Originally Posted by
GingerM 
I found that a lot of the AlAnon tools and help was very useful in many areas of life outside of the family dynamics... how to set boundaries, how to detach without aggression, how to stay centered on oneself - those are skills that are highly useful *everywhere*, even as they're particularly useful in your family.
That, I think, is the coolest thing about the Al-Anon/12-Steps! Even if there's no booze, drugs, or anything like that in our life, the tools work great for other things, like work, play... anywhere we interact with people. I deal with work situations much more constructively than I used to. Things that are beyond my control, hey, not my problem! Someone asks for my opinion, great, I'll give it -- but if not, I just do the best job I can at what they hired me to do. Let's face it -- most companies do not operate as well as they could... and most employees are in no position to do much about that. But why let it get to you that much? We got bigger fish to fry around here....
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