Courage to Change: Our Eighth Tradition suggests that our Twelfth Step work should remain forever nonprofessional. This means that as Al-Anon members, our own experience, strength, and hope is all…
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Courage to Change: No problem lasts forever. No matter how permanently fixed in the center of our lives it may seem, whatever we experience in this ever-changing life is sure…
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Courage to Change: Progress can be hard to recognize, especially if our expectations are unrealistically high. If we expect our negative attitudes or unhealthy behavior to change quickly and completely,…
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Courage to Change: Before Al-Anon, forgiveness meant power to me. I could judge the offender — the person who wasn’t doing what I wanted — and then exercise my power…
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Courage to Change: One beautiful day, a man sat down under a tree, not noticing it was full of pigeons. Shortly, the pigeons did what pigeons do best. The man…
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