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Did You Grow Up With a Problem Drinker?


Al-Anon is for families, relatives, and friends whose lives have been affected by someone else’s drinking. If someone close to you, such as a family member, friend, coworker, or neighbor, has or has had a drinking problem, the following questions may help you determine if Al-Anon is for you.


1. Do you constantly seek approval and affirmation?

2. Do you fail to recognize your accomplishments?

3. Do you fear criticism?

4. Do you overextend yourself?

5. Have you had problems with your own compulsive behavior?

6. Do you have a need for perfection?

7. Are you uneasy when your life is going smoothly, continually anticipating problems?

8. Do you feel more alive in the midst of a crisis?

9. Do you still feel responsible for others, as you did for the problem drinker in your life?

10. Do you care for others easily, yet find it difficult to care for yourself?

11. Do you isolate yourself from other people?

12. Do you respond with fear to authority figures and angry people?

13. Do you feel that individuals and society in general are taking advantage of you?

14. Do you have trouble with intimate relationships?

15. Do you confuse pity with love, as you did with the problem drinker?

16. Do you attract and/or seek people who tend to be compulsive and abusive?

17. Do you cling to relationships because you are afraid of being alone?

18. Do you mistrust your own feelings and the feelings expressed by others?

19. Do you find it difficult to identify and express your emotions?

20. Do you think parental drinking may have affected you?

 

If you answered "yes" to three or more of these questions, Al-Anon or Alateen may help.

© "Did You Grow Up With A Problem Drinker?" (S-25)
Reprinted with permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.

 

 

 
Oregon Al-Anon & Alateen District 7 Family Groups are located in Jackson and Josephine Counties Oregon. District 7 Al-Anon & Alateen meetings can be found in Medford, Grants Pass, Ashland, Phoenix, Talent, Jacksonville, Eagle Point, Cave Junction and Rogue River.

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