Friends and Fay of Alholics - Gay Male New to Al-Anon - I am a gay male who recently end a relatnship due to my partners alholism. I am startg to attend Al-Anon meetgs the Mneapolis area, but have not found any that I am pletely fortable wh due beg gay. I am lookg for guidance om
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GAY AL-ANON
Tl;dr gay man stgglg relatg to straight people alanon, lookg for siar experienc. As a gay man who grew up a really relig environment (any exmormons out there?? ), I fd myself straddlg the world of sobriety/emotnal sobriety and the gay muny, and ’s very unfortable.
The ndns which my ex and I met and broke up are very plited, and my past is filled wh plited matters ncerng sex, relatnships, emotnal issu, and health issu wh other gay men. And om my experience, most of the gay muny is hookg up and drkg, and I don’t want to have to give up all my relatnships jt to be surround by people I n only partially relate to. I tell him about my experienc and sists that the prcipl are always the same and therefore beg straight/gay don’t matter.
While I agree that the prcipl work for everyone, I have no ia how to approach step 4 or approach some unhealthy relatnships I have wh other gay men. I need someone wh my perspective and the experience and wisdom of havg gone through the steps as a gay man. Of Potns, Pills and Powrs: Gay Therapist Dcrib Approach to Dg Use Gay Men’s Relatnships April 28, 2020May 16, 2016.
GAY MALE NEW TO AL-ANON
Dg e gay relatnships is a mon, if ntroversial, topic to discs. Regular rears know that I’m not one to shy away om ntroversial topics about gay men’s liv, and today I’d like to discs this.
Al-Anon Fay Groups Wel Gays and Lbians.
But my send reason was that I was gay, g to a room of straight people who might judge me for beg who I am, and they might reject my plea for assistance. After a few meetgs, the ia slowly formed that maybe my beg a gay man wasnt really the problem after all, that maybe the problem was alholism. The members ntued to share their experience, strength, and hope wh me and to look beyond my beg gay (where my foc kept returng) to my beg affected by the fay disease of alholism.