Who attends Al-Anon?

Who attends Al-Anon?

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.

What are the principles of Al-Anon?

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 large is Al-Anon?

Currently, there are over 24,000 Al‑Anon groups and nearly 1,500 Alateen groups meeting in 118 countries.

How does Al-Anon meetings benefit family of addicts?

For family members, al-anon meetings will help increase knowledge on the social influences linked to drug and alcohol abuse; helping to spot any signs down the line. A further benefit of al-anon meetings is the increased ability to boost family members understanding of addiction.

What is Al-Anon and how does it work?

How it Works, What to Expect. Al anon is a self-help group for people who live with or are affected by an alcoholic. Alanon is not run by a professional. It is run by the people in the group – that’s why it’s called a self-help group. Al anon is modeled on the twelve steps on AA. Members acknowledge that they are powerless over alcohol (over the alcoholic in their lives) and that their lives have become unmanageable.

What does Al Anon do?

What is Al-Anon? Al‑Anon is a mutual support program created to help those affected by someone else’s alcohol abuse. The group brings together people who share common experiences and provides an outlet for them to discuss what they are going through in order to bring about positive changes to their individual situations.

What does Al Anon mean?

What is Al-Anon and How Does it Work? Al-Anon Family Groups, commonly known simply as Al-Anon, is a confidential program for families and friends of alcoholics. The goal of Al-Anon isn’t to provide interventions or convince a loved one to stop drinking, but an opportunity to get together and share common experiences and much-needed mutual support.