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Addiction & Recovery

cally

(21,730 posts)

3. I stayed in my relationship

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Tue May 14, 2013, 10:14 PM

May 2013

and my husband chose to not go to al anon. It's taken work, much communication, and willingness to change on both our parts. After 6 years, I often hear my husband use AA sayings and certainly uses many of the tools without quite knowing where he got it.

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Relationship changes in recovery [View all] irisblue May 2013 OP

I can share this with you... dixiegrrrrl May 2013 #1

Remember this tired old saw? libodem May 2013 #2

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2013 #9

I stayed in my relationship cally May 2013 #3

Somehow Old Codger May 2013 #4

i (we) practice the 12 Traditions in our relationship NMDemDist2 May 2013 #5

There wasn't a chance in hell that my relationship would survive. Iggo May 2013 #6

still sober and clean. 6 months irisblue May 2013 #7

congrulations dear IrisB NMDemDist2 May 2013 #8

I wasn't, but the relationship died for reason's other than my codependency tavalon Jun 2013 #10