Forgiveness – Al-Anon by the Bay

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…

Our Stories

I wasn’t the drinker. Why did I need help?

March 22, 2022

When it became apparent that my husband’s drinking was “out of control,” he joined Alcoholics Anonymous. I thought, “OK, now our life will go back to normal.” When he relapsed a year later it felt like a punch in the gut. I spiraled into dark thoughts: “Why isn’t this working? Are we doomed to repeat…