European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse A a a a. Ann Landers dear Ann Landers you recently advised another Reader to go to Al anon. I secretly a prayed she would listen because i Enow How Al anon changed my Ife. The woman who wrote was married to a Man who drank Beer every night and passed out. Her letter sounded like a Page out of my Book. When my therapist told me i was married to an alcoholic and suggested Al anon i said i could a a never Tell a stranger about my Home life. A few months later i hit Bottom arid crawled into an Al anon meeting. Immediately i Felt at Home. Here was a Safe place where people understood cared and were not judgmental. In Al anon i found Quot the strength and courage to give my husband an ultimatum a get help or get he knew he con me anymore and checked himself into a 30-Day treatment Center. The change was like a Miracle. He has been sober for four months. Now we both take it one Day at a time. Longtime Reader in n y. Dear Reader i could run letters in Praise of Al anon for a solid month. They Are read on dear Ann Landers i too had a husband who could really a put the Beer i stand it when he drank. I screamed yelled and threatened until i was Blue in the face. Finally i realized living like that was unhealthy for me and our children. It was obvious that a a a a Mike Wasny to going to get help so i made the decision to leave him. Then i heard about a group called Al anon. It saved my marriage and maybe mikes life. Dear Abby dear Abby i am glad you agreed with grandma her 11-year-old grandson and 8-year-old granddaughter should not be sleeping with their father a or each other. When i was 10 years old my 12-year-old brother and i were forced to sleep together in one bed at a _ cousins House. In the Middle of the night i found my brother on top of me he molested me until i wast7, and to this Day i have not told a soul a including my husband and we have been married for nearly 20 years. Please parents friends relatives done to let this happen to children. Keeping my secret dear keeping please done to keep your secret any longer. Contact your local rape crisis Center and inquire about counselling and support groups for people who have kept this kind of secret for years. You have nothing to be ashamed of a you were a victim. Victims should Bear no guilt. In counselling you will learn that in order to heal you must confront your brother after All these years Friday August 2, 1991 when the woman in Indiana asked a does my husband have a drinking problem a you were right to say a yes he does a i used to wonder the same thing about my husband. Mike Wasny to abusive when he drank arid he went to work every Day but the drinking was constant. A recovering alcoholic once told me a if your husband drinks and if you done to like it then it s a 7 within months of my attending Al anon meetings Mike quit drinking and he Hasni to had a drink in six years. His wife in California dear Ann Landers i Wasny to an alcoholic. 1 just drank a Little too much sometimes. My wife did the worst possible thing a she covered for me. But then i went on a Bender that was a doozy. To get her off my Back i went to an alcoholics Anonymous meeting. When i walked in i told myself a you Don t belong with this Bunch of cigarette smoking Coffee Swilling and then i heard a a Jim talk and realized that i was hanging by my fingernails from the Cliff head fallen from. I was a full fledged Boozer. I quit cold Turkey which now As i look Back seems like a Miracle. I Haven to had a drink since 1950. The Miracle was made possible through a. 1 have attended a meeting almost every night. I owe my life to a. A Happy sober drunk in Calif. Dear Calif. And All others who wrote thanks for the testimonials. And now for the alcoholics Anonymous and Al anon can be found in the phone Book. C creators Syndicate and Tell him How much pain he has caused you. Trust me. Please get counselling then write again and let me know How you Are. I care. Dear Abby in be read your column for years and have never seen a problem quite like the one i have. It All started when my son bought one of those video cameras. Since he bought it he a been driving everyone crazy sticking that camera in their faces. He wants me and my sex wife his Mother to act like we re a Lovey Dovey couple before his camera so my granddaughter his daughter can watch it someday and see her grandma and grandpa when they were a a Happy together. Abby we were divorced 14 years ago because of her infidelity and the thought of pretending to be civil with that woman is More than i can stomach. Of course she Sall for it so now in a the bad Guy. Retired in san Diego dear retired unless both you and your a a exp Are Academy award winning performers you a be foolish to act As if you re a a Lovey Doveye couple before a camera. I agree with you a the idea of a a pretending is indeed ridiculous. 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