Through An Al-Anon Filter

If I can't admit to my own faults, I won't grow. If I don't grow, I can't change the way I move through the world. Acceptanc...

One area of life I've always found troublesome, is dealing with "needy" people who are going through a hard time. My compassio...

I learned as a very small child not to have hope; it only made the ensuing disappointment and pain much harder to bear. I shut down that par...

"A member of my home group only ever calls when she wants a favour, and I'm feeling used.  I feel guilty if I say no, and anyway, a...

Many of us when new to Al-Anon, are stuck in our anger and frustration with the alcoholic; we aren't in touch with our feelings of grief...

...instead of our own, is the way to ensure that we will continue to live in frustrated despondency, for years to come. Sound bleak? That...

From "Courage to Change", page 107:   "For instance, I always expected my happiness to come through others, especially my a...