Through An Al-Anon Filter

Occasionally I will receive comments which quote literature other than our conference-approved literature.  When I created this blog, I deci...

For the last couple of weeks or so, I've been thinking about going back to a Tuesday night meeting that I always enjoyed. I have cut my ...

I was listening to an Al-Anon speaker yesterday, while I was making soup and seasoning a new wok, and have been thinking about one comment h...

A reader asked, "How do I know whether or not I'm being controlling, when I think that I'm being helpful?" One way that ...

One of my favourite quotations is from Blaise Pascal:  "All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in ...

Two days ago, I dropped my steam iron, and since the floors here are cement under the carpet or linoleum, the distance from the ironing boar...

One aspect of life about which I felt the most resistance, growing up, and to be honest, for many years into adulthood, is defined with utte...