Podcast: Play in new window
| Download
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.
Renee, Paula, Dick, and Edith are with us today. All are active Al-Anon members. They are willing to talk about what they wish they knew before they came to their first Al-Anon meeting.
How to locate a meeting
Tags: anonymity, control, coping, empathy, family disease, fear, honesty, isolation, marriage, powerless, self care, trust
Podcast: Play in new window
| Download
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.
Pam, Anna, and Betty are with us today. All are active Al-Anon members who are willing to talk about how they deal with unacceptable behavior.
How to locate a meeting
Tags: Al-Anon, alanon, alenon, alinon, all anon, allanon, allinon
Podcast: Play in new window
| Download
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.
Lorraine, Art, and Eileen are with us today. All are active Al-Anon members who are willing to talk with us about one of the basic principles of the Al-Anon program.
How to locate a meeting
Tags: Al-Anon, alanon, alenon, alinon, all anon, allinon
Podcast: Play in new window
| Download
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.
How to locate a meeting
Tags: Al-Anon, Alateen, family disease, family recovery, family secrets
Podcast: Play in new window
| Download
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.
How to locate a meeting
Tags: abuse, Al-Anon, anger, codependency, despair, family illness, fatigue, hopeless, hostility, hurt, isolation, powerless, sadness, victim
Podcast: Play in new window
| Download
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.
How to locate a meeting
Tags: Al-Anon, Alateen, alcoholism, codepenency, depression, despair, family illness, family problems, hopelessness, loneliness, sadness
Podcast: Play in new window
| Download
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?
How to locate a meeting
Tags: Al-Anon, alcoholism, angry, codependency, depressed, depression, family disease, family illness, family recovery, loneliness, recovery, sadness
Podcast: Play in new window
| Download
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?
How to locate a meeting
Tags: Al-Anon, alcoholism, anger, codependency, depressed, depression, despair, domestic violence, embarrassment, family disease, family illness, hopeless, humiliation, isolation, loneliness, sad
Podcast: Play in new window
| Download
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?
How to locate a meeting
Tags: Al-Anon, alcoholism, anger, codependency, depressed, depression, despair, domestic violence, embarrassment, family disease, family illness, hopeless, humiliation, isolation, loneliness, sad