This author speaks about how damaging growing up with alcoholism was, and how alanon has turned things around.  They learned many important things about the rights they are entitled to:

-the right to speak at a meeting without interruption or advice

-that anonymity would be respected

-that "no" is a complete sentence and one can refuse without explanation

-the value of the Serenity Prayer being applied to relationships

-we have the choice to do what's best for us as long as it's not hurting anyone else

-the right to set realistic goals and achieve them at my own pace

-success is irrelevant and failure can be an opportunity to grow

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I think this summary just about says it all, in telling me what program can do for us and what it has done for me.  Grateful member always.