Anyone who has been affected by someone else's
drinking in the past or present is welcome at any
AL-ANON meeting.
WHAT ARE AL-ANON MEETINGS LIKE?
In a typical AL-ANON meeting, participants share
and listen to the experiences, strengths and hopes of one
another on a confidential and anonymous basis. Most AL-ANON
meetings focus at first on a topic delivered by a
lead-off speaker, followed by participants speaking about how
that topic relates to their own lives or about other experiences
in their lives. Participants
are not required to speak, but when they do, they are encouraged
to share their own experience, strength and hope, focusing on
their own life without gossip or criticism of one another.
ARE ALL AL-ANON MEETINGS THE SAME?
Each AL-ANON meeting is operated independently, and each has
its own character and focus. Some meetings focus on
special topics or needs (see below). Some of these
meetings, called open meetings,
are designed for members of the public seeking
information.
FIND AN AL-ANON MEETING IN CONNECTICUT...
By phone: 1-888-8AL-ANON (1-888-825-2666) 24 hrs.
By Town or City:
By County Listings (Click on a County below):
All listed meetings are held every week, regardless
of holidays.
For
meetings and assistance in other states or regions, please contact AL-ANON World
Service at:
1-888-4AL-ANON
(1-888-425-2666)
or visit the AL-ANON/ALATEEN World Service web site at: http://www.al-anon.alateen.org
The AL-ANON Family Groups program in Connecticut offers
meetings in a number of different formats. The meeting
listings indicate special types of meeting formats at the bottom
of each meeting listing labeled with an asterisk (*).
Meetings may sometimes may combine one or more special
formats. The following is a summary of the special meeting formats found in
our Connecticut meeting schedules.
BEGINNERS MEETINGS
Meetings designed especially with newcomers
to AL-ANON in mind. Beginners Meetings are sometimes
separate meetings but are oftentimes held as an extension to a regular
AL-ANON meeting.
Sometimes beginners also attend Open Meetings to obtain public
information. Learn more about Open Meetings
ALATEEN MEETINGS
Alateen meetings are AL-ANON meetings meant
specifically for discussions by teenagers who have been affected by someone
else's drinking. Adults, please attend other AL-ANON meetings, usually
nearby. Check individual listings, some meetings invite
preteens and young adults as well.
Meetings where professionals and the
general public are encouraged to obtain information about AL-ANON
and the effect of drinking problems on other people. Learn more about Open Meetings
AA MEETING NEARBY
Any AL-ANON meeting that meets at
about the same time and place as a meeting of Alcoholics
Anonymous (AA). AA and AL-ANON meetings are run
separately and independently. Times and locations may
not always be exactly identical..
BABYSITTING MEETINGS
Meetings where there is babysitting available at the meeting
site (no fees required for babysitting).
HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE MEETINGS
Meetings where the room used
for the meeting is accessible to the physically handicapped.
STEP MEETINGS
Meetings in which the discussion focuses on
one or more of the twelve steps of AL-ANON. Most step
meetings cover all of the steps on a rolling basis, others
concentrate on one specific step.
PARENTS MEETINGS
Meetings where the discussion focuses on issues
relating to being a parent of a problem drinker.
PARENTING MEETINGS
Meetings where the discussion focuses on
parenting in a family with children that have been affected
by someone's drinking.
ADULT CHILDREN MEETINGS
Meetings where the discussion focuses on
adults whose lives have been
affected by the drinking of a parent or other caretaker.
MEN'S MEETINGS
Meetings where the discussion focuses on
men whose lives have been affected by someone else's
drinking.
WOMEN'S MEETINGS
Meetings where the discussion focuses on
women whose lives have been affected by someone else's
drinking.
GAY & LESBIAN & FRIENDS MEETINGS
Meetings where the discussion focuses on
issues found in the lives of gay & lesbian people
and their friends who have been affected by someone else's
drinking.
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