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10/16/08- Dix Hills Group Anniversary 7:30pm. St. Lukes Lutheran Church, 20 Candlewood Path (off Vanderbilt) Dix Hills. Dinner, Speakers, Raffles. All are welcome.****Farmingville at Holbrook Meeting Friday, 9:45 AM - moved to a new location at Sachem Public Library, 150 Holbrook Road, Holbrook Inquire at Welcome Desk for room; may not be same each week**** New Al-Anon book "Discovering Choices" is now available****Check out the PODcasts and the new Sketches on the WSO website www.al-anon.org****NEW LOCATION & TIME FOR THE SAYVILLE FRIDAY NIGHT GROUP as of July 11 2008 - this meeting relocates to St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church, 1150 Locust Ave. in Bohemia****

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Did You Grow Up With a Problem Drinker?

 
 
Answer these questions to see if you are still affected today.
 
1.
Do you constantly seek approval and affirmation?
2.
Do you fail to recognize your accomplishments?
3.
Do you fear criticism?
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Do you overextend yourself?
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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?
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If you answered "yes" to some or all of the above questions, Al-Anon may help.

 

© "Did You Grow Up With A Problem Drinker?" (S-25)
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