What are families anonymous?
The Anonymous Family is an organization designed to support family members of those who fight drug addiction or alcohol. The group organizes regular meetings on which people who have family members can share their thoughts and feelings. The group can also receive advice from a trained therapist or a family advisor about how to deal with negative emotions or actions that can affect their lives as a result of their family members.
Although the aim of the organization is to help all family members of people with addiction, the families of anonymous groups are usually designed for adult family members, rather than for children or adolescents in relation to those who have addiction. Often there are other specialized groups such as anonymous adolescent families, for those younger ages that have relatives fighting drug or alcohol addiction. Maintaining separate age groups is considered to be the most advantageous for those who participateThe robes they deal with can be very different depending on their age and their relationship to the person with addiction. For example, an adult group can provide more advice on parenthood, while the Teen Group can focus on coping with addiction.
It is free to join families Anonymous and the person can join the group in different ways. If there is a group that meets in its local area, someone may attend meetings in person. For those who have no local groups, online e-sanging is available in which group members communicate through e-mail, sign-in channels or online chat groups. The person can also contact the organization's registered office if he wishes to set up his own group.
As organizations, anonymous families are not officially linked to any religious or government groups. A specific format of meetings candiffer to the person who leads the group. Some groups may feel comfortable with a council that has a religious undertone, while other groups may remain completely secular.
One of the common topics that can be discussed at group meetings is to deal with negative emotions associated with the fact that they are related to drug addicts or alcohol. Some family members may face the guilt when they do not notice the relative addiction problem or allow them to continue, while others may feel frustrations from a relative's behavior, such as a person who theft of money to finance their addiction or lying to cover his behavior. Group members can advise each other, or they can simply be there to help others feel that they have someone to understand the situation.