For More than 50 Years, Al-Anon Family Groups have been Helping the Families and Friends of Alcoholics.
The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength, and hope, in order to solve their common problems.
Alateen is for Al-Anon's younger members who range from 9 to 19 years of age and whose lives have been affected by someone else's drinking.
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Al-Anon Are You Troubled by Someone's Drinking? These questions are designed to help you decide whether or not Al-Anon is for you. Read the Al-Anon questions... |
Alateen Has Your Life Been Affected by Someone Else's Drinking? Alateen is for young people whose lives have been affected by someone else's drinking. These questions are designed to help you decide whether or not Alateen is for you. See the Alateen questions... |
Many who come to Al-Anon or Alateen are in despair, feeling hopeless, unable to believe that things can ever change. We want our lives to be different, but nothing we do seems to work. We come to Al-Anon because we want and need help.
In Al-Anon and Alateen, members share their own experience, strength, and hope. You will meet others who share your feelings and frustrations. We come together to learn a better way of life and to find happiness whether the alcoholic is still drinking or not.
Al-Anon meetings are found morning, noon, and night across Central Ohio. Visit Meeting Information or Alateen Meetings for more information or follow one of the links below. You may also call the Al-Anon Information Service at (614) 253-2701 for additional information.
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Al-Anon and Alateen members are people just like you and me–people who have been affected by someone else's drinking. They are parents, children, spouses, partners, brothers, sisters, other family members, friends, employers, employees, and coworkers of alcoholics. No matter what our specific experience has been, we share a common bond: our lives have been affected by someone else's drinking.
It is your choice to speak or not during the meetings. Newcomers are welcomed to meetings, usually provided with literature and a local meeting list, and invited to listen and learn. Some meetings offer beginners' meetings, specifically for newcomers. Also, members are available to answer questions before or after the meetings.
One of the Al-Anon program's basic principles is that of anonymity. Meetings are confidential. We do not disclose whom we see or what we hear at meetings to anyone.
There are no dues or fees in Al-Anon and Alateen meetings. Most groups pass a basket for voluntary contributions. The money that is collected is used by the group to pay rent, provide literature, and offer support to local and worldwide service centers.
Al-Anon Family Groups is a spiritual fellowship, not a religious one. We avoid discussion of specific religious doctrine. Members of all faiths or of none are welcome. Our Twelve Steps ask us to find a "Power greater then ourselves" who can help us solve our problems and restore us to sanity. Each member is free to define that power in his or her own way.
There is hope. You are at a turning point. If you would like your life to be different, Al-Anon and Alateen offer you a better way. We encourage you to:
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