Courage to Change

Courage to Change: Alcoholism is a family disease. It affects not only the drinker but those of us who care about him or her as well. For some of us,…

Courage to Change: Step Five says, “Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.” But what is the exact nature of my…

Courage to Change: Sometimes what I do is less important than why I do it. For instance, if I choose to speak up when something bothers me, my motives for…

Courage to Change: Sometimes I am called upon to accept unpleasant realities. I may wish to avoid disappointments, but I find that the only way to have serenity is to…

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…