An interview with Jerry Moe, National Director of Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. Jerry speaks about the effects of a parent’s, or other loved one’s, drinking on their children.
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An interview with Jerry Moe, National Director of Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. Jerry speaks about the effects of a parent’s, or other loved one’s, drinking on their children.
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Wow this is so helpful.
I am just beginning to figure out what has been going on with my grand children. It’s an eye opener. Next step. Find a meeting!
I too am a grandmother of 3 , ages 10 , 7 , and 4. Kids home and responsibilities are being neglected, this has been going on for 5 yrs. We have now moved closer to them, we just attended our 1st Al-anon meeting, trying to do the right thing . I need insight on what I should do to best help my poor grandkids & myself .
I’m an alcoholic that has been recovered for 7 years through AA. My son is 20 years old and lives with his mother who is an active alcoholic. I haven’t lived with them since my recovery. He has anger issues, and is just starting to dabble in drugs, but not to the point he would think he needs NA.
Helpful info.
The best thing I ever did for myself, my children & in the end for my alcoholic was to go to Al-Anon. I had no idea how this disease had affected me & my children. I could see what it was doing to my lovely husband but I couldn’t see what it had done to me & when I had no where else to turn, I found the Al-Anon Family Groups in my local town!! I knew of AA, or at least had heard of it & I had heard of Al-Anon 5 years before I got here but when… Read more »
The one thing I needed the most when I came into the rooms of Al-Anon was to know that I was not alone and there is hope. When we know better we do better, and it is all one day at a time. Keep coming back. I am a child of an alcoholic, a sister, & the friend of many alcoholics, and today I just keep doing the next right thing, even if it’s to get a glass of water.
I’m an adult child of an alcoholic, married to an alcoholic, the mother of an alcoholic daughter, and a grandmother. I listened to the interview with great interest because I feel so helpless watching the cycle of drinking go on and on in my family. I’ve beaten myself up about all the things I think I’ve done wrong and should have done to protect my children from my husband’s drinking. Even though the good news is that he stopped drinking, he is still in a lot of ways like the same person that he was when he was drinking. But… Read more »