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The Forum Magazine
Al-Anon's monthly magazine, The Forum, contains many personal stories of inspiration, some of which are made available each month on the Internet by authorization of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.
Articles from members present their personal views and experiences. Opinions expressed here are not attributable to Al-Anon as a whole. In keeping with Tradition Eleven, individuals are identified by first names and initials only. |
| After dark days, she found hope
By Robin S., Iowa
I first learned of Al-Anon through my sister-in-law. I was miserable, and life wasn’t getting any easier. I had two girls under the age of three and was pregnant with my son. I figured I had nothing to lose...
Al-Anon service brought her closer to her Higher Power
By Sharon C., Canada
I was consumed with fear. I had to humble myself and ask my daughter to ask her Alateen friend to ask her Al-Anon mother to call me. My new friend picked me up and took me to my first Al-Anon meeting...
Skeptical loner finds support in Al-Anon
By Brian C., Canada
There are many roads to success in Al-Anon. All are interesting; none are the same. I believe that for everyone, the struggle can feel lonely and, at times, not worth the effort. It certainly felt that way for me, and many times I nearly quit...
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Asking for Help
Even if we have come to the realization that we have been affected by someone else’s drinking, asking for help to deal with these affects was often extremely difficult. Many of us firmly believed that we should be fully capable of handling all our problems on our own. Isolated by this disease, we may have felt too shameful to let anyone else know, and too fearful of further disappointment to take the chance of being let down again.
Al-Anon’s Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions (B-8) is a basic, easy to understand introduction to Al-Anon’s Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. The chapter on Step Two describes how we can break out of our isolation by reaching out to others for help as we “Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.”
The Forum 2009 Index
At the end of each year, The Forum publishes an index of all the articles that appeared in the magazine that year. While this helps in December, we also thought there was a way to keep readers updated more frequently.
That’s why we created the on-line Forum index. It’s updated monthly, so you’ll never miss a story!
Here are the articles we’ve published so far, some of which we’ve linked so you can access the stories. Again, we encourage you to check back monthly to see additional stories.
The Forum 2008 Index
The Forum 2007 Index
The Forum 2006 Index
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