How Al-Anon Works for Families and Friends of Alcoholics

De: Al-Anon Family Groups

Narrado por: Anonymous members of Al-Anon Family Groups

Al-Anon's basic book discusses the mutual-help program of recovery, including personal stories. A beginning approach to the Twelve Concepts of Service is included.

©1995, 2008 Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. (P)2013 Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.

A needed audio book

So wonderful to have an audio version of such a helpful book for families and friends of alcoholics. Read by members of Al-Anon just like at a meeting!

Very helpful

Any additional comments?

This book is very helpful. The audio is not professionally polished but I like that many different members' voices come together in this audio book. It makes for a feeling of connection with the many people that are walking through similar experiences.

very helpful and loved this book

loved it and would read it again. thanks so much to the author for writing this it has explained to me more about Al Anon 😀

We don't need to struggle! The path is there to recover!

I can relate many of the narratives in the book. It is very emotional and touched deeply my soul. The little bits and pieces of the stories, the hopes for all of those individuals made me to realize ...I am not alone! I have a right, and I can make a decision of my own life! To the better future, I just need to make the first and most difficult step, to GET HEP. It is true! The path will be not easy, will be bumpy with ups and downs...but worth it!

The only problem I had, some of the recordings were difficult to hear.

Worth it, even though it needs pro recording!

If you could sum up How Al-Anon Works for Families and Friends of Alcoholics in three words, what would they be?

Real help is available

What did you like best about this story?

Could relate on many levels. Applies to many situations. Logically organized. Lets you know what to expect from a meeting, as well as how to apply help to your own situation, no matter what it is. Covers a lot of ground.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Anonymous members of Al-Anon Family Groups?

ANYBODY that is a professional book narrator in a real studio!!! Think Barbara Rosenblatt would be great.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I listened for hours, and went back to listen to parts of it over again. This is the kind of book that you can listen to multiple times and get a lot more info from at each hearing.

Any additional comments?

I understand that they wanted to use "real people/members," so that it would be more relatable and honest. But frankly, the recording quality suffers enormously, and many of the narrators are too stilted. I ended up downloading it again at the highest recording quality and it still took me a long time to be able to stop wincing at the poor audio quality. It is frankly sometimes difficult to hear, especially since I like to listen while driving. I am spoiled by the quality of professional audiobooks, I realize. But this is one area where I feel that Al-Anon needs to break down and turn something this important over to professional book narrators and sound engineers. Still, the material itself is invaluable, and I will be listening to this again and again. I hope others will also petition Al-Anon to re-do this professionally, and to release more Conference Approved Literature in audio formats. They are sorely behind the times in making material available in electronic and audio formats.

Well needed book..

It's great to let you know that you are not alone.
Very Real?,could knew better sound, but understand that it's live..

Loved it!!

The audible speakers provided real life situations that happen on a day to day basis. How he/she overcame their short comings as well as their loved one addiction and really began to enjoy living life for the first time. This audible is a self-help tool for anyone it speaks to all ethnic races, gender, and social status.

Great for friends & family members of Alcoholics!

This is an official book of the Al-Anon Family Groups organization. This is a overview of surviving and thriving in a relationship with an alcoholic. The books was written by Al-Anon members, who have successfully traversed this path, and not by professionals. This is a basic text of the Al-Anon movement and is helpful to many people. (You may be one.) The later part of the book includes "shares" from Al-Anon members telling parts of their stories.

The book is also read by Al-Anon members and not professional readers. This makes the narration uneven. Different speakers are louder or softer; some are easy to understanding and others are harder to understand. This is the main issue that many Audible reviewers have with "How Al-Ann Works". This is a fair criticism BUT the fact that Al-Anon members read parts of the books has value and meaning. To me, a book read by its author is always a more enjoyable hearing than a professional reader. Al-Anon members both wrote and read "How Al-Anon Works".

I think that if you listen, this book will help you.

Please ADD Chapter Titles

I love this book, and much transformation has happened. However, it really needs chapter names!

Can’t get to meetings?

Need to attend Al-Anon meetings but for one reason or another you are unable to?
Audible gives you the next best thing.
Listen to members tell you their story and how the program worked for them
If drugs and alcohol in the lives of your family is making your life miserable,listen to this book