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Al-Anon/Alateen
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Is there literature
or other materials available to
help me learn about Al-Anon?
The Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.
publishes books, pamphlets, wallet cards, Al-Anon service materials and
guidelines, a monthly magazine called the
Forum, Alateen Talks (a quarterly newsletter for Alateen members
and Alateen groups), and other materials.
Materials produced by Al-Anon World Services are referred to as
“Conference-Approved Literature” (CAL.) Al-Anon conference-approved literature
provides a valuable resource to help people learn about Al-Anon, and for
members to have a connection with Al-Anon support when meetings or contact with
other Al-Anon members may not be available. Some Al-Anon literature addresses
specific concerns, such as spouses/partners, parents, or children of
alcoholics. A complete listing of Al-Anon Conference Approved Literature and an
order form is available in the literature
area of the Al-Anon World Services web site.
How
can I find Al-Anon literature?
Many Al-Anon and Alateen meetings offer a free
complimentary literature packet to newcomers attending their first Al-Anon
meeting, and many also offer additional books and pamphlets for sale. The
District 5 Al-Anon literature distribution center provides literature for sale
to groups or individuals (please see our contact us
page to contact the District 5 Al-Anon literature distribution center.) The
Al-Anon World Services publications
area provides “conference-approved” Al-Anon literature for sale, in English,
Spanish and French. Al-Anon literature
is also available from many bookstores, libraries and on-line sources. A
complete listing of Al-Anon Conference Approved Literature and an order form
are available in the literature area of the Al-Anon World Services web site.
Al-Anon World Services publishes a monthly
magazine, the Forum. Please see below for Forum
information.
Is there Al-Anon/Alateen Literature that I can read on line?
In addition
to a wealth of information about the Al-Anon program, the Al-Anon World Services
web site includes items of Al-Anon Conference-Approved Literature posted on various parts of their
site. We have several conference-approved Al-Anon pamphlets reproduced as PDF documents on the District 5 Web site (reprinted
with permission of ©Al-Anon
Family Group Headquarters, Inc., Virginia Beach, VA.)
Each month, the World Services web site posts a chapter
from an Al-Anon conference-approved book for people to read on line, along
with stories from the Forum
(Al-Anon’s monthly magazine) on the same topic.
Stories from Al-Anon’s monthly magazine, the
Forum, are published on line and on our Member’s Stories page.
Al-Anon World Services also publishes Alateen
Talks, a quarterly newsletter.
Al-Anon publishes an annual outreach magazine,
“Al-Anon Faces Alcoholism.” This magazine has information about Al-Anon and
Alateen, stories from Al-Anon and Alateen members, and perspectives on
Al-Anon/Alateen written by people in various helping professionals. Please
click here
to be linked to Al-Anon Faces Alcoholism 2012 posted on the Al-Anon World
Services site.
A new feature of the World
Service web site is “e-CAL.” “E-CAL” prints stories and
sharings from Al-Anon members worldwide. To read or contribute to the
World Service site “e-CAL” area, go to http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/members;
see the directions to sign in using the name of your home group followed by
“afg”; then follow the links for “e-CAL.”
Is there literature especially for Alateen members?
Al-Anon World Services
publishes books and pamphlets especially for Alateen members. Alateen literature is available from the
sources described above. A list of conference-approved
Alateen literature is available in the Alateen
literature area of the Al-Anon World Services web site. Al-Anon World
Services also publishes Alateen
Talks, a quarterly newsletter for Alateen groups and members. Our Alateen page
includes conference-approved
Alateen literature reproduced as PDF documents (reprinted with permission of
©Al-Anon Family Group
Headquarters, Inc., Virginia Beach, VA.)
The Forum,
Al-Anon’s monthly magazine
Al-Anon’s monthly magazine, the
Forum,
includes inspiring personal stories written by Al-Anon members from around the
world. Information about the Forum, excerpts from the most recent Forum
magazine, and Forum subscription information can be accessed on the Forum
magazine page of the Al-Anon
World Services web site. You can also read excerpts from
the Forum published on the Member’s Stories page of our Al-Anon District 5 web
site.
How can I find
out what’s going on in Michigan?
The Serenity
Sentinel is a quarterly newsletter for Michigan Al-Anon Family Group
members. It has articles from Michigan’s
Delegate, Chairperson and Treasurer. It also contains information about
upcoming Al-Anon events, with fliers and registration forms for the
events. A one-year subscription is
$4.00. Click here to print a
subscription form!
Is there
conference-approved literature or other materials available for blind
or visually impaired members, and for members who have challenges with
reading?
The literature
area of the Al-Anon World Services web site includes materials printed in
large type. An order form that includes large-type literature is available on
the Al-Anon World Services site.
The Al-Anon Family Groups, Inc. has given
permission to agencies serving the blind and visually impaired to reproduce its
literature in Braille, on cassette tapes and in large print; you can check with
these agencies to find or request Al-Anon materials. Through a national network of
cooperating libraries, the National Library Service (NLS) for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped, Library of Congress administers a free library
program of Braille and audio materials circulated to eligible borrowers in the
United States by postage-free mail. For information, please click here. The Washtenaw County
Library for the Blind and Disabled (LBPD) provides free loans of books and
magazines in alternate formats (recorded cassette, large print and Braille)
including some items of Al-Anon Conference Approved Literature, for people that
live in Washtenaw, Livingston or Jackson County, Michigan and have a visual,
reading, and/or physical disability that interferes with their ability to read
regular printed publications. For
information, please click here.
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