Media & Press Releases

Background Information on Our Fellowship

From Al-Anon.org: "Every alcoholic affects the lives of at least four people. Al-Anon Family Groups (which includes Alateen for younger members) is there to help the family members and friends who also suffer from the affects of alcoholism. Al-Anon/Alateen press releases, 2006 Membership Survey results, and our Media Kit (K-19) are available here to provide the media with background information on our fellowship. You can also view our current public service announcements. If you would like to interview Al-Anon/Alateen members in your community, please contact our Public Outreach Department via e-mail or telephone at 1-757-563-1600. Thank you for helping us carry the Al-Anon message to families and friends of alcoholics."

Press Releases from the Al-Anon World Service Office

• You didn't cause your loved one to drink.
• Are you troubled by someone's drinking?
• Family recovery key to treatment for alcoholism, researcher says
• Media Backgrounder
• Young people's drinking means parents seeking help
• Al-Anon Helps Members Reach beyond their Fears
• Helping Young People Cope with Alcoholics

Media Kit

Al-Anon World Service Office has made our Media Kit available here in PDF format. Contents include:

• Introduction
• History
• Media Interview Questions
• TV and Radio: Have you Considered...??
• Anonymity and Public Relations
• Reprint Information
• Al-Anon Presentation for Professionals
• Full Dataset for 2006 Membership Survey
• Alateen Presentation for Professionals

For additional information, please contact the Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, at 1-888-425-2666, or by e-mail.

For information in the Baltimore Area, please contact us.

Privacy Statement

Statement on Anonymity

From Al-Anon.org: "There may be some who are not familiar with our Traditions of personal anonymity at the public level. We respectfully ask that no Al-Anon, Alateen, or AA member be identified by full name or picture in published or broadcast reports, including those on the Internet. The assurance of anonymity is essential to our efforts to help families and friends of alcoholics, so that they know Al-Anon and Alateen meetings are safe, confidential place to get help. We gratefully appreciate the cooperation of the media in this matter."