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Alateen
Alateen is for young people whose lives have been affected by someone else’s drinking.
That person may or may not still be drinking, but even if the alcohol is gone, you may still feel the affects.
Click
here to read about how other teenagers have been affected by a
problem drinker in their lives. Alateen
Talk, our online magazine, features articles written by teens who
understand what it is like to deal with another person's drinking.
The following
twenty questions are to help you decide whether or not Alateen is for you.
- Do you have a parent,
close friend or relative whose drinking upsets you?
- Do you cover up your
real feelings by pretending that you don’t care?
- Are holidays and
gatherings spoiled because of drinking?
- Do you tell lies to
cover up for someone else’s drinking or what’s happening in
your home?
- Do you stay out of the
house as much as possible because you hate it there?
- Are you afraid to upset
someone for fear it will set off a drinking bout?
- Do you feel nobody
really loves you or cares what happens to you?
- Are you afraid or
embarrassed to bring your friends home?
- Do you think the drinker’s
behavior is caused by you, other members of the family,
friends, or rotten breaks in life?
- Do you make threats such
as, "If you don’t stop drinking, fighting, I’ll run
away"?
- Do you make promises
about behavior, such as, "I’ll get better school marks, go to
church or keep my room clean" in exchange for a promise that the
fighting and drinking will stop?
- Do you feel that if your
mom or dad loved you, he or she would stop drinking?
- Do you ever threaten or
actually hurt yourself to scare your parents into saying, "I’m
sorry," or "I love you"?
- Do you believe no one
could possibly understand how you feel?
- Do you have money
problems because of someone else’s drinking?
- Are mealtimes frequently
delayed because of the drinker?
- Have you considered
calling the police because of the drinker’s abusive behavior?
- Have you refused dates
out of fear or anxiety?
- Do you think your
problems would be solved if the drinking stopped?
- Do you ever treat people
(teachers, schoolmates, teammates, etc.) unjustly because
you are angry at someone else for drinking too much?
If you answered yes to some
of these questions, Alateen may be able to help you.
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Reprinted with permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc., Virginia
Beach, VA from "Is Someone's Drinking Getting to You?"
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