District 16 Tri-Valley
Dublin - Pleasanton - Livermore
Help and hope for families and friends of alcoholics
No speaker meeting in April. Join us for Day in Al-Anon instead!
D16 Day in Al-Anon, April 18
See Events Page for details
What is Al-Anon?
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.
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 families of alcoholics, and by giving understanding and encouragement to the alcoholic.
Monthly Speaker Meeting for D16.
Join us in-person on the 2nd Saturday at 7:00pm. See the flyer under Events.
Listen to different speakers every month.
COVID-19: Some Al-Anon meetings in the Tri-Valley are taking place online using Zoom at this time. All are welcome to join in the online meetings. Most Al-Anon meetings are meeting in-person and/or using a hybrid meeting format. Refer to the Meetings List for details.
The Reason I Came to Al-Anon
Reprinted with permission of The Forum, Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc, Virginia Beach, CA
While I was having lunch with a new Al-Anon friend, she asked me, "Who brought you to Al-Anon?" It took me just seconds to respond. I brought myself to this program. You see, I have learned that no alcoholic, nor any other person, caused my actions, reactions, or responses to the people, places, and things in my life.
When I first came to Al-Anon, like many of us, I came because of someone else's drinking. I naively thought that if only the drinking would stop, I would be okay, and my problems would be over. That way of thinking led me to leave Al-Anon after only being in the program for a couple of years. My marriage had ended and so, I thought, did my problem.
It turned out that not living with active alcoholism did ease some of my problems initially, but I hadn't yet realized the effect of multi-generational alcoholism in my life. The way I looked at things, the way I responded to situations, and the way I felt and thought were all distorted by being raised in the disease of alcoholism.
Years later, I returned to Al-Anon for a different reason: to save myself. I now work this program for me, to the best of my ability on any given day, and I walk through it with a loving Higher Power and a Sponsor who helps guide me through the difficult situations life continues to throw at me at times.
I am a very grateful member of this worldwide fellowship, and I deserve to be here because I know now this is where I belong.
By Monique R., Ontario
