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…
One Day at a Time in Al-Anon: A phrase that turns up quite often in Al-Anon meetings is: "Yes, but..." Member A is explaining how an Al-Anon idea can be…
The gift of desperation “Our disease always resurfaced or continued to progress until in desperation, we sought help from each other in Narcotics Anonymous.” – Basic Text, p. I3 When…
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…