Through An Al-Anon Filter

I had a rough start in life - my childhood is better left undescribed. Suffice it to say, that when people speak of their childhood and adol...

I've had sponsees who are fixated on arguing the details, while completely missing the bigger picture. They will lock onto one small are...

From the ODAT, page 272: "We learn that an honest appraisal of ourselves will open the way to improvement and start us on the upward ...

If we only attend meetings, and read program literature, and work the steps of Al-Anon, when our home lives are in crisis and the alcoholic ...

In Syd's post today, one sentence leapt out at me in the part about sharing - "I can't give another person hope and serenity by...

From the ODAT, page 268: "What would happen if we stopped blaming anyone for anything? We would experience miracles of tolerance and...

From the ODAT, page 267: "One of our delusions is that we, as spouses of alcoholics, are "running the show." This form of s...