LGBTQIAP+ Virtual Al-Anon Family Group
Welcomes You
A Safe Place, The Right Place To Be
About This Fellowship
We Virtually Meet Three Times A Week.
Newcomers, Old Timers & Everyone in between are welcome to join this
LGBTQIA+ Focused Open Meeting.
Zoom Meeting ID: 4054586382
Password: loisw
Tuesday
6:00 PM PST / 9:00 PM EST
Thursday
6:00 PM PST / 9:00 PM EST
Sunday
8:00 AM PST / 11:00 AM EST
As a reminder, all are welcomed here. This meeting seeks to be a safe space for people of any: ability, age, ethnicity, gender, orientation, presentation, race, religion, sex, size, shape, or spirituality. We are actively anti-racist and there is a Zero Tolerance Policy for hate speech. The hosts of the meeting have the right and responsibility to remove any member who acts or speaks in an overtly exclusionary way. In keeping with Tradition 12, Zoom security settings have been enhanced to protect our members.
We are a neurodiverse-friendly meeting and seek to make this space as accessible as possible for folks who are Autistic, ADHD, Bipolar, Sensory Processing Disorder, or Neurodivergent in any other way. You may see some on camera who are stimming, hand-flapping, rocking, or participating in other self-soothing behaviors. To be clear, in this space, this is not considered distracting behavior.
Please turn off any moving backgrounds to support members with sensory processing disorder. In addition to that, we ask that you please refrain from using the main chat during the lead and open shares. If you’d like to reach out to another member you may Direct Message them. If you’d like to not receive DM’s you can put NO DMS in your zoom name.
If you experience or notice any access barriers or safety issues, please let us know at our next business meeting so that we can continue to work to make this space more safe and accessible for all of us!
About Al-Anon
The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength, and hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness and that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Al-Anon is not allied with any sect, denomination, political entity, organization, or institution; does not engage in any controversy; neither endorses nor opposes any cause. There are no dues for membership. Al-Anon is self-supporting through its own voluntary contributions. Al-Anon has but one purpose: to help families of alcoholics. We do this by practicing the Twelve Steps, by welcoming and giving comfort to families of alcoholics, and by giving understanding and encouragement to the alcoholic.
The Newcomers Welcome:
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As a newcomer you may feel that you are here for the alcoholic…that your presence here may teach you how to stop their drinking. The truth is you are here because of the alcoholic and not for the alcoholic. You will soon learn you did not cause the alcoholic to drink, you cannot control the drinking, nor can you cure the alcoholic. You are here for yourself. You and you alone are responsible for dealing with your own pain. This is your program; it is your recovery from the effects of the disease of alcoholism.
You will find love, understanding, and a lot of hope from the Al-Anon Family Group. The people around you are experiencing, in varying degrees, the hurt, the anger, and the anxiety that you are experiencing. We in Al-Anon share our experiences because it helps us to focus on ourselves and our recovery. We do this with the use of the Al-Anon tools of the program (steps, slogans, literature).
Al-Anon will work for you if you allow it. It’s as effective as you make it. It’s the safe place, the right place to be. Your anonymity is protected at all times.
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