I Walked Out of Al-Anon and Never Went Back

For those of us who love addicts, cold turkey is the only withdrawal method that works

Jennie Young
Human Parts
Published in
6 min readOct 1, 2019

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“God grant me the serenity…”

I was failing before the first line was over. I had zero interest in serenity—I wanted solutions.

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Jennie Young
Human Parts

Professor and humor writer in Green Bay. McSweeney’s, The Independent, HuffPost, Ms. Mag, Education Week, Inside Higher Ed, Slackjaw, Weekly Humorist, others.