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​Ah, the holidays! Tables full of food, houses full of family, and minds full of stress. Here are some strategies for keeping your serenity intact.
  • Make a phone call to a friend in the program.​
  • Do something nice for yourself, like a massage, afternoon tea with Al-Anon friends, or something else.
  • Keep your Higher Power with you at all times. Sit down, shut up, and SMILE!
  • Take time for yourself. Make some time alone… a cup of tea, a nice bath or shower. Relax for a few minutes.
  • Use the Serenity Prayer as your mantra.
  • Remember “How Important Is It?” “Let Go and Let God”. Get to a meeting or a phone.
  • Start your day in prayer and remember your gratitude at the end of the day.
  • Make sure you have a phone list from one of your meetings. Sometimes a phone call may not be necessary, but you have the option to text.
  • Stop! Think! Easy Does It!
  • Take care of YOU!  HALT and First Things First!
  • BREATHE!
  • Easy Does It! How Important Is It?
  • Keep It Simple! You can reinvent your holidays! Start new traditions. It doesn’t have to look like your past or anyone else’s. Give yourself per- mission to change!
  • No expectations
  • Talk to your Higher Power. Call your sponsor or another member. Find a quiet space or go outside with your literature.
  • Call your sponsor or your go-to person every day.
  • Say the Serenity Prayer.
  • First Things First and then Let Go.
  • Go late. Leave early. Limit interaction. Behave yourself. It doesn’t matter how anyone else acts.
  • Meetings, Meetings, Meetings.
  • Have a friend ready who can meet you or be willing to invite you over if you need a break from family.
  • First Things First. Take care of yourself.
  • Prayer and Meditation. Focus on the fact that the alcoholics are God’s children, too.
  • Go to more meeting and listen to speaker tapes.
  • When my spouse starts drinking at the relatives’ home, I remember the Serenity Prayer and that their Higher Power is not me.
  • Serenity Prayer
  • Pause, get quiet, and observe the chaos around you. Be grateful for your growth and the recovery you’ve gained through working the Al-Anon principles.
  • Serenity Prayer, meetings, slogans!
  • Easy Does It.
  • Do I want to be right or have my serenity?
  • Breathe and take walks. “I’m so full!”
  • Just have fun and enjoy the moment.
  • Play with the kiddos.
  • Write a gratitude list for each day between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
  • Write a gratitude for every letter in the word “holiday”.
  • Find a meeting. Call your sponsor. Take a 5-10 minute walk and breathe deeply.
  • Detach with love. It is OK to walk away, take a walk, sit quietly in another room, meditate, pray. My serenity is the key.
  • God, one hand on my shoulder, and one hand over my mouth.
  • Drive separately. Leave when you need to leave.
  • Be grateful for the process.