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Al-Anon meetings provide group therapy through commiseration and sharing of mutual problems, and rather infrequently, sharing of solutions. Herein lies my concern - Al-Anon, and writers in this Talk seem to accept that since "you did not cause the addiction, you cannot control the addiction, and you cannot cure the addiction", you cannot have any positive effect on the addict, so you should focus on fixing yourself. Duh! If the addiction enters recovery, your problems will be reduced, so CRAFT (yes, acronyms are useful to provide in write-ups) helps you if it helps the addict. "Setting boundaries" as recommended by Al-Anon helps you, but also has a beneficial effect on the addict. Cutting off all contact with an addicted offspring can have a beneficial effect in pushing them toward recovery. I think Al-Anon published literature, meetings, and conferences focus too much on fixing self, and too little on helping their addict ("qualifier") feel the pain of consequences that moves them closer to recovery. Don't get me wrong, I will "keep coming back" to Al-Anon. The above, however, is original observations, as far as I know, so it cannot be included in the Al-Anon article. Does anyone know if similar comments have been published anywhere? In summary, this article needs some balancing, with reasonable criticisms of Al-Anon. Drbillellis 01:09, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
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I often see Al-Anon looked upon as just an alternate name for
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