Through An Al-Anon Filter

This weekend I had an experience which was profoundly disturbing, yet deeply indicative of the reality that when I seek to "improve my ...

Before I can receive help, be it through Al-Anon, my Higher Power or any other source, I must first be willing to receive help, and that req...

It's a cliche to say that people reveal the depths of their character during painful times, or times of crisis. My spouse has revealed h...

My friend died today. His cancer progressed so swiftly, it devoured him long before the time the doctors had estimated - they said that wi...

A sponsee called last night to ask how I was doing, and we talked for a while. I had reached and passed the level of fatigue at which my bra...

During this period of my grieving for my friend who is terminally ill, I've been receiving easily twice as many calls for help from spon...

One aspect of sponsorship which I found rather disconcerting when I began to sponsor people in Al-Anon, was that I always seemed to be asked...