Courage to Change

Courage to Change: By the time we reach Al-Anon, many of us are starving to be heard. We bask in the discovery that the Al-Anon rooms are safe places in…

Courage to Change: Step Two states that we "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." Recently at a meeting I heard someone paraphrase…

Courage to Change: Sometimes a horse refuses to obey the rider’s command and races out of control. My thoughts can do this too, when I frantically try, over and over,…

Courage to Change: So many of the choices I’ve made in my life have been reactions to fear. Something in my world changes: a loved one seeks sobriety, a friend…

Courage to Change: When I was a newcomer to Al-Anon, I remember hearing people say that they were grateful to be involved with an alcoholic. Needless to say, I thought…