Alanon is the best thing to happen to me in my adult life, like some of the others have said. It gave me back my life.
Like AA, Alanon only works if you let it-- in other words go to meetings often, and try to practice the principles in all of your affairs. Even more of a miracle can happen if you work the steps.
Many people like to argue that Alanon and AA have low success rates, and will make up statistics to support that (5 percent is very popular). The best I've ever heard it framed publically is Dr. Drew who, when asked about AA, said it has a 5 percent success rate overall, and a 100 percent success rate for people who actually do it. In other words, try and bend it to your will and it won't work as well.
IMHO most people try to bend both AA and Alanon to their will and, when it doesn't work, declare it a failure and say the problem is with the program.
