I don’t know whether to attend this group?
Posted by adminJul 31
Okay so i live with my dad who’s an alcoholic and my mum attends these groups called Al-anon and she says they really help her out and suggested that i go to one, but for teens who go through a hard time with relations to alcoholism. I just don’t know whether to go or not. I’m going to find it really hard talking and being sentimental about it with people i don’t even know. I dont know.. maybe it will help me? I’m a quiet person and i don’t want to look like some freak who doesn’t talk. :S what should i do?
6 comments
Comment by It was more than speeches on 07/31/2011 at 5:45 pm
I think I would attend once just to hear other people out.
I would not do anything that made me too uncomfortable though, so there isnt anything wrong with not talking and just listening.
Comment by Josh B on 07/31/2011 at 6:28 pm
Go and Listen.
You don’t have to talk, but if you know something that could help someone else that is seeking help, I encourage you to not keep it to yourself.
Comment by вяσσкє ѕυмηєя on 07/31/2011 at 7:17 pm
if your not an alcoholic, you don’t talk.
you only participate if you have a problem x
Comment by nichole on 07/31/2011 at 7:22 pm
ITS REALLY GOOD…. I GO TO THEM..
AND IT REALLY HELPS
THE OTHER TEENAGERS THERE UNDERSTAND WHAT YR GOING THROUGH AND THEY DONT JUDGE YOU
THERE GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING
Comment by Baybeeeeeee x on 07/31/2011 at 8:12 pm
i arge with the people above me:D
Comment by MidNYteStorm on 07/31/2011 at 9:05 pm
Go a couple of times and see what its like. You may find it easier to speak once you hear that there others that are like you. Its better then keeping bottled up inside you. If you keep everything bottled up, your emotions may eventually explode into anger and the last thing you want is to take that out on somebody like your mother.
I lived the same life as you and I never really gave Al-ateen a chance.
When I look back its something that I regret, cause I held a great deal of resentment anger toward my father and eventually I exploded in school.
In fact it got to a point where I was thrown out of my school district because of my behavioral issues and into a school that could assist me with my behavioral problem. Although being sent to this school was probably the best thing to happen to me in the end, as I have to wonder if I just gave this organization a chance, maybe I could have turned the corner sooner and stayed in my school district.
Look at this way, you say you find it hard talking to people you really don’t know about such issues, well you took a huge step by coming here and talking about this. Try and take the next step and see what they have to offer.