Find out about
AL-ANON,
and browse online with these links

• Visit an Al-Anon meeting.
  Al-Anon members there will be happy to answer your questions.

• Call the 24-hour information line.
  

• Check out Al-Anon Family Group's
  Northern California Area website.

• Explore the Al-Anon Family Group Headquarter's World Service Office website.

• See our 12 Steps, 12 Traditions, 12 Concepts, and the General Warranties here.

• Find online meetings.

• Listen to Al-Anon speakers.

• Shares from the Forum Forum shares

• Hear podcasts created as an introduction to Al-Anon meetings.

• Blog about the 12 Concepts. (For more info, read this.)

• View AFG Public Service Announcements.
  If you have a fast internet connection, CLICK HERE. Otherwise, view them one by one at the following, unaffiliated site:
  Al-Anon Speaks for Itself, Part 1
  Al-Anon Speaks for Itself, Part 2
  Al-Anon Speaks for Itself, Part 3
  Al-Anon Speaks for Itself, Part 4
  Feelings
  What It’s Like
  Sketches

• Read more about one of Al-Anon's founders, Lois W.

• Find out more about
  Alcoholics Anonymous.

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Your input is appreciated

District 5's website and its newsletter, The Alagram, gratefully publish Al-Anon-related articles contributed by and of interest to District 5 AFG members.
Content is not AFG World Service Conference-approved literature (CAL).
Opinions expressed are strictly
those of the contributors.
"Take what you like and leave the rest."

We look forward to hearing from you!
In fact, member contributions are vital!!
If you need some extra encouragement, one way to think about contributing a written share is that
it's a way of practicing the 12th Step in
"carrying the message" of our program.

You are a resource!
Please contribute items via email such as:

• shares based on your experience, strength, and hope such as how Al-Anon has affected some part of your life, or your experiences with sponsorship or being in service;

• shares on a recovery topic such as a Step, Tradition, Concept, slogan, theme ...
  any Al-Anon topic you like!

• a group-generated share;

• trusted servants’ reports, announcements, and calls for volunteers;

• notices or articles about Al-Anon events;

• Al-Anon humor;

• short recovery sayings and inspirational quotations (reference the source);

• questions or comments. If responding to a topic that someone else has shared, please keep the focus on "your side of the street" in order to avoid directing advice or criticism toward the previous share(s);

• meetings changes (each meeting is responsible for checking under Meetings both by City and by Day to make sure all of their name, day, time, location, and codes info is up to date. Notify here with any changes. Please also inform of temporary changes, which would be posted on the News page.)

Writing Guidelines

Need some encouragement to get started?
Check this out!

Newsletter

The Alagram is District 5’s newsletter. In it there are member shares, service reports, announcements and information about upcoming events.
The Alagram is published every other month and is available to AFG members at their meetings. Have your Group Rep pick up copies at the District business meeting.

Website

The District website, in addition to the other functions it serves (check out the menu bar to your left for other pages on this site), is another distribution channel for the contents of the paper version of the newsletter. Not surprisingly, the contents of the different versions cannot be 100 percent the same. For instance, the circulating paper version publishes some things that cannot be used on the internet. On the other hand, the advantages of the internet lift space limits to allow more content, not to mention rapid response capabilities.
The News and Events page of the website is updated monthly or more often as material is contributed. Look here for Alagram articles as well as web-only exclusives.

Credit

If the writer does not express a preference, the material will be signed with first name and initial. Please let us know if you have another preference, such as initials only, where you are coming from (group or service position), or something else such as "Anonymous," as well as any addition to your signature such as "Gratefully," "Al-Anon Hugs," "Love in Service," etc.

Permission and Copyright

By submitting your article, you are giving Al-Anon District 5 non-exclusive permission to use your submission in any print and/or electronic publications of the District. You maintain copyright of your own works.

To avoid potential copyright issues, please only submit your original writing. However, quoting from Al-Anon Conference-Approved Literature is allowed as long as you reference the title(s) and page number(s).

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