About Meetings:
Our meetings usually last about an hour. During this time we come together for mutual help. We share our experience, strength and hope in order to recover from the effects of alcoholism.
Al-Anon is an anonymous fellowship. Everything that is said in group meetings and member-to member must be held in confidence. Only in this way can we feel free to say what is in our minds and hearts, for this is how we help one another in Al-Anon.
Our meeting schedule contains the location of Al-Anon and Alateen meetings in the Metro Atlanta Area and some outlying areas. No phone numbers are given because the groups do not maintain permanent quarters at the locations listed.
If you prefer to get meeting information by phone, please call us at 404-687-0466.
For meetings in Georgia but outside the Atlanta area, please call Central Services of Georgia at 800-568-1619.
For meetings in other states and worldwide, visit our National Headquarters at or call
1-888-4AL-ANON.
BEGINNERS MEETINGS: Meetings designed especially with newcomers to AL-ANON in mind. Beginners Meetings are sometimes separate meetings but are oftentimes held as an extension to a regular AL-ANON meeting. Sometimes beginners also attend Open Meetings to obtain public information. Learn more about Open Meetings 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.
CLOSED MEETINGS: Unless otherwise indicated, all Al-Anon meetings are presumed closed. Closed meetings are for all Al-Anon members and prospective members—anyone whose personal life is or has been affected by close contact with a problem drinker. Open meetings may be attended by anyone interested in Al-Anon/Alateen. 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.
Learn more about Open Meetings
AA MEETING NEARBY: Any AL-ANON meeting that meets at about the same time and place as a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). AA and AL-ANON meetings are run separately and independently. Times and locations may not always be exactly identical.. BABYSITTING MEETINGS: Meetings where there is babysitting available at the meeting site.
(Some meeting have fees for babysitting).
HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE MEETINGS: Meetings where the room used for the meeting is accessible to the physically handicapped. STEP MEETINGS: Meetings in which the discussion focuses on one or more of the twelve steps of AL-ANON. Most step meetings cover all of the steps on a rolling basis, others concentrate on one specific step.
PARENTS MEETINGS: Meetings where the discussion focuses on issues relating to being a parent of a problem drinker. PARENTING MEETINGS: Meetings where the discussion focuses on parenting in a family with children that have been affected by someone's drinking.
ADULT CHILDREN MEETINGS: Meetings where the discussion focuses on adults whose lives have been affected by the drinking of a parent or other caretaker. MEN'S MEETINGS: Meetings where the discussion focuses on men whose lives have been affected by someone else's drinking.
WOMEN'S MEETINGS: Meetings where the discussion focuses on women whose lives have been affected by someone else's drinking. GAY & LESBIAN & FRIENDS MEETINGS: Meetings where the discussion focuses on issues found in the lives of gay & lesbian people and their friends who have been affected by someone else's drinking.
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