Dear Abby recommends Al-Anon Family Groups
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.”
3 Comments on “Dear Abby recommends Al-Anon Family Groups”
Very good podcast - the advice given by Abby to seek help through Al-Anon & Alateen is very wise. When you walk through the doors of Al-Anon/Alateen, you are in a safe place where you can speak about your problem and listen to the sharing of others on how they used the program to help themselves recover from the effects of someone else’s drinking. You no longer feel isolated and alone. It’s a wonderful program. Thank you!
My 30 yr old son, who is divorced and living with us, is drinking and I don’t know what else. He has lost his driving privileges and is unable to hold a steady job because he has impulsivity. I’m ready to throw him out, which is an emotional response of mine, but I know he has no means of surviving even if he were not drinking. I have another son who is on SSI for similar problems, but I can’t get this son to apply. His X, he says, will use that against him in regards to their son. So, as I write this, I hear the answer. I need to go to Al-Anon and let the rest fall into place.
As I age, I get concerned about this son. He has spurts of being ok, but they don’t last very long. I’d like to see him do better while I’m alive to be a back up, but I’m wondering if our supporting him has hindered him. Don’t know what to do, except the obvious first move for my self, getting to meetings.
I appreciate these podcasts very much! I love my new “friends” at Al-Anon. I love having a place to share and to be supportive and to learn about how my changed behavior can bring me relief from not-rational fear and focus on the right kind of help. I am getting control over my feelings of (undeserved) guilt and shame.
Thanks so much!