Oh yeah they were, no doubt. My sister had to go down for the open meetings and sibling raps and it fucked with her schooling (not to mention her social life) big time. Of course it was somewhat better than what we had to deal with..
Also, I found out that she resented ME for being in there for so long..oh well, I tried to get out on my first open meeting night - ran across the room to my parents..but I digress..