Why I came to Al-Anon. Why I stay? – Episode 77

Have you wondered why someone would choose Al-Anon? Or why those “long timers” keep on coming? Spencer and Amy tell their stories of coming to Al-Anon, and the reasons they're still coming years later. We used this outline to guide our conversation. What brought you to Al-Anon originally? What was your situation? Was there active alcoholism in your life at the time? What was your relationship to the alcoholic(s) in your life? How did you “hit bottom”? What was your first meeting like? What did you expect? How were your expectations met? How were they not met? Did you keep coming back after your first meeting? Why or why not? How and when did you start to understand what the program was about? What did it mean to you? Did you find help for the situation that brought you to Al-Anon? Was it the kind of help you had expected? How long have you been in Al-Anon? Is the original situation the same? How or how not? What keeps you coming to Al-Anon? Do you still have active alcoholism in your life? Did you “discover” more alcoholism around you? Are you still dealing with the same issues as when you came in? Do you attend Al-Anon primarily to help you deal with the alcoholism in your life, past or present? Do you attend because of the growth and change in yourself you have found here? Do you attend because if you don’t, you get crazy again? Do you attend to pass the help on to others who are still suffering?