Through An Al-Anon Filter

Two of my favourite bloggers have posted today about two very different matters, but I came away with much the same feeling, after having re...

In a recent email, a program friend wrote: "I never had control issues before I joined Al-Anon." I laughed aloud when I read tha...

Last night, I was feeling prompted to attend an "extra" meeting. I found myself in that interesting place of arguing with the part...

A good friend  wrote to me this morning, "Relying on ourselves for happiness is the only chance we have of getting it." So true....

"Admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable." When I forget this, I will be reminded, eith...

Recently,  I was seated at a meeting, with my legs crossed at the knee, and leaned over to grab my purse from under my chair. For one heart-...

Experience in Al-Anon has taught me that I have many choices. I can live in fear: head ducked as if in expectation of a blow. I can live i...