The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength, & hope, in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness, & that changed attitudes can aid recovery.
Al-Anon is not allied with any sect, denomination, political entity, organization, or institution; does not engage in any controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any cause. Their 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 & giving comfort to families of alcoholics, & by giving understanding & encouragement to the alcoholic.
Alcoholism is a family disease. Living with the effects of someone else's drinking is too devastating for most people to bear without help. In Al-Anon we learn individuals are not responsible for another person's disease or recovery from it.
From the Al-Anon pamphlet "Detachment" reprinted with permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc., Virginia Beach, VA Copyright Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. ©1985
Since 1935, Al-Anon Family Groups have been offering hope & help to
families & friends of alcoholics. While most of us have heard that alcoholism is a disease, too few recognize it as a "family disease" which may emotionally, spiritually, and often physically affect three or four people in each home, each office or workplace, or each group of friends. Without support and spiritual help, living around or with a problem drinker is too much for most of us. We may become nervous, irritable and resentful. Our thinking often becomes confused, and our perspective distorted. A change in our attitude may be of boundless help and is often the force for good that finally inspires an alcoholic to seek help. The Al-Anon program is a spiritual way of life based on the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. Study of the Al-Anon program and its Twelve Steps strengthens us and guides us in solving many difficult problems, some of which we might once have thought were hopeless.
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