Mel: You can find Al-Anon just about everywhere you travel. Try
looking up Al-Anon on the Web in the city you are going to; look in
the phone book when you arrive; or call the national Al-Anon World
Services Office at 1-800-344-2666. The WSO will have a list of
meetings close to where you are. Also, if Al-Anon is not listed in
the phone book, try calling a listing for Alcoholics Anonymous. They
may have a list of Al-Anon meetings in the area.

Making contact with us on the computer is a start, but there is
nothing like talking face-to-face with someone who understands your
problem because they've been there. And, as it says in our suggested
welcome, You can find contentment, and even happiness, whether the
alcoholic is still drinking or not. We won't tell you what to do, but
we will help you until you can learn to make the choices that are
right for you.

Just know that you are not alone in this journey, and that there are
plenty of people out there praying for you.





-- In chicagoalanon@yahoogroups.com, "melomite2004"
<melomite2004@y...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My name is Melody and I am 36 years old with 2 beautiful children
> ages 17 and 11. My husband has just been released from an
inpatient
> program. This is his 5th one to be exact. So, I still don't feel
> like he's getting it deep down. His drug of choice is crack
cocaine
> and he also drinks. It started with the drinking when I met him,
> but I never new it was a problem (had I know then, I probably would
> have ran). His cocaine started when his own cousin introduced him,
> to it in our own house. It's been hell ever since. He's been
> drinking and crackin' on and off for about 12 years. I don't know
> why I'm still here to tell you the truth. It's caused the whole
> family to be dysfunctional. I'm suffering from depression now my
> son doesn't do well in school; and now that my daughter is getting
> older I can see who it is really affecting her as well.
>
> Now that he's out of recovery, what about me. He's got all the
> tools to try and fight this addition and I don't. I just wanted to
> try this onlne al-a-non since my career doesn't allow me to attend
> meetings. I travel 3 weeks out of every month. I'm hope this will
> help me since I travel from state to state.
>
> If there is anyone who understand what I'm going through and advice
> would help!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mel