Books..... - Al-Anon Family Group

DJ2006 · Member

Books.....

rtexas · ~*Service Worker*~

Glad you are here!!!

I am new to this program and this web site too, but here are some things told to me right off the bat.

Al-Anon is a program that supports people who grew up with or have active alcoholics in their lives. Unfortunately you definitely qualify, but there is hope and this program provides information and tactics to help you understand the alcoholic and help you get yourself better.

This is not a program to teach you how to fix them.

The first couple of things to know is the 3C's

- You didn't cause it

- You can't control it

- You can't cure it

Only the alcoholic in your live can make those choices. I might not be doing right to post it here, but below is alink to the text of a brochure that I read. It spells out alot and really opened my eyes.

http://www.bendfeldt.com/alcholism.htm

Finding a meeting might be easier than you think. Someone posted the 800 number for the organization on here, but I can't find it. I bet someone will put it up here for you.

Good luck and like we said - you are in the right place, there are great people here who know exactly what you are going through.

Ria · Senior Member

I personally bought the Al-anon daily readers first, purely because I was so 'scrambled' when I got here I couldn't take in too much infomation at once! They are called One Day At a Time and Courage To Change. There is also now Hope For Today which has an Adult Child Of an Alcoholic (ACOA) focus. They are literally a reading for each day of the year with a 'Thought For The Day' at the bottom. If you are looking for help on a particular subject or emotion ie: fear, anger, there is an index at the back which lists all the readings on that topic.

I also got many leaflets from my local group. They were bite-sized pieces of Al-Anon and really easy for me to understand. The book 'How Al-Anon Works' is very good for explaining the purpose of the fellowhip and the 'tools of recovery' we use. ie: The Serenity Prayer, Slogans, Steps and Traditions.

There are so many wonderful books but its hard to suggest them for another as I'm not sure what you particularly want to know. I have mentioned literature and where it is available in response to your previous post. Although literature is a fantastic tool I personally found I benefitted more when I combined it with the 'human touch' of meetings as they could give clarity on something I didn't understand or especially in my early days, didn't agree with! lol

Obviously, once you've chosen a few titles you can borrow them from a local library to make sure they're what you want before you buy.

Happy Reading

nycbt · ~*Service Worker*~

Welcome to MIP. You are not alone. There a lot of people who understand.

World Service Organization Website –

WWW.al-anon.alateen.org

Phone number is 1-888-425-2666

Alanon meetings 800-351-9996

Alanon literature Worldwide 888-425-2666

Alanon meeting info. 800-433-7266 AA info.

Here are some things that have helped me since in the program.

Go face to face meeting & online meeting.
post on the board here on the site. I have gotten a lot of good feed back.

· Set support system. people do not judge.You need someone who can go for coffee on a bad day, or pick up a phone and call when in trouble. The support is what is important when you first this program.

Have a sponsor. Someone work one on one with you.

You don’t have to do this the minute u come to the program but I suggest that u do it when u can. It help.

for here

Meeting schedule: meetings are in here and run approximately 90 minutes from: Monday-Friday, 9 am and 9 pm EST, Saturday: 10 am and 9 pm EST, Sunday: 10 am and 7 pm EST. Topics are selected by participants at meeting time. UK +5 hours, central -1 hour, mountain -2 hours, pacific -3 hours. Open chat all other times.

-- Edited by nycbt at 10:15, 2006-04-01

DJ2006 · Member

Thank you for the info. I tried calling these numbers and they didn't work. I was redirected finally to a new number 800-568-1819.

Just thought you may want to update your info.

Thanks DJ

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.