Through An Al-Anon Filter

I was raised in an adoptive home with people who did not have much of a social life - we lived in a small town, but we may as well have live...

This morning I returned a call received the other day, from a nurse working for a screening program - I've been told I need a test, the ...

There is only so much of me to go around. When I left my ex, I changed my cell phone number, and when he somehow obtained it and began to ca...

When, exactly one year ago today, I decided to leave my marriage of 17 years, I chose to move back to this small capital city (where I lived...

A reader has asked me for some input on self-care. When introduced to "HALT" (Hungry/Angry/Lonely/Tired) in Al-Anon, I had no wa...

So much of my past struggle, and for those I sponsor, and friends in program, arises from my, and their, inability to accept our powerlessne...

A sponsee and I have tried a couple of open AA meetings of late, trying to find a good fit for us, and seem to have hit upon a meeting at wh...