Al-Anon; a Program for Living When I first joined Al-Anon it was a relief to learn that alcoholism is an illness. Having lived all those years in darkness I discovered that the alcoholic is sick and not simply trying to hurt me and others. The Al-Anon programme is based on the Alcoholics Anonymous Twelve Steps …∞
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Alcoholism is an Illness that Can be Arrested with the 12 Steps and Alcoholics Anonymous “Some strongly object to the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) position that alcoholism is an illness. This concept, they feel, removes moral responsibility from alcoholics. As any AA knows, this is far from true. We do not use the concept of sickness …∞
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