Courage to Change: Sometimes when I’m unhappy with my situation, I feel that God is punishing me. Once again I’ve lost my image of a loving God and need to…
Courage to Change: As a newcomer to Al-Anon, I heard that the principles of the program could lead to serenity. I’d have preferred to hear that the program would cure…
Courage to Change: I thought that if I stopped enabling the alcoholic in my life, the drinking would stop. When the drinking seemed to get worse instead of better, once…
Courage to Change: After working Al-Anon's Twelve Steps zealously for over a year, I was despondent over my continuing lapses into self-pity and resentment over the alcoholic's inability to give…