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12-Step Programs for Families
Alcoholics Anonymous is the oldest and most famous 12-Step program, and it has helped millions of addicts and alcoholics recover. And its related family programs, Al-anon and Alateen, are almost as...
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Families: Why Alanon?
A big question for most family members: “Why should I go to meetings? I’m not the one with the problem.” After all, you might argue, if your spouse has a heart attack, you don’t attend cardiac rehab....
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Families: On Being a Newcomer in a 12-Step Group
A counselor complained: “I send family members to Alanon and they go to a few meetings and drop out.” There’s a reason for that. A 12 Step support group can be a real help to families in recovery – as...
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Families: Getting More From 12-Step Support
Let’s revisit some of those objections commonly heard from people new to family programs using the 12 Step model. “I don’t relate to what I hear there” A natural enough response for a newcomer, who may...
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12 Step is Holistic
I ran across an author promoting his new book as a ‘holistic’ alternative to Twelve Step recovery. Made no sense to me, since the Steps are a holistic approach to recovery. The term holistic appeared...
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12-Step Programs for Families
Alcoholics Anonymous is the oldest and most famous 12-Step program, and it has helped millions of addicts and alcoholics recover. And its related family programs, Al-anon and Alateen, are almost as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Families: Why Alanon?
A big question for most family members: “Why should I go to meetings? I’m not the one with the problem.” After all, you might argue, if your spouse has a heart attack, you don’t attend cardiac rehab....
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Families: On Being a Newcomer in a 12-Step Group
A counselor complained: “I send family members to Alanon and they go to a few meetings and drop out.” There’s a reason for that. A 12 Step support group can be a real help to families in recovery – as...
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Families: Getting More From 12-Step Support
Let’s revisit some of those objections commonly heard from people new to family programs using the 12 Step model. “I don’t relate to what I hear there” A natural enough response for a newcomer, who may...
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12 Step is Holistic
I ran across an author promoting his new book as a ‘holistic’ alternative to Twelve Step recovery. Made no sense to me, since the Steps are a holistic approach to recovery. The term holistic appeared...
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Family programs like Al-anon and Alateen can help us learn ways to recover from the effects of someone else's addiction, and help us contribute to their recovery
View ArticleFamilies: Why Alanon?
If you’ve made friends among people who share your experience and are willing to listen, you’re miles ahead of most family members, who still have no place where they can safely vent their own problems.
View ArticleFamilies: On Being a Newcomer in a 12-Step Group
What can a newbie reasonably expect from participation in Alanon et al? Support, although perhaps of a type you don’t initially recognize, since it doesn’t involve much sympathy.
View ArticleFamilies: Getting More From 12-Step Support
The way you feel changes over time -- and that’s why people keep going to meetings.
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