Alanon/Alateen Meeting Question - Al-Anon Family Group

WorkingIt4Me · Member

Alanon/Alateen Meeting Question

neshema2 · ~*Service Worker*~

is there an alanon meet with or along side w/the alateen meets??? here when we HAD them, they were.....older folks went to alanon, while the kids went to alateen

IF that is not the case and your meets are separate....I don't know what min. age is for alanon....I just jumped on to show support that you want to help your lil cousin get into meets...maybe someone on here can tell you min. age...I would hate to see kid go by herself, BUT, if you could drop her off and hang out outside or something, I wouldn't feel to badly about that....dunno if 12 is old enough for the older folks...someone might share about something sexual or want to share and be all inhibited b/c there is a child in the room.....Just thinkin...maybe someone else can give better...My kids only 1 is going and she is grownup in alanon

Take care :)

grateful2be · ~*Service Worker*~

Our home group did a group conscience meeting on this type of issue. It was decided that we needed to begin a new alateen group. We decided that having minors in our regular Alanon group was not a good idea. But - that was our group. My point is that each group may have a policy in place for that kind of thing? I'd check with someone in the group about it before I'd take her.

hotrod · ~*Service Worker*~

Hi Workingit

If there are no aleteen meetings in your community it might be helpful if you introduced her to the On line meetings that are supported by WSO. You and she could attend together in the beginning until she feels comfortable.

Here is the link

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http://chat.alateen.net teens will have to register and ip addy is checked ,they can then attend any of the alateen meetings listed on the sign in page. this is the only Al-Anon approved site available for teens.. Sponsors are members of our program who have been police checked and verified as attending reg Al-Anon meetings . these rooms are not open for general chat they are only open when being monitored durring meetings

Jerry F · ~*Service Worker*~

Alateen is a part of the Al-Anon family groups and if there are no Alateen meetings in your town/area then Al-Anon is appropirate as long as she is appropriate for the meeting. I've known teens that "did" Al-Anon and nothing else and were very very appropriate to my meetings and then I've also sponsored Alateen and felt blessed to be the only adult in the room. The program is the program and appropriate behavior has always set the spirit for me. She needs to hear the voices of those who have come before her...you and the fellowship can model the behavior and speak of/to them. Try Alateen and if it is not available..show her what you do and tell her your story. ((((hugs)))) for you and for her. smile

david62 · ~*Service Worker*~

As others have stated, if no Alateen group is available, an Al-Anon meeting is where to take her and you can be there. As far as you attending an Alateen meeting with her, Alateen meetings are closed. Only teens and Adult sponsors are allowed to attend the meetings. Perhaps taking her to an Al-Anon meeting first to introduce her to the program will lead to her having the courage to go to an Alateen meeting by herself.

Thanks for the question!

David

DavidG · ~*Service Worker*~

smile The service manual makes it quite clear:

"Where there is no Alateen meeting available, teens seeking help are encouraged to attend Alanon meetings."

The material presented here is not Al-Anon Conference Approved Literature. It is a method to exchange information, ideas, feelings, problems and solutions on a personal level.