Does Al-Anon have virtual meetings?
Electronic Meetings Electronic Al-Anon meetings are held online and over the phone. Electronic meeting formats include: Phone, Email, Chat, Blog, Bulletin Board, Instant Messaging (Skype, WhatsApp, Discord, etc.), Web Conferencing (Zoom, WebEx, etc.) and Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.).
What does AFG stand for in Al-Anon?
-Anon Family Groups
General Information About Al-Anon & Alateen. Al-Anon Family Groups (AFG) is a community resource providing support to anyone affected by a relative or friend’s drinking. There are over 24,000 Al-Anon and 2,300 Alateen groups meeting in 115 countries.
What are the Al-Anon principles?
Al-Anon has three sets of guiding principles called Three Legacies. These include “Recovery through the Twelve Steps,” “Unity through the Twelve Traditions,” and “Service through the Twelve Concepts of Service.”
How do Al-Anon email meetings work?
Although the method varies from group to group, typically members post a message to one email address which is automatically forwarded to all other members on the list. Topics are introduced by a “chairperson” one, two or three times a week, and sometimes daily.
What book does Al-Anon use?
Al‑Anon’s “basic book” reflects the shared wisdom of Al‑Anon members today. The most comprehensive book on Al‑Anon is excellent for personal and meeting study. B-32, 416 pages. Indexed.
How do I get Al-Anon literature?
Al-Anon literature is usually available at Al-Anon meetings. Some cities, states, and provinces have their own Al-Anon literature distribution centers, where a larger variety of literature is available for purchase. Literature is also available for purchase on Al-Anon’s on-line store.
What are the 3 legacies of Al-Anon?
Three Legacies: Twelve Steps, Twelve Traditions and Twelve Concepts of Service. Study of the steps is essential to progress in the Al-Anon program. The principles they embody are universal, applicable to everyone, whatever his personal creed.
What to know at your first Al-Anon meeting?
Here are a few things to keep in mind at your first meeting Al‑Anon is a mutual support group. You are free to ask questions or to talk about your situation at your first meeting. Every meeting is different. Al‑Anon is not a religious program. It will take some time to fully understand the significance of anonymity to the Al‑Anon program.
Is the Al Anon group a religious group?
Al‑Anon is not a religious program. Even when the meeting is held in a religious center, the local Al‑Anon group pays rent to that center and is not affiliated in any way with any religious group.
What’s the difference between Al Anon and Alateen?
Al-Anon is a mutual support group of peers who share their experience in applying the Al-Anon principles to problems related to the effects of a problem drinker in their lives. Alateen Meetings. Alateen is a peer support group for teens who are struggling with the effects of someone else’s problem drinking.
How does Al-Anon help families of Alcoholics?
There are no dues for membership. Al-Anon is self-supporting through its own voluntary contributions. Al-Anon has but one purpose: to help families of alcoholics. We do this by practicing the Twelve Steps, by welcoming and giving comfort to the families of alcoholics, and by giving understanding and encouragement to the alcoholic.