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January 2026
Welcoming Newcomers in the New Year!
A Welcoming Checklist is also available as a free download to help you plan. Keep in mind that you can submit Al‑Anon group changes online any time throughout the year.
Although the family disease of alcoholism never takes a vacation, the post-holiday season is a time when many individuals suffering from the family disease of alcoholism seek comfort in Al-Anon. Here are some things to think about as your group prepares to welcome newcomers for the new year:
- Is your meeting information on the local meeting list, local and Area websites, and at the WSO up to date?
- Are signs placed in easy-to-spot places to direct people to the meeting room, or specific location instructions (or, for groups meeting electronically, login and password information) included in your group record?
- Do you have a greeter to welcome anyone new to the meeting?
Hope Begins With You
Even a small act of service can have a big impact. Visit al-anon.org/meeting to check your group’s listing. Are the time, location, and other details correct? By keeping your group information up to date, you help ensure that people seeking Al‑Anon’s support can find it. Verifying your group information only takes a minute, and it may be the quiet outreach that helps someone begin their journey toward hope and recovery. Update anytime at al‑anon.org/update
January Members Blog Topic
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!
What’s Your Recovery Resolution?
As we begin a new year, it’s a good time to pause and reset. Setting a recovery goal allows us to focus on healing, emotionally, physically, and spiritually; to find balance; and to move forward with purpose.
January’s blog topic is, “Do you have a recovery resolution for 2026?” As always, you can also write about Al-Anon’s three Legacies. This month features Step One, Tradition One, and Concept One.
Al-Anon CAL Available as E-Books
New Listing of Al-Anon Literature Ebooks
Understanding Publishable Group Email Addresses in Al-Anon
A publishable group email address is an Al-Anon group’s publicly accessible contact address used for public outreach and group communication. This email address is displayed on the al‑anon.org meeting search webpage (al-anon.org/meetings) as well as locally on Area websites and Al-Anon Information Service meeting schedules. The email address is an invaluable resource for newcomers to request meeting access or additional information about the meeting.
Add a publishable group email address to your group record using the Al-Anon Group Record Change form at al-anon.org/update
Do You Have a Sponsor? Have You Sponsored Someone?
Will you share your experience in writing for a new piece of Conference Approved Literature (CAL) on Sponsorship and Service Sponsorship? Will you announce at your meetings that sharings are needed?
Here are some topics to consider:
- Learning to trust with the help of my Sponsor
- Letting go of my secrets in safety
- Losing my Sponsor unexpectedly
- Choosing a different Sponsor
- Learning to love unconditionally as a Sponsor
- Passing on my knowledge as a Service Sponsor
- Studying the Legacies together
- Discovering the spiritual principles of sponsorship
Please visit al-anon.org/sharing to view the writing guide and submit your sharing today.