Maintaining Anonymity While Sharing Meeting Information
To help members and newcomers access meetings, Al-Anon groups share information such as links or passwords to join electronic meetings or location details about in-person meetings. While sharing meeting information helps connect people to resources, it’s important to
Investing in Our Alateen Legacy
As someone who is passionate about Alateen service and sponsors an Alateen group, I ask myself how I can get the Alateens involved in this process. It is so easy to think the Alateens have no skin in
Safety in Al-Anon Meetings
It has been an amazing experience for me to see the Al‑Anon fellowship grow and adapt over my years in the program. I am sure that our Cofounders, Lois W. and Anne B., never dreamed that Al‑Anon’s hand
Miracles of Sponsorship
I am so grateful for electronic meetings. During Covid, they were my lifeline and kept me sane. I connected with one of my sponsees through an email meeting. She was in so much pain and desperate for a
Today, I Will Dance
I am powerless over having two adult children directly affected by alcoholism. I am powerless over the fear I have related to this disease. However, Al‑Anon has taught me that I am not powerless over my responses to
Growth in the Safety Zone
Like everyone else I know in Al‑Anon, I’m working on myself. It doesn’t matter that I’ve been doing so since I started in 1998. It doesn’t matter how many service positions I’ve held in the group, in the District,
2025 World Service Conference Mail
Al-Anon’s 65th World Service Conference will convene in Windsor, Connecticut, USA, on April 24 through April 27, 2025. The Conference, Al-Anon’s annual business meeting, provides guidance to the World Service Office (WSO) on service matters that are brought
Gratitude Through Service Builds Worldwide Connections
What does it mean to be part of a worldwide fellowship? So often I can be attached to simply attending a local meeting every week, focusing on the situations that have made my life unmanageable. There can be
Phone Contacts Support the Newcomer
Growing up in the family disease of alcoholism, I developed the survival tactic of being a chameleon. Whether it was blending in with cliques at school or trying to be invisible at home, I learned very quickly that
Step One: Embracing My Powerlessness
This Step is easy to say but hard to apply. I didn’t come into Al‑Anon thinking I was powerless over alcohol. I remember wanting to pour the alcohol down the drain but not having the courage to do
I “Keep Coming Back” for Myself
I first started attending Al‑Anon meetings in a desperate attempt to learn how to help my brother find sobriety. My life was unmanageable in that I didn’t know how to get him to seek help, and I was
Welcoming Newcomers in the New Year!
Although the family disease of alcoholism never takes a vacation, the post-holiday season is a time when many individuals suffering from the family disease of alcoholism seek comfort in Al-Anon. Here are some things to think about as