Through An Al-Anon Filter

One of the many reasons I wanted to move back to the city, was the variety of social life that is offered in such abundance here - one can f...

For many co-dependents, other people's opinions can be like a tide against which it is difficult to sustain our footing. For some of us,...

This morning I was awakened by a loud pounding on the front door - the dogs erupted, and I leapt out of bed and rushed to see what all the c...

I hated the idea of calling anyone and telling them I was in need, when I was new to program. I had done it all by myself up until then, a...

From Courage to Change: "When I came to Al-Anon, I didn't feel. When I lost a job, I said, "No problem, I can take it."...

One more post on this topic, and then I'll go on to something else. I woke up today thinking about how I was trained to accept raging a...

Those who have never been exposed to domestic abuse of any kind, can have great difficulty in understanding the dynamic involved. Most of ...