DO’S AND DON’TS

DO’S AND DON’TS

DO:

-FORGIVE, BE HUMBLE, TAKE IT EASY

-TENSION IS HARMFUL, PLAY

-FIND RECREATION AND HOBBIES

-KEEP ON DOING YOUR BEST, EVEN WHEN YOU FAIL

-LEARN THE FACTS ABOUT PARENTAL ALIENATION AND ESTRANGEMENT

-ATTEND PA-A MEETINGS OFTEN

-PRAY

DON’T:

-BE SELF-RIGHTEOUS

-DOMINATE, NAG, SCOLD, OR COMPLAIN

-LOSE YOUR TEMPER

-TRY TO PUSH ANYONE BUT YOURSELF

-KEEP BRINGING UP THE PAST

-KEEP CHECKING UP ON THE ALIENATOR (EX PARTNER, CHILD, PARENT ETC.)

-WALLOW IN SELF-PITY

-MAKE THREATS YOU DON’T INTEND TO CARRY OUT

-BE OVERPROTECTIVE

-BE A DOORMAT

(FROM: “ALCOHOLISM THE FAMILY DISEASE,” P-4)