Lou's Recovery Story – How Al-Anon Changed my Life!

<p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"> <span style= "font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> Lou has been attending our Tao recovery meeting for years. Lou is the first Al-anon member that we have had the pleasure of interviewing. One takeaway for me was an Al-Anon saying, referencing the person we are there to try to help.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"> <span style= "font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> 1. I did not cause my loved one’s alcoholism</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"> <span style= "font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> 2. I cannot cure my loved one’s alcoholism</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"> <span style= "font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> 3. I cannot control my loved one’s alcoholism</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">I hope you enjoy Lou's story!<span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">Dr. Kent M. Keith – The Paradoxical Commandments</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><a href= "https://www.paradoxicalcommandments.com/">https://www.paradoxicalcommandments.com/</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"> <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting;</span> <a href= "https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style= "font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; color: blue