How Does Al-Anon Work?
A Voice From Al-Anon Meetings of Al-Anon and ACA are helping me to recover myself. See, I'd wandered into a swamp of confusion and crisis. This swamp was twenty year marriage, during which I drank right alongside my handsome, fun-loving husband. My husband and I were...
The Dangers of Alcoholism and Anorexia
Alcoholism and Anorexia In terms of healthy body image, living in a resort town was really intimidating! I was obsessed with going out every night. I was obsessed with looking sexy! There was a problem though, I wasn't as thin as my friends. I found myself full of...
The Personal Story of an Al-Anon Old-Timer: Lois Was My Sponsor
My Name is Ruth and My Husband's a Drinker "I met Lois in Mt. Kisco, at my first meeting. She was clever and cute. At first she said, ‘My name is Lois, what’s yours?’ Then she said, ‘Welcome, we have a message for you we will give you at the end of the meeting.’” At...