Dear Abby recommends Al-Anon Family Groups

 
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Welcome to “First Steps to Al-Anon Recovery” from Al-Anon Family Groups.  This podcast will discuss a professional’s concern for families and friends who have been affected by a loved one’s drinking.

Dear Abby is with us today.  Abby is also known as Jeanne Phillips, who writes the most popular and widely syndicated newspaper column, “Dear Abby.”

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What can a young woman find in Al-Anon?

 
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Welcome to First Steps to Al-Anon Recovery from Al-Anon Family Groups. This is a series of podcasts to discuss some common concerns for people who have been affected by someone else’s drinking.

Today we have Erika with us. Erika is a member who was dating a young man who had a drinking problem before she came to her first Al-Anon Family Group meeting.

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Do you think the drinking is your fault?

 
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Welcome to First Steps to Al-Anon Recovery from Al-Anon Family Groups.  This is a series of podcasts to discuss some common concerns for people who have been affected by someone else’s drinking.

Today we have Tobias with us.  Tobias is an Al-Anon member who is the brother of an alcoholic in recovery.

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Can a young man ask for help?

 
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Welcome to First Steps to Al-Anon Recovery from Al-Anon Family Groups. This is a series of podcasts to discuss some common concerns for people who have been affected by someone else’s drinking.

Today we have Miguel with us. Miguel is an Al-Anon member who used to be in Alateen.

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A counselor sees relief for families

 
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Welcome to “First Steps to Al-Anon Recovery” from Al-Anon Family Groups.  This podcast will discuss a professional’s concern for families who have been affected by a loved one’s drinking.

Christine McKaskle is Clinical Coordinator of the Youth Program at Cumberland Heights Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.  She has written an article in “Al-Anon Faces Alcoholism 2009,” entitled, “From ‘Family Week’ to family recovery.”

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Has alcoholism affected your children?

 
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Welcome to First Steps to Al-Anon Recovery from Al-Anon Family Groups.  This is a series of podcasts to discuss some common concerns for people who have been affected by someone else’s drinking.

Today we have Elizabeth with us.  Elizabeth is an Al-Anon member and the mother of three sons.

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Did you grow up with a problem drinker?

 
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Welcome to First Steps to Al-Anon Recovery from Al-Anon Family Groups.  This is a series of podcasts to discuss some common concerns for people who have been affected by someone else’s drinking.

Today we have Jenny with us.  Jenny is an Al-Anon member who grew up in an alcoholic family.

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Have you ever felt really afraid?

 
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Welcome to First Steps to Al-Anon Recovery from Al-Anon Family Groups. This is a series of podcasts to discuss some common concerns for people who have been affected by someone else’s drinking.

Today we have Valentina with us. She is a member who is very actively involved in service for
Al-Anon Family Groups. Fear played a part in the experience that brought her to her first Al-Anon Family Group meeting.

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What do you think about anger?

 
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Welcome to First Steps to Al-Anon Recovery from Al-Anon Family Groups. This is a series of podcasts to discuss some common concerns for people who have been affected by someone else’s drinking.

Today we have with us a young woman who is a wife, a mother, a school teacher, and a member of Al-Anon Family Groups. She has agreed to talk with us about anger.

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What is the First Step in Al-Anon?

 
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Welcome to the last of six Al-Anon Family Group podcasts, especially recorded to introduce you to Al-Anon meetings. Future podcasts will introduce important Al-Anon topics.

Today’s participants will introduce themselves by their first name and tell us what the First Step in Al-Anon is. If they choose to, they may share what the Twelve Steps of Al-Anon have done for them.

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