Are You Living With an Alcoholic Spouse or Partner?
Are you involved with someone whose drinking is bothering you? How do you cope with an intimate relationship that is affected by alcoholism? Living with a spouse, partner or significant other who exhibits a drinking problem can have devastating effects on our emotional well-being, our personal relationships, our professional life and sometimes even our physical health.
Attending Al-Anon Family Group meetings might provide the support and tools needed to deal with the effects of alcoholism on very important relationships.
I Must Heal First
I am powerless over alcoholism. For many years I treated Step One as a lesson. I could not
Exercising Patience
I have been contemplating the beauty of sunsets and sunrises recently. They are not like the light switches in
I Needed Help…and Support
When I first got into the program, I saw a sign hanging on the wall of a therapist’s office
Happiness Is My Choice
I started Al‑Anon in my 30s. I’m now in my 70s. My perceptions of my alcoholic loved one have
Unfurling As Myself
There came a time in my recovery when I became aware of something missing, some imbalance. I was
Revisiting Trust
Before Al-Anon I trusted everyone and no one. How could that be? I had no boundaries, so I
Tapping into Serenity
One morning, I was sitting outside enjoying a cup of tea and looking at the trees across an
I Gave Myself Another Look
After decades of being a chameleon, changing and adapting myself to safely belong, I didn’t have a solid
Serenity in Times of Stress
I find the Al-Anon slogans very handy to use as reminders on my journey to recovery. My two
Balance from My Center
A hula hoop is a fitting metaphor for what is and what isn’t within my control. My hula
A Second Life
I was introduced to Al‑Anon shortly after my spouse had passed. I was lost at the time, and
My Train
My train headed nowhere at a very early age. Before Al‑Anon, my endless overthinking and self-will would take