Courage to Change: “The people I love won’t take care of themselves, so I have to do it. How will they survive unless I?” This was my thinking when I…
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Courage to Change: In the past, joy was a rare visitor to many of us. Al-Anon recovery often leads us to find it more frequently. But instead of sitting back…
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Courage to Change: Al-Anon taught me the difference between walls and boundaries. Walls are solid and rigid; they keep others out, and they keep me trapped inside. Boundaries are flexible,…
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Courage to Change: We often come to Al-Anon with the philosophy that if something works, it will work even better and faster if we try harder. But Al-Anon involves a…
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Courage to Change: Two of those closest to me were newly recovering alcoholics. During the drinking years, I had become so enmeshed with them and their self-destructive behavior that I…
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