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Men in Al-Anon

Natalie Faith — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 02:40:09 +0000

This reprint is for men in Al-Anon -- husbands, fathers, sons, brothers and friends of alcoholics. These men express feelings of loneliness, anger, sorrow and their fear of loss of control. They are stories from men who had to humble themselves to get the help they needed in order to gain serenity.

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Growing Up with Alcoholism, Part II

Natalie Faith — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 05:02:22 +0000

It is a well-known fact that those who lived in an alcoholic environment in childhood frequently carry the effects of the disease into adult life. The first reprint posed questions from the Al-Anon leaflet, Did You Grow Up With a Problem Drinker? to help you determine whether or not you may be an adult child of an alcoholic.

The following articles, excerpted from The Forum, address the remaining ten questions.

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Growing Up with Alcoholism, Part I

Natalie Faith — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 04:46:28 +0000

Growing Up With Alcoholism, Part I It is well-known that those who have lived in an alcoholic environment in childhood frequently carry the effects of the disease into adult life. The Al-Anon leaflet, Did You Grow Up with a Problem Drinker? (S-25) poses questions to help determine whether or not you might be an adult […]

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Sponsorship

Natalie Faith — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 04:39:25 +0000

Sponsorship In selected articles from Al-Anon’s monthly journal, The Forum, members share how the tool of sponsorship has enriched their growth and serenity in the Al-Anon fellowship. This remarkable, insightful reprint commences: ‘Don’t be a rebel—too full of false pride to choose an Al-Anon Sponsor! Don’t be fearful of sharing your problems and your secrets […]

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Turning Points

Natalie Faith — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 03:46:14 +0000

Turning Points Members share how they faced up to significant turning points in their lives using the Al-Anon program. We don’t usually arrive at Al-Anon’s doors because we want to; we arrive because we need to. And then along the recovery journey some remarkable “turning points” are arrived at in recovery and are handled with […]

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Parents of Alcoholics

Natalie Faith — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 02:54:52 +0000

Parents of Alcoholics Parents share how they began to have compassion and eventually grow to forgive themselves and their sons and daughters in the process. The stories are real; the benefits of an active program of Al-Anon recovery are also real, generating real results which are demonstrated in the parents’ personal stories as improvements to […]

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Al-Anon and Counselling

Natalie Faith — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 02:47:42 +0000

Al-Anon and Counselling This article, written by a member, a professional Canadian attending a conference and giving a paper and afterwards availing it to The Forum for widest dissemination within our community. It is worthy. It arrives mid-way at a discussion of detachment in the Al-Anon way with reference to our flyer (Detachment S-19. See […]

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The Open Fold – Adult Children of Alcoholics

Natalie Faith — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 02:36:48 +0000

The Open Fold—Adult Children of Alcoholics Written by a World Service Office staff member, this reprint asserts that, ‘Al-Anon is for people – people who have a problem they want to solve by sharing their experience, strength and hope with other people; the more varied the membership, the broader the opportunity to share recovery.’ The […]

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“Have You Tried Al-Anon, Doctor?”

Natalie Faith — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 02:09:00 +0000

“Have You Tried Al-Anon, Doctor?” This is another simple, photocopied resource and vital piece of armoury for our members during public information efforts in service to Al-Anon Family Groups – as well as the prospective new member yet to find our doors. Written by a physician, this article discusses the symptoms of a small number […]

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Living With a Time Bomb

Natalie Faith — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 02:02:36 +0000

Living With a Time Bomb Reprinted from Nursing Times, a publication from Great Britain. One main theme is: ‘Recovering alcoholics have said how helpful it is to have a partner or family member who understands and can give the right kind of support.’ The time bomb, though, is a way of describing the environmental strain […]

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