A resentment is a feeling of displeasure or indignation at someone else for a perceived injury or insult. Resentments rob us from today's pleasures when we obsess about the other person and the injury done to us. When we hang on to resentments we are hurting ourselves. "A resentment is like taking poison and expecting the other person to [..]

Al-Anon/Alateen Information Service Center. The Al-Anon/Alateen Information Service Center is a local service center established by groups located close enough to one another for easy access and communication. It exists to aid the groups it serves in the common purpose of carrying the Al-Anon/Alateen message to the families and friends of alcoholic [..]

Al-Anon membership consists of people who affected by someone else's drinking. We don't have to know if someone is an alcoholic; we can apply the program if we know it or not. Members share their experience, strength, and hope to help themselves and other relatives and friends of alcoholics. We work the Twelve Steps borrowed from Alcoholi [..]

AMIAS is an acronym for Al-Anon Member Involved in Alateen Service. An Al-Anon Member Involved in Alateen Service is a person who has direct care and responsibility for Alateens while being of service to Alateen. This would include, but not be limited to Alateen sponsors, chaperones, instant sponsors, and drivers. Anonymity

Area is a shortened name for the Area World Service Committee (AWSC). This committee consists of the area officers, district representatives, coordinators, and liaison members such as the delegate. This committee meets four times a year: at the two assemblies and twice between assemblies. They discuss area and district matters, plan the assembly ag [..]

An assembly is a meeting for the group representatives (GRs) to conduct Al-Anon business. On election years, the GRs elect a delegate, an alternate delegate, and assembly officers. They also meet to receive and discuss WSO and area reports. AWSC

The Board of Trustees is the custodian and guarantor of good management of the Al-Anon/Alateen Information Service Center (AAISC). The Board determines policy and manages the business affairs of the AAISC.

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The Twelve Concepts is Al-Anon's third legacy and relates to service. The concepts guide us as we do Al-Anon service work such as sponsoring a newcomer, telling our story at a meeting, distributing literature, supporting groups financially, being a group, district, area, or WSO officer, and helping friend or families of alcoholics. CPC

The Al-Anon declaration: "Let it begin with me. When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, let the hand of Al-Anon and Alateen always be there, and let it begin with me.