Theresa’s favorite piece of literature to use for outreach purposes is the reprint "Parents of Alcoholics" (R-18) in Episode 5’s part 3 of 4.  It’s only 12 pages, but so powerful!  She shares the moment she hit her “bottom” and what brought her into the Al-Anon program.  We also talk about being able to differentiate between helping versus enabling and what is one thing a parent can definitely do for their alcoholic child.

QUOTABLE MOMENT FROM THERESA:

• "...our children come through us, not to us."

LITERATURE MENTIONED & RELATED EPISODES:

• "Parents of Alcoholics" (reprint)  
• "Courage to Change"  –  Episode 3: part 4 of 4,   Episode 9: part 1 of 4,  &  Episode 9: part 2 of 4 
• "Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses"  –  Episode 10: part 4 of 4 

OTHER WAYS TO EXPLORE & CELEBRATE AL-ANON / ALATEEN LITERATURE: 

• Visit my CAL Chat blog -  www.calchatblog.com 

• YouTube -  www.youtube.com/​@CALChatPodcast 

• Instagram -  www.instagram.com/​CALChatFan1 

• Threads -  www.threads.net/​@CALChatFan1 

• Pinterest -  www.pinterest.com/​CALChatFan 

• Bluesky -  https://bsky.app/profile/​CALChatFan.bsky.social 

• CAL Chat website -  www.calchatpodcast.com