You may be able to find a meeting where your daughter will be welcome; in
Al-Anon, there are no rules, but each group is free to decide how it wants to
operate. Some groups would allow your daughter to sit in the meeting with you;
some would have an experienced member take your daughter into another area so
that you can hear the message you need to hear undisturbed and undistracted; and
some meetings actually have child care for people in your situation. Call your
local Al-Anon central office, or if none is available, try an AA listing (the
sober alcoholics often have a list of Al-Anon meetings). A treatment center in
your area would probably have an Al-Anon phone number as well. Once you make
contact with an Al-Anon and explain your situation, someone will be able to help
you find a meeting that will be able to help you with child care. The one thing
to remember is that if you don't find some help for yourself, even though you
are not around the active drinking, your daughter is
going to be effected by YOUR Family Disease of alcoholism. The effects of this
disease are treatable, so you can find the help you and she and your son all
need.

I'm on the back side of this hurricane, unless it takes a turn in the coming
days, but my prayers will be with you.

momto2inflorida <RACENOT@...> wrote:
Hi Dennis (LOL, my brother's name, and also the Hurricane that's
knocking on our door this weekend). Thanks for the insight, I did go
to an Al-Anon meeting years ago, but they told me no kids, and now with
a small baby, I'm sure that she would not be welcome, unless they've
changed the rules. I will check into this, because I do need some kind
of SOMETHING. I feel like I'm going nuts sometimes, and walking on
eggshells the rest of the time, and no matter what I do or say, I can't
avoid the crossfire. Although I won't be living with this man in 4
days time, he will always be my daughter's father, and his 2 boys are
royally screwed up from his relationship with them. Any way I can help
my girl NOT end up like that is what I am going to do.




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