May 2022 – Al-Anon by the Bay

I still need a program

May 19, 2022

I still need a program A former husband was my “qualifier” for 12 Step recovery. When he first attempted sobriety, I was very excited to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings with him, but soon learned that there was a program for friends and families of alcoholics. In fact I was told, unceremoniously, “You need to go…

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I thought alcoholism no longer played a part in my life

May 3, 2022

I thought alcoholism no longer played a part in my life I grew up the angry son of an alcoholic mother and a rigidly controlling father. Later I went through a fair amount of therapy and by my forties I figured I was over the worst of the emotional triggering. I went to Al-Anon meetings…