Just For Today
Just for today; I will be grateful for the hope Nar-Anon has given me. I will cultivate my recovery and stop cultivating self-pity.
Made Decisions
Before I came to the Nar-Anon Family Groups program, I had lost the ability to make a personal decision. I could not tell you what kind of food I wanted…
Step Three
I used to try to manipulate the affairs of my loved ones to reduce their pain. That way, I had hoped to be spared the chaos that their pain would…
It’s His Life
Our twenty-nine year old son is an addict, hopefully in recovery after a stint in jail. My wife and I have found it difficult to cope with his disease of…
Sue’s Story – A Personal Share
A pair of ladies’ slippers. Beige, with fleece linings. This is a memory, sometimes sad and sometimes almost funny, that I shall have all my life. I was attending a…
Anger Is Not The Answer
Before Nar-Anon, my anger towards the addict was beyond anything I had ever experienced in my life. I used to allow it to consume me. Attending Nar-Anon meetings has shown…
A Step Three Story
My son has been struggling with addiction for nine years. I have experienced countless “Just for today’s”, several nine month milestones, numerous rehabs, and some near death experiences that I…
The Steps And Service – A Personal Experience
I came into the program seeking a way to change my addict and never for a minute imagined that the program could be about changing me. As an introduction to…
I Am A Mother… Who Had To Make A Choice
I am well over 50 now and my addict in his late 20’s. When most of my friends and family ask – “How is your son?” I reply “He is…
Tradition Three
Tradition Three defines Nar-Anon members, what we do as members, and one important limitation. “The relatives of addicts, when gathered for mutual aid, may call themselves a Nar-Anon Family Group, provided that…