Al-Anon and Alateen
Al-Anon and Alateen are international organizations jointly known as Al-Anon Family Groups. The group has a membership of over half a million men, women and teens, providing a twelve-step program of recovery for friends and family members of alcoholics. Al-Anon is for adults within the program whereas Alateen is for young people (ages 12 to 20). Al-Anon was formed in 1951 by Lois Wilson, wife of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) co-founder Bill Wilson.
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| She recognized the need for such an organization as family members living with AA members began to identify their own pathologies associated with their family members' alcoholism.
In the USA, Al-Anon is organized as a non-profit organization in many states. |
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