I am a workaholic because it negatively effects my life.
I'm in the middle of a very busy work weekend but wanted to say BINGO! (and I am thinking about what changes I need to make because this is beginning to affect my life in a negative way.)
In AlAnon the only qualification you need is being a friend or family member of a problem drinker. There is no mention of addiction. All we know is that someone's drinking is or has affected our lives in a negative way. The person may have stopped drinking but continued the same behaviors because they didn't cut out the root of the problem.
Alcohol or any -holic behavior is the symptom.
Me 57/H 58 M36 S 2.5yrs R 12/13
Let me give up the need to know why things happen as they do. I will never know and constant wondering is constant suffering. Caroline Myss
