Originally Posted by
Aeryn 
Actually it's my therapist that got me to where I am and he's the one that said that (it's from a book written by another therapist)...Alanon didn't get me any of that stuff (most of the time I don't relate there at all and I actually get triggered by a lot of the people there so often I would leave feeling worse than I did when I got there)....so I guess it varies by situation.
Understood. I should have said, "Your mileage may vary," because it does! Sometimes, I get triggered by people in meetings (typically AA people who show up at my ACA meeting a dump all their family-of-origin or abuse stuff all at once). I might add, though, that that's one reason why Al-Anon usually suggests going to 6 different meetings -- one group may work for you when another one doesn't.....
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