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4 Local Alanon Meetings
Are You
Troubled By Someone's Drinking?
Millions of people are affected by the
excessive drinking of someone close. The following
questions are designed to help you decide whether or
not you need Al-Anon:
- Do you worry about how much someone else
drinks?
- Do you have money problems because of
someone else's drinking?
- Do you tell lies to cover up for someone
else's drinking?
- Do you feel that if the drinker cared about
you, he or she would stop drinking to please
you?
- Do you blame the drinker's behavior on his
or her companions?
- Are plans frequently upset or canceled or
meals delayed because of the drinker?
- Do you make threats, such as, "If you don't
stop drinking, I'll leave you?"
- Do you secretly try to smell the drinker's
breath?
- Are you afraid to upset someone for fear it
will set off a drinking bout?
- Have you been hurt or embarrassed by a
drinker's behavior?
- Are holidays and gatherings spoiled because
of drinking?
- Have you considered calling the the police
for help in fear of abuse?
- Do you search for hidden alcohol?
- Do you ever ride in a car with a driver who
has been drinking?
- Have you refused social invitations out of
fear or anxiety?
- Do you feel like a failure because you can't
control the drinking?
- Do you think that if the drinker stopped
drinking, your other problems would be solved?
- Do you ever threaten to hurt yourself to
scare the drinker?
- Do you feel angry, confused, or depressed
most of the time?
- Do you feel there is no one who understands
your problems?
If you have answered yes to any of these questions,
Al-Anon may be able to help.
Contact Al-Anon in the Kankakee
County Illinois area by calling (815) 939-4996 and
asking to speak to someone from Al-Anon. Or send an
email to alanon.kankakee@gmail.com.
