Abuse

• Moving from fear to forgiveness May 3

Acceptance

• When a daughter rebels, acceptance can be healing Feb 3
• Here's an instant meeting on 'Acceptance' Feb 18

Al-Anon Adult Children

• How my survival skills affected my work performance Feb 7

Alateen

• Courageous Alateen finds help for cutting Jan 16
• Learning how to detach when parents fight Jan 16
• Getting to understand my dad better Jan 17
• What it means to us Alateens Feb 16
• I have fun as I find recovery Feb 16
• Focus on the past: the wrong pattern Feb 17
• Alateen offers support for a fresh start Feb 17
• Alateen helps me become a better person Mar 14
• Alateen taught me to be responsible for myself Apr 15
• Grateful for the miracles I’ve received—reflections on my years in Alateen May 13
• Alateen makes it easier to understand May 15
• Alateen: We’ve come a long way May 21

Alateen Sponsorship

• They're amazing: Alateens give me hope Jan 17
• Working with Alateens—a true blessing Mar 15
• Alateen Sponsor finds fellowship and amends Apr 15

Alcoholism, a disease

• Marital crisis leads to recovery for both partners Feb 20

Alcoholism, a family disease

• At mid-life I found self-knowledge—and recovery Feb 27

Alcoholism, effects of

• Deep insight into myself helped me turn my life around Mar 10

Asking for Help

• We don’t have to take care of it all May 12
• The Al-Anon instruction manual for a better life May 26

Blog

• Al-Anon is headed in a youthful direction Apr 20

Boundaries

• Here’s an instant meeting on ‘Boundaries’ Apr 26

Build Bridges—Energizing our Spiritual Quest

• Building closer relationships—a spiritual response to cancer Feb 25
• Tearing down walls to let recovery in Mar 28
• Using Step Twelve to build bridges and energize my spiritual quest Apr 24
• Al-Anon helped me to build healthier relationships May 10

Change

• From anger to serenity: changing myself, understanding others Feb 1
• How I've changed since my first meeting Feb 13
• My extreme Al-Anon makeover Apr 25
• Finding my way, learning life skills as an adult May 16

Changed Attitudes

• We have choices, even when there's something we can't change Jan 1

Conference Approved Literature

• 'Opening our Hearts' teaches life-transforming lessons Mar 18
• I thought I already knew everything, but Al-Anon’s newest book proved me wrong Apr 12
• Al-Anon literature can deepen your recovery—meeting topics inspired by From Survival to Recovery May 28

Criticism

• A humiliating moment taught me a life-changing truth Mar 8

Detachment

• On vacation with an active alcoholic Apr 10

e-CAL

• You are cordially invited... Feb 24

Expectations

• Here’s an instant meeting on 'Expectations' Mar 26

Fear

• Facing fear: one woman conquers a life-long struggle Apr 16

Focus on me

• The right focus leads to self-discovery Apr 1

Forgiveness

• 'Mom, I love you'—learning how to forgive Jan 3

Growth

• Discovering the spiritual lesson that pain teaches Feb 10
• Dear Diary: thoughts on growth Feb 11

Higher Power

• Here's an instant meeting on 'Higher Power' Jan 18
• Peace and acceptance in my father's final moments Feb 14
• Finding Al-Anon far from home Apr 8
• Alcoholic boyfriend leads to new relationship with Higher Power Apr 14

Hope

• Hope, love, and freedom—even in prison Jan 27

Humor

• 'Tools' for recovery Jan 29
• Are you cheating? Jan 29
• The 'fat lady' sang Jan 29
• Wonder Woman Feb 28
• Packing myself up to turn myself over Feb 28
• He's not dating an alcoholic, but he’s ready for Al-Anon Feb 29
• When a handshake doesn't help Mar 29
• Our most famous Al-Anon member Mar 29
• He maintained appearances—but didn’t showerApr 29
• What kind of CAL is this?! Apr 29
• An unexpected answer to my prayers May 5
• White cotton vs. pink lace May 5
• The chair makes all the difference May 5

International

• Heart-felt connections to Al-Anon members worldwide Mar 22

International Convention

• Suit up and show up for the Language of Love parade Mar 24

Inventory

• My recovery grew when I realized how my 'strength' was a weakness Mar 1

Letters

• Carrying the message Jan 8
• How journaling helped Jan 8
• Healing leads to new insight Jan 8
• Gentleness worked for me Jan 9
• To my students, with love Jan 9
• Powered by love—for me Jan 9
• Finding help in both programs Feb 8
• Hidden gifts Feb 8
• Clock set to Step Ten Feb 8
• 'How Important Is It?' Feb 9
• 'Crumby' life lessons Feb 9
• Change takes time Mar 5
• Finding the bottom to reach the top Mar 5
• Organized on the outside, messy on the inside Mar 7
• Flying towards sanity Mar 7
• Balance is important Mar 7
• Thank you for the lessons I’ve learned Apr 6
• One weed at a time Apr 6
• Using Al-Anon to cope with grief Apr 6
• First appearances aren’t always correct Apr 7
• I put the focus on me May 6
• A very big thank you May 6
• 'Hammering' home a good lesson May 7
• I had to say 'no' to my boyfriend May 7

Letting Go

• My prayer for release from the ‘beast’ of alcoholism May 8

Membership Survey

• What do Membership Survey results tell us about ourselves? Jan 25

Newcomers

• How welcoming are we to newcomers? Apr 22
• Who qualifies for Al-Anon? What I learned May 20

Perspectives

• How Al-Anon changed my perspective Mar 20

Powerlessness

• Here's an instant meeting on 'Powerlessness' May 24

Public Outreach

• Al-Anon Faces Alcoholism 2008 second printing—another call to action Jan 24

Relationships

• Daddy's little girl again—making peace with my father Jan 10
• 'The courage to change the things I can'—How I got closer to my mom Mar 16

Resentments

• Cleaning my hard drive: an exercise in working the Steps Apr 3

Self-worth

• My path: from self-mutilation to self-respect Mar 3

Serenity

• 'Insanity' versus 'in sanity'—making space for serenity Jan 21

Service

• How a simple pot of coffee led to recovery Jan 7

Service Tools

• A NEW information source for every group and member! Feb 22

Shame

• Turning shame into opportunity Jan 20

Spiritual Awakening

• A spiritual experience on a snowy path Jan 13

Sponsorship

• Sponsorship—Working together to recover Jan 22

Standing Up for Myself

• Standing up for myself: I don't have to ask permission May 1

Talk to Each Other

• More thoughts on 'crosstalk' Jan 14

Twelve Concepts of Service

• Concept One: I focus on my own responsibilities Jan 31
• Concept Two: Trusting enough to let go Feb 31
• Concept Three: Using the 'right of decision' to take care of myself Mar 31
• Concept Four: Finding harmony in service Apr 31
• Concept Five: Listening to the minority May 31

Twelve Steps

• Step One: I don’t set myself up for failure Jan 32
• Step Two: Recovering the sanity I never had Feb 30
• Step Three: The beauty of nature points to a deeper relationship with a Higher Power Mar 30
• Step Four: Finding the good before weeding out the bad Apr 32
• Step Five: I don’t have to face alcoholism alone May 32

Twelve Traditions

• Tradition One: Making decisions with mutual respect Jan 30
• Tradition Two: Seeing the good in others and letting my Higher Power take care of the rest Feb 32
• Tradition Three: How the group aids our recovery Mar 32
• Tradition Four: Recovering my own life without ruining my marriage Apr 30
• Tradition Five: Applying all of the Steps and being kind to everyone May 30