

Additional online meetings can be found here. Please find below a list of Richmond Area Electronic Meetings. If you have answered yes to any of these questions, Al-Anon or Alateen may be able to help.Īl-Anon's World Service Office (WSO) is aware that at this time many Al-Anon and Alateen groups have chosen to or been asked to suspend meetings as part of public health initiatives aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus) in our communities.Īn alternative to local meetings are electronic meetings. Do you feel there is no one who understands your problems? Do you feel angry, confused, or depressed most of the time?Ģ0. Do you ever threaten to hurt yourself to scare the drinker?ġ9. Do you think that if the drinker stopped drinking, your other problems would be solved?ġ8. Do you feel like a failure because you can’t control the drinking?ġ7. Have you refused social invitations out of fear or anxiety?ġ6.

Do you ever ride in a car with a driver who has been drinking?ġ5. Have you considered calling the police for help in fear of abuse?ġ4. Are holidays and gatherings spoiled because of drinking?ġ2. Have you been hurt or embarrassed by a drinker’s behavior?ġ1. Are you afraid to upset someone for fear it will set off a drinking bout?ġ0. Do you secretly try to smell the drinker’s breath?ĩ. Do you make threats, such as, “If you don’t stop drinking, I’ll leave you”?Ĩ. Are plans frequently upset or canceled or meals delayed because of the drinker?ħ. Do you blame the drinker’s behavior on his or her companions?Ħ. Do you feel that if the drinker cared about you, he or she would stop drinking to please you?ĥ. Do you tell lies to cover up for someone else’s drinking?Ĥ. Do you have money problems because of someone else’s drinking?ģ. Do you worry about how much someone else drinks?Ģ. The following questions are designed to help you decide whether or not you need Al-Anon:ġ.

Millions of people are affected by the excessive drinking of someone close.
