burden literally lifting off of my shoulders. It is wonderful placing my worries in HIS hands. Jeanne
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Lin
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USA
352 Posts
Posted - 12/20/2007 :  04:10:02  Show Profile Send Lin a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I always her that thing about "coming in threes". A couple of months ago I went tot he funeral home twice in abtu 10 days for people who had committed suicide. I kept hoping that was not one of those THREE things. I did have to go to the funeral home a few days later, but it was someone who died of natural causes...peacefully in their sleep.

You are right on Jeanne...turing our worries over to our HP can relieve us of the burden. Most of what I worry about never happens anyway.

thanks so much for replying. I post and post and wonder if anybody even reads them because I rarely get replies.

LIN
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Woody
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USA
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Posted - 12/20/2007 :  11:38:57  Show Profile  Send Woody an AOL message  Click to see Woody's MSN Messenger address Send Woody a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I read all your posts Lin, just so you know.
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Lin
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USA
352 Posts
Posted - 12/21/2007 :  17:41:23  Show Profile Send Lin a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Thanks Woody. I appreciate knwing SOMEBODY reads them LOL

I posted yesterday abtou a shocking phone call we got. It's been turning our lives upside down for 2 days now. Not one person even replied to it. It was like..SO WHAT???

LIN
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