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 Crystal with us.  Crystal is an Al-Anon member whose holidays have included several awkward family situations.  She is willing to share some of the ways she handles a loved one’s drinking.

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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.

Colleen Hillock is with us today.  Colleen is  Coordinator and faculty member in the Bachelor of Health Science and Addiction Counseling Program at Medicine Hat College in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Welcome to the fifth of six Al-Anon Family Group podcasts, especially recorded to introduce you to Al-Anon meetings.

Was my first face-to-face Al-Anon meeting what I expected, or was it something different?

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Welcome to the fourth of six Al-Anon Family Group podcasts, especially recorded to introduce you to Al-Anon meetings.

Why did I feel afraid to go to my first Al-Anon meeting? Isn’t the drinking somebody else’s problem?

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Welcome to the third of six Al-Anon Family Group podcasts, especially recorded to introduce you to Al-Anon meetings.

What do we mean when we say our lives became unmanageable? Does it mean we will always feel angry or sad or depressed? Will our lives continue to be as chaotic as they are today? Is there any hope for improvement?

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Welcome to the second of six Al-Anon Family Group podcasts, especially recorded to introduce you to Al-Anon meetings.

If we are not the ones with the drinking problem, why are we talking about our powerlessness over alcohol? Did we cause our loved one to drink? Can we control our loved one’s drinking? Can we cure our loved one’s drinking problem?

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Welcome to First Steps to Al-Anon Recovery. This is the first of six Al-Anon Family Group podcasts, especially recorded to introduce you to Al-Anon meetings.

An Al-Anon meeting is very much like this podcast. Members and potential members don’t need an invitation. There is no one we need to call to make an appointment. All we need to do is show up and listen. A volunteer will lead the meeting without being in charge of the meeting. She or he will read an introduction and offer a topic for discussion. The topic for discussion today is: Why did we come to Al-Anon?

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This is a series of six Al-Anon Family Group podcasts, especially recorded to introduce you to
Al-Anon meetings.

How does an Al-Anon meeting work? What must we do to participate? How do we know if Al-Anon has anything to offer us?

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