I attended an Al-Anon meeting entitled, "I Dare You." The time which I attended the meeting was from 5pm -7pm. The meeting opened up and the person that was chairing the meeting was very warm and compassionate. The Al-Anon meeting was basically the same as the Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting. The only difference was that there were family members and friends of the recovering addict/ alcoholic. Unfortunately, we were told not to say anything and our anonymity was broken. I thought when that little situation happened they would have thrown us out. The chair had let us stay. There were several people who shared their story. One particular speaker spoke about how she loved her husband and did not know that alcohol was so addictive. She also stated that since it was sold legally how this could be. The group was very sensitive to each other's situation. No one judged another person's circumstances. The meeting was like one big happy family. There was another young lady that spoke she said she was always degrading her significant other. The young lady said when he was coming to meeting she did not believe him. Her insecurities caused him to continue to drink she thought. In other words he did not have any support system. In my opinion I believe the young man never really was ready to stop. As today her significant other now has three years clean and sober. The meeting was definitely supportive and helpful for individuals that are either family members or friends of the alcoholic/addict. I realized that the meeting was for people of all walks of life. In all my life I have never attended any kind of meetings and I realize that I should have been at Al-Non meetings a long time ago. Then maybe I could have been more of understanding to what my Dad was going through. Oh, no! I was just as judgmental and ignorant to the fact of addiction. Therefore, now I that some alcoholics/addicts think that they have to drink and use to deal with life's ev