Dear Annie: Thank you so much for recommending Al-Anon to your readers who are struggling with the devastating effects of alcoholism. This program has been a lifeline for me, offering a safe space to ...

For those who don't know or have never heard of Al-Anon, it is a 12-step recovery program that is the counterpart to the Alcoholics Anonymous 12-step recovery program. It was initiated by Lois Wilson ...

Dear Annie: I’m writing in response to your column about the woman whose marriage had become strained due to her husband’s drinking. Kudos for emphasizing that he needs Alcoholics Anonymous, but I’d ...

We keep hearing about a national mental health crisis, as well as an alcohol and addiction crisis. Perhaps it’s time to respond to them together. Increasingly, Americans are self-medicating their ...

With the holidays behind us, and COVID-19 still with us, stress and tension might have been increased exponentially, especially for those living with friends and family members who suffer from the ...

Maggie worried constantly about her loved one’s drink-driving. “I was anxious that he would either kill himself or hurt or kill someone else,” she told The Royal Gazette. She found help through ...

In the first season of The Bear, Carmy’s attendance at Al-Anon meetings is a significant but minor subplot, culminating in his shaky, disjointed 7-minute share in the season’s last episode (“Braciole” ...

Lois Wilson, the wife of the founder of AA, is the subject of a new biography. The book’s author visited Costa Mesa Sunday.Tucked away in a strip mall at the corner of Mesa Verde Drive East and Harbor ...