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Summary: When you came to your first meeting, were people laughing? How did that make you feel? How do you use laughter in your recovery today?<br> <br> When (under what circumstances) did you laugh before program?<br> When and how did you laugh as a child?<br> How did that change as you grew older?<br> How did that change as you were affected by alcoholism/addiction?<br> Could you laugh at yourself then? … about your pain? … about your foibles and shortcomings?<br> How did you feel when you first heard laughter in an Al-Anon meeting?<br> How has recovery changed the way you laugh? Why you laugh?<br> Can you laugh about your pain? … about your shortcomings?<br> How do you see laughter as a healing force?<br> What have you learned about laughter in recovery?