How it Works
When Anyone, Anywhere, reaches out for help,
let the hand of Al-Anon and Alateen always be there,
and let it begin with me.
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How It Works
Our Three Legacies
Recovery through the Steps * Unity through the Traditions * Service through the Concepts
Al-Anon launches podcasts to help families
For the first time, Al-Anon Family Groups are offering podcasts to families and friends of people who have a drinking problem. Podcasts are audio recordings on the Internet that are available by subscription. The podcasts entitled "First Steps to Al-Anon Recovery" are at www.al-anonfamilygroups.org. The subscriptions are free. An automated e-mail will notify subscribers each time a new instalment is posted. Our podcasts give people a private and easy way to hear what Al-Anon has to offer. The series of six podcasts contains conversations with experienced Al-Anon members who anonymously explain how they realized they needed help to deal with a loved one’s drinking. They also reveal how they overcame their fear of attending their first face-to-face Al-Anon meeting.
Al-Anon Family Groups Area Highlights Fall 2008
Al-Anon Family Groups, which includes Alateen for young members, usually teenagers, neither expresses opinions on outside issues nor endorses outside enterprises. It is not a religious organization or a counseling agency. No dues or fees are required. Membership requires only that one's life has been affected by someone else's drinking. Al-Anon is a worldwide fellowship that offers a program of recovery for the families and friends of alcoholics, whether or not the alcoholic recognizes the existence of a drinking problem or seeks help. Members give and receive comfort and understanding through a mutual exchange of experience, strength, and hope. Sharing of similar problems binds individuals and groups together in a bond that is protected by a tradition of anonymity. Al-Anon is not a religious organization or a counseling agency. It is not a treatment center nor is it allied with any other organization offering such services.
Detachment
- Not to suffer because of the actions or reactions of other people.
- Not to allow ourselves to be used or abused by others in the interest of another's recovery.
- Not to do for others what they can do for themselves.
- Not to manipulate situations so others will eat, go to bed, get up, pay bills, not drink, or behave as we see fit.
- Not to cover up for another's mistakes or misdeeds.
- Not to create a crisis.
- Not to prevent a crisis if it is in the natural course of events.
Reprinted by permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.
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The Dos and Don'ts
Do:
Forgive
Be Humble
Take it Easy
Play - find recreation and hobbies
Keep on Doing Your Best, even if you fail
Learn the Facts about Alcoholism
Attend AlAnon Meetings Often
Don't:
Be Self-Righteous
Dominate, Nag, Scold or Complain
Lose Your Temper
Try to Push Anyone but Yourself
Keep Bringing up the Past
Keep Checking up on the Alcoholic
Wallow in Self-Pity
Make Threats You Don't Intend to Carry Out
Be Overprotective
Be a Doormat