Thanks Henry, I appreciate any help at all. I have started looking
at books at Borders. I am going to try that MSN website as well.
what have I got to lose? I'll continue to check in here at this
board as well.

Thanks for the info.
Bill

-- In chicagoalanon@yahoogroups.com, Henry <henrym64@...> wrote:
>
> Welcome to the group .
> We used to have online meetings in the group chatroom , but
Yahoo did away with group chatrooms , so we no longer have them . We
just use the message board to communicate . you can post here
anytime you like .
> Sadly the only one who can help the alcoholic recover is
the Alcoholic , Alanon is to help you recover from the Alcoholic .
> There are books that expain the 12 steps and the
principals of Alanon better than i could . you can try Amazon.com for
books .
> The link below will help you find meetings anywhere in the
US and Canada .
> The 2nd link is an MSN Group i found , it says they have
online meetings .
> Have a good day ,
> Henry
>
> http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/english.html
>
> http://groups.msn.com/Alanon
>
>
> deadend2000 <deadend747@...> wrote:
> I'm brand new to this website as well as Al-Anon in
general. I do
> have a few questions about this site.
> Do you hold regular meetings on line? When? Do I need anything
> special, like a webcam or an invite, to attend this meeting?
> Anything you can tell me about this group and how it is conducted,
> will be greatly appreciated.
>
> About me, I work for an airline, and travel a great deal, making it
> impossible to attend regular group meetings. My wife is currently
in
> detox, again, and should be released to a 30 day program/sober
house
> this weekend.
>
> I was reading through some of your posts and they read just like my
> life. I'm sure we all go through very similar steps/series of
events
> as watch our loved ones destroy everything we have spent a lifetime
> trying to build. Now that Family and Friends have been estranged, I
> need to help my children, as well as myself, come to understand
this
> monster that has been let out of the bottle. Maybe, help my wife
> recover. We have been living and fighting this for only a couple of
> years, just a drop in the bucket compared to some of your letters.
>
> Just to let you know, I'm not as gloomy as my screen name and e-
mail
> implies. It's not my life that's a deadend, just my job.
>
> Talk to you soon
> Bill
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