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N.H. Area 35 World Service Committee
Alanews Connecting New Hampshire’s Al-Anon and Alateen Members January 2019 Volume 17, No. 1
Participation is the key to harmony…
Save the dates!
Area World Service Committee meetings
January 20; February 17; April 28; August
18; September 15; November 17.
12-3 P.M.
Pitman Conference Room, Concord
Hospital, 250 Pleasant Street , Concord
Every Al-Anon and Alateen member
welcome! Voting members include Area
officers, coordinators, and district
representatives.
Area 35 Assemblies
March 16
May 18
October 19*
10 A.M. - 4 P.M.
*Group Representatives will be electing a
new panel at this meeting
Mutual Conference Room at Concord
Hospital, 250 Pleasant Street, Concord
All Al-Anon and Alateen members
welcome! Voting members include Group
Representatives or a group elected
alternate. This is where every Al-Anon
group has a voice, which is how Al-Anon
works! Check page 64 in your service manual
for details about these meetings. This is a
good time for your group to elect a GR if it
doesn’t have one. Contact your Delegate
([email protected]) or Area
Chairperson ([email protected])
with questions.
New or changing
Please share with your group so
others will know of these changes.
Nashua- Thursday meeting formerly at St. Joseph ‘s is now at the
United Way building, 20 Broad St. (entrance in the back - room is
downstairs. Not handicapped accessible. )
Newport- This is a reinstated meeting: Wednesday 7:00-8:00PM
South Congregational UCC Church
20 Church Street
Parking behind Church, take stairs to basement
Henniker- A meeting for those who have just reached the age to
bridge from Alateen to Al-Anon:
Young Adults Meeting
Mondays 4 to 5 P.M.
Henniker Congregational Church Parish Hall
33 Maple Street (Route 114)
Enter the Parish Hall from the door to the left (nearest the street)
and go upstairs to meeting
Franklin- Franklin Al-Anon Wednesday night meeting from 6:00
to 7:00 pm is moving. Effective 01/02/2019 Franklin's meeting will
be at the Tilton Greater Area Resource Center at 5 Prospect Street
in Tilton, NH.
Antrim- New Meeting
Antrim Tuesday Noon Literature Group Starting Tuesday, January 8th, 2019
12pm (Noon) to 1:15pm
Avenue A Teen Center, 42 Main Street,
Antrim, NH 03440
Today’s Acronym
This one can sometimes pose a challenge when we’re
impatient, but here’s a new way of looking at it:
TIME
Things I Must Experience
From our Area 35 chairperson
I want to share that our area treasurer, Garry, will
be stepping down at the end of 2018. Per our By-
Laws, I'm working on finding a replacement and
then we'll make it official with a vote at the March
Assembly. If anyone has experience as a DR and/or a
coordinator and would be interested in "trying on"
the position for a year, please let me know.
Garry will get paperwork done for 2018 and will
certainly be available to help make it a smooth
transition. Please pass along this information in our
groups. And Garry is available for a chat if you'd like
to talk to him about the time commitment the
position entails. I certainly thank Garry for his
commitment to our Area and the work he's done as
our Treasurer. It's been 5 years he's held this
position! It's a great opportunity for new folks to
step up and do the work of sustaining our Area.
4th Anniversary
Antrim Wednesday
Night Al-Anon Family
Group
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
(snow date: Wednesday, February 13, 2019)
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Avenue A Teen Center
42 Main Street, Antrim, NH
Enjoy potluck and
refreshments
Multiple drawings
Al-Anon and AA Speakers
Guests are welcome
The best way to keep what Al-Anon gives us is to share it
The WSO is already working on the 2020 issue of the Al-Anon Faces
Alcoholism magazine. A copy of the AFA Members Writer's Guide is
attached to this message with our request to include it in a future
issue of your Area Newsletter. The WSO accepts AFA
sharings from members throughout the year.
The AFA Writer's Guide explains what is needed for an AFA
sharing (50 to 300 worlds) to help inform families of alcoholics and
anyone unfamiliar with Al-Anon or Alateen about our program. It is
important to remember that AFA is intended to motivate families
of alcoholics to start attending Al-Anon. Stories can include:
o Why or how difficult it was to go to your first meeting-
what helped you take that first big step?
o What was your first meeting like and what did you hear
that helped you to decide to keep coming back?
o How is Al-Anon helping your and making a difference in
your life?
Stories can also be submitted online, www.al-anon.org/sharing.
I’ll Keep Coming Back
I have been in Al-Anon for a little over 20 years, and
I keep coming back because of the transparency and
honesty in these rooms. Nowhere else in my life do I
find people who are willing to share what is really
going on as I do in Al-Anon. This program helps me
cut through the walls that so easily build up when I
try to do it alone. The people in these rooms don’t
care where I live, where I walk or where I went to
school. They accept me for who I am and encourage
me on a path of recovery without forcing me to do
anything.
Even after all of these years, I still have so much to
learn. I do my best to practice these principles in all
my affairs. Al-Anon helps me with so much more than
just dealing with someone else’s drinking. Every
relationship I have benefits from this program, and I
hope to continue this rewarding way of life for as long
as I live. ~ Scott B., Georgia [Reprinted with
permission of The Forum, Al-Anon Family Group
Headquarters, Inc., Virginia Beach VA]
Our Newsletter, Your Voice
Alanews is the monthly newsletter of
New Hampshire Area 35. It is available
electronically for free by sending first
name, last initial and email address to
[email protected]. Groups often print copies for
sharing.
To assure that your announcement or report is included in the
next issue, please send it to [email protected] by the
15th
of the month. In 2019, sharings on the Step or Tradition
of the month as well as other topics are encouraged. They are
an example of how Step 12 works.
In accordance with our NH Area By-Laws, the NH
AWSC will be sending out packets of information
pertaining to the revision of our NH Area By-Laws.
The packets will include the proposed revised
documents and a detailed note from the Area
Chairperson. Every group will have a packet
mailed to their CMA (current mailing address) in
the month of January.
The first discussion with GRs (Group
Representatives) on the documents will be held at
the March 16th NH Area Assembly.
If you do not see the packet in your group, please
group please check with your GR
(group representative) or DR
(district representative).
Writing Guideline
Al-Anon Faces Alcoholism
See back for important information
Without member sharings, Al-Anon Faces Alcoholism, our most comprehensive annual public outreach magazine, wouldn’t be possible. Within the last year, Al-Anon members have distributed nearly 400,000 copies throughout the U.S., Canada, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico. Please help us continue to make this the most successful member participation outreach project in our history!
Remembering what it was like
to be a newcomer
may inspire you to write the words
that will resonate with a potential member.
Please consider writing a few words about any of the bulleted items (word count: 50 – 300). Other suggestions
Did you hear anything early on that made you want to
You have something to say to a potential newcomer that
The goals of
Al-Anon Faces Alcoholism are:
• to help potential Al-Anon members
get past the obstacles we typically
face before we reach out for help,
i.e., denial; not wanting to rock the
boat; shame and embarrassment
to let people know there is a
drinking problem; the “myth” that
Al-Anon Family Groups is religious;
resentment that “they” have a
problem, not me, etc.
• to let potential members know
that we understand
• to give comfort and offer a possible
solution
• to give potential members basic
information about Al-Anon and
Alateen and let them know we’ll be
there if and when they want help
Name*: ____________________________________________________________________________
Address: ___________________________________________________________________________
City: _______________________________________________________________________________
State/Province: ______________________________________________________________________
Zip/Postal code: _________ Country: ________
Phone: (__________) __________ - _______________
E-mail: _____________________________________________________________________________
*Regardless of how you want your name to appear in Al-Anon Faces Alcoholism, please include your name and address so we can acknowledge your submission. Also, if your article is published, we will send you a complimentary copy of the issue in which your article appears.
____ Please use my "rst name, last initial, and state or province for credit
____ Please sign me “Anonymous”
**IMPORTANT — please read**
Sharings for Al-Anon Faces Alcoholism become property of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. and may be used in whole or in part in the development of Al-Anon material—printed and/or electronic. Due to the number of stories we receive, we cannot guarantee publication of any sharing at any time.
❑ I have read and understand that my sharing may be used in print as well as on the Internet. If used, it will be
signed as I indicated above.
Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc., c/o Al-Anon Faces Alcoholism 1600 Corporate Landing Parkway, Virginia Beach, VA 23454-5617; by fax to (757) 563-1656; by e-mail to [email protected]; or submit on-line on the Members’ Website, al-anon.org/sharing
THANK YOU for sharing your experience, strength, and hope.
Al-Anon Faces AlcoholismWriting Guideline
Attach this to your sharing
Please photocopy this sheet and share it with others.
