Personal Story of Al-Anon Longtimer: Lois was my Sponsor
” I met Lois at my first meeting in Mt. Kisco. She was clever and cute. At first she said, ‘My name is Lois — what’s yours?’ and then she said, ‘Welcome — we have a message for you we will give you...
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Al-Anon has taught me that praying also involves listening. One of our slogans is Listen and Learn. Another is Progress Not Perfection. Another (which I made up) is Recovery is a Verb. In Al-Anon...
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A Voice from Al-Anon False Evidence Appearing Real (FEAR) Having grown up in functional alcoholism and then married to it, I had spent 42 years frightened and embarrassed — mostly frightened. Al-Anon...
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