We are a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics in Marin County California. We welcome you to our website and our meetings.
AL-ANON is a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics. We meet together — virtually or in person — to solve our common problems and to share our experience, strength, and hope with one another. The only requirement for membership is to be personally affected by someone else’s drinking.
Insights into Al-Anon
The sidebar menu of this same name will guide you to the New To Al-Anon? section of our website, which is also a valuable resource for those of us who have been in the program for some time.
Anonymity is a founding principle of Al-Anon. Everything that is shared between members, and everything that is seen and heard within a meeting setting, is treated as confidential.
Al-Anon is a volunteer organization so, without Service, our meetings would soon disappear. There are many ways to be of service in Al-Anon, and all of them greatly enhance our experience of the program and our lives.
Sponsorship is essential tool of the program. A sponsor is someone we choose to guide us through the Twelve Steps and who comes to know and safeguard our whole story. It is a deeply trusting relationship between equals.
A Service Sponsorship guides us through Al-Anon’s Twelve Traditions and Twelve Concepts of Service and prepares us to expand our Al-Anon service from the Group level to the District and/or Area levels.
Al-Anon’s Three Legacies encompass Recovery through the Steps, Unity through the Traditions, and Service through the Concepts.
Al-Anon Meetings
Regular attendance at several weekly Al-Anon meetings where we feel safe plays a vital role in our success as we work the Al-Anon program. This is where we learn that we are not alone, that others have the same or similar problems, and that it is truly possible to know serenity. At meetings, we learn about the literature that is unique to Al-Anon and how we can incorporate this abundant resource into our lives. Meetings are also where we find our sponsors and our program friends, where we discover the gifts of service, and where we soon find ourselves sharing our own experience, strength, and hope. Please join us!
**New Website Coming**
In late June, this website will automatically redirect users to Marin’s new Al-Anon website. This is a heads up. There is nothing you need to do. The new website is already operating. If you want to bookmark and start using it now, go to: https://alanonmarin.org.