Al-Anon/Alateen Meetings in Kansas
An Al-Anon meeting is where participants can go to share their experience, strength and hope with one another. What you say in the meeting is confidential and does not go outside the meeting. A typical meeting will focus on a topic or step, allowing everyone the opportunity to share if they choose to. As each meeting may have a different style, we encourage the newcomer to attend at least 6 meetings before deciding if Al-Anon is right for them
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NOTE: As of April 2018, in order to provide the most accurate information on meetings, we are linking to the Al-Anon World Service Office Search page. From this page, you can search for meetings in any location, search for meetings by day of the week, type of meeting, etc.
If you need additional assistance finding a particular meeting, please use the "Contact Us" page on our site.
Description of the different types of Al-Anon meetings listed:
All meetings are Al-Anon meetings, however some of them may have a special focus, such as adult children of an alcoholic. Even though a meeting may have a special focus, everyone looking for an Al-Anon meeting is welcome to attend. Below is a list of the different meeting types in Kansas.
All meetings are Al-Anon meetings, however some of them may have a special focus, such as adult children of an alcoholic. Even though a meeting may have a special focus, everyone looking for an Al-Anon meeting is welcome to attend. Below is a list of the different meeting types in Kansas.
- Regular Al-Anon Meetings - These meetings are closed meetings and for only Al-Anon/Alateen members and newcomers considering attending Al-Anon or Alateen. If you are new to Al-Anon, you may attend any Al-Anon meeting and upon arrival let them know that you are new and they will have a separate beginners meeting with you.
- “Open” Meetings - Meetings where professionals and the general public are encouraged to obtain information about Al-Anon and the effect of drinking problems on other people.
- Beginner Meetings - Meetings designed especially with newcomers to Al-Anon in mind. Beginners are also encouraged to attend Open Meetings to obtain information. If you are new to Al-Anon, you may attend any Al-Anon meeting and upon arrival let them know that you are new and they will have a separate beginners meeting with you.
- Alateen Meetings - Alateen meetings are Al-Anon meetings meant specifically for discussions by teenagers who have been affected by someone else’s drinking. Adults, please attend other Al-Anon meetings, usually nearby. Check individual listings, some meetings invite preteens and young adults as well.
- Adult Children Meetings - Meetings where many (but not all) of the discussion focuses on adults whose lives have been affected by the drinking of a parent or other caretaker.
- Al‑Anon is a mutual support group. Everyone at the meeting shares as an equal. No one is in a position to give advice or direction to anyone else. Everyone at the meeting has experienced a problem with someone else’s drinking.
- You are free to ask questions or to talk about your situation at your first meeting. If you’d rather just listen, you can say “I pass,” or explain that you’d just like to listen.
- Every meeting is different. Each meeting has the autonomy to be run as its members choose, within guidelines designed to promote Al‑Anon unity. Al‑Anon recommends that you try at least six different meetings before you decide if Al‑Anon will be helpful to you.
- Al‑Anon is not a religious program. Even when the meeting is held in a religious center, the local Al‑Anon group pays rent to that center and is not affiliated in any way with any religious group. Your religious beliefs—or lack of them—are not a subject for discussion at Al‑Anon meetings, which focus solely on coping with the effects of someone’s drinking.
- It will take some time to fully understand the significance of anonymity to the Al‑Anon program. But at its simplest level, anonymity means that the people in the room will respect the confidentiality of what you say and won’t approach you outside the room in a way that compromises your privacy or the privacy of anyone who attended an Al‑Anon meeting.
- The meeting will likely begin with a reading of the Twelve Steps of Al‑Anon. It will take some time to fully understand how the Twelve Steps can be a helpful tool in recovering from the effects of someone’s drinking. But Al‑Anon gives you the opportunity to grow at your own pace.