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[quote=Anonymous]We have 2 adults in our extended family who are in "a program".
They are only related through my marriage.

As our kids mature (late teens) they are both wildly inappropriate, and "share' stories about their antics before they were sober.
It has started to become talking about antics that were sexual in nature. 
Often they talk about about things that they did which endangered a child-and sometimes I am the child in that story.

Afterwards the kids ask us how we "survived" and have asked if we can stop inviting them to some things-especially if their friends/significant others are around.  The laughing is like a villain in a superhero movie.  (Leaving toddlers unattended, fighting with coaches and scout leaders, driving drunk with kids in the car, asking middle schoolers to drive...)

I have been told that anything that keeps you sober for the day is OK. Both of these people have been "sober" for over 20 years.
I am currently taking a time out from both of them because their "sober" choices are pretty hurtful and awkward.

Can I gently explain that there are some boundaries "outside of the meeting"? Currently speechless.

I've been to Al-Anon. Doesn't feel like a good fit b/c the drinking/drug use is not active. This is shrapnel.

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