What is a closed meeting in Al-Anon?
Families and Friends only (Closed meeting): A meeting that is available for Al‑Anon members and prospective members only. Anyone who has been affected by someone else’s drinking is welcome.
What is the purpose of Al-Anon and Alateen?
Al-Anon and Alateen are two programs that are part of a worldwide fellowship which offers support to families of alcoholics. Al-Anon is designed to help spouses, parents, siblings, and other family members, while Alateen is geared specifically toward younger people living with an alcoholic.
What is Alateen target audience?
Alateen is an Al-Anon group specifically designed just for young people age 19 or younger…
Who can go to Alateen?
“Alateen” meetings are for teens and younger children whose lives have been affected by someone else’s drinking, often a parent, guardian, sibling, relative or friend. All Alateen meetings are “closed”. That is, open only to teens and some younger children and their Area certified Group Sponsor(s).
What does WC mean in AA?
– CLOSED MEETING: Only for persons who qualify for A.A. membership. A.A. makes no determination as to who does or does not qualify for membership. When considering attending closed meetings, you are asked to apply A.A.’s Third Tradition, “The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking.” D.
When was Alateen founded?
1951
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They began meeting separately with each other as early as 1956, prior to the formation of Alateen in 1957—just as family members met together prior to the founding of Al‑Anon in 1951. A 17-year-old, Robert, started the first meeting for teenagers in Pasadena, California, in 1956.
How important is Al-Anon?
People who go to Al-Anon make an important discovery: that they are not alone. In Al-anon, you meet people who face the same trials and have learned how to cope with them. Through share experience, knowledge and understanding, Al-Anon can introduce the possibly of recovery for your loved one.