
Alateen is a fellowship of teenagers whose lives have been affected by someone else’s drinking. We come together to:
- Share experience, strength and hope with each other
- Discuss our difficulties
- Learn effective ways to cope with problems
- Encourage one another
- Help each other understand the principles of the Al-Anon/Alateen program
- Learn how to use Al-Anon’s Twelve Steps and Alateen’s Twelve Traditions
We learn that:
- Compulsive drinking is a disease
- We can detach ourselves emotionally from the drinker’s problems while continuing to love the person
- We are not the cause of anyone else’s drinking or behavior
- We cannot change or control anyone but ourselves
- We have spiritual and intellectual resources with which to develop our own potentials, no matter what happens at home
- We can build satisfying and rewarding life experiences for ourselves
We find help when we:
- Attend meetings on a regular basis
- Make telephone contact with other Alateen members
- Read Al-Anon/Alateen literature
- Have another Alateen member as a sponsor
- Apply the Twelve Steps of recovery to our lives
- Become involved in Al-Anon service work
Twenty Questions
- Answer these 20 questions to see if Alateen is for you.
Online Resources
- Find online meetings (opens a window at a different site)
- Find more resources at the World Service Teen Corner (opens a window at a different site)
- Download the Al-Anon Family Groups app to find Alateen meetings
For More Information
- Contact the Massachusetts Alateen coordinator at alateen@alanonma.org.