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I was in Alateen when I was 10! Really! They didn't usually let kids that young in, of course this was in the 80's.
My step-dad was getting sober and leaving us home with mom who still drank. It was ugly. They let us in because of that circumstance. They said they usually don't.
It was totally over my head. I think we went for two or three months and I don't remember anything helpful. Really. :-( I'm thinking that maybe today they have changed a bit? Maybe a little more friendlier to younger ones? Or, darn... Kids seem smarter these days a lot younger. There were no other kids there our age. They were all high schoolers.