Learning to Thrive in ’25
28th Annual TN Area 52 Al-Anon/Alateen Convention with AA Welcome/Participation
Knoxville
August 15-17, 2025
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Some vital links/resources from al-anon.org
- Welcome Newcomers – : al-anon.org/newcomers/
- PODCASTS – al-anon.org/newcomers/first-steps-al-anon-recovery/
- Sample chapters of CAL: al-anon.org/for-members/members-resources/literature/…
- Free downloadable options: al-anon.org/for-members/members-resources/literature/…
- Slogans page: al-anon.org/for-members/members-resources/literature/…
- Members Blog: al-anon.org/for-members/members-resources/member-blog which is also available for use for any Al-Anon meeting.
- The Forum magazine excerpts: “The Forum” Magazine Stories
- The 2020 Al-Anon Faces Alcoholism magazine: al-anon.org/for-members/members-resources/literature/…
Welcome to Tennessee Al-Anon and Alateen Family Groups
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.
What Is Al-Anon?
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 the families of alcoholics, and by giving understanding and encouragement to the alcoholic.
Suggested Al-Anon Preamble to the Twelve Steps
Reprinted with permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc., Virginia Beach, VA.
News From The WSO (World Service Office)
New Topic for the Member Blog
March’s topic is, “What is your favorite Step, Tradition, or Concept, and how do you apply it to your personal life?”
As always, you can also write about Al-Anon’s three Legacies. This month features Step Three, Tradition Three, and Concept Three. Please share with us at al-anon.org/member-blog . Sharings on the Member Blog may be used in future Al-Anon publications.
New topics are being added each month!
2025 World Service Conference Mail
Al-Anon’s 65th World Service Conference will convene in Windsor, Connecticut, USA, on April 24 through April 27, 2025. The Conference, Al-Anon’s annual business meeting, provides guidance to the World Service Office (WSO) on service matters that are brought to its attention.
Delegates and other trusted servants enjoy receiving mail from members and groups in their Areas while they are at the Conference. We invite you to send cards and notes of support to Conference members.
Irene F (Hold for WSC 4/24–4/27, 2025)
Marriott Hartford/Windsor Airport Hotel
28 Day Hill Rd.
Windsor, CT 06095
USA
Please plan to have your cards arrive after April 21. Remember to use your trusted servant’s name and home address as the return address in case mail delivery is delayed.
Important Love Gift Information
We ask that members and groups refrain from mailing boxes, packages, or large envelopes to the hotel, as the hotel will charge the WSO to accept and store these items.
When the WSO becomes responsible for absorbing these costs, it precludes us from prudently applying our service dollars—our members’ Seventh Tradition contributions—in accordance with Warranty One and Tradition Five: helping the families and friends of alcoholics. Thanks to all members and groups for your practice of financial prudence.
No Affiliation with Meeting Space Facilities
When starting new Al-Anon and Alateen groups, members may look for publicly accessible, inexpensive meeting spaces to rent. Places of public worship, clubs, hospitals, and schools are common locations. Common spaces for electronic meetings include Zoom, Skype, and WhatsApp.
Tradition Three states, “The relatives of alcoholics, when gathered together for mutual aid, may call themselves an Al-Anon Family Group, provided that, as a group, they have no other affiliation.” Group members may be employees, members, or volunteers at these meeting locations, but that bears no influence on nor implies any affiliation with the meeting space.
Dictionaries define “affiliation” as “being closely associated with a particular company.” When sharing meeting information with newcomers, some may shy away from recommending particular venues, believing we have some kind of vested interest in supporting them. This is not the case. Thus, it may be helpful to share in our meetings what member contributions and group funds do and don’t support when “passing the basket” to fulfill our Seventh Tradition of self-support.
Each group meets its expenses according to the “Use of Group Funds” Policy found in the “Digest of Al-Anon/Alateen Policies” section of the current Al-Anon/Alateen Service Manual (P-24/27) on al-anon.org. The many ways the World Service Office supports each group are listed on the back of each Quarterly Appeal Letter, which is read aloud in meetings by the trusted servant who holds the Current Mailing Address (CMA) position for the group.