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How to Include Dual Members in Al-Anon Service While Maintaining Our Policies

How to Include Dual Members in Al-Anon Service While Maintaining Our Policies. How would you describe a dual member?. A dual member is a member of both Al-Anon and Alcoholics Anonymous. What exactly is the policy?. Read pages 78-79 of the 2010–2013 Al-Anon/Alateen Service Manual.

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How to Include Dual Members in Al-Anon Service While Maintaining Our Policies

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  1. How to Include Dual Members inAl-Anon Service While Maintaining Our Policies

  2. How would you describe a dual member? A dual member is a member of both Al-Anon and Alcoholics Anonymous.

  3. What exactly is the policy? • Read pages 78-79 of the 2010–2013 Al-Anon/Alateen Service Manual

  4. When and why did it start? • 1966: A.A. and Al-Anon work together to create the policy that differentiates the two fellowships.

  5. Separate Fellowships • 1967: The guidelines for group separation between A.A. and Al-Anon were approved at the Al-Anon World Service Conference.  

  6. Separate Fellowships • Officers of each group should be members of either A.A. or Al-Anon, depending upon the group’s affiliation.

  7. Separate Purposes • The primary purpose of A.A. is to help fellow alcoholics recover. • The primary purpose of Al-Anon is to help the member live with herself/himself, as well as with the alcoholic.  

  8. Separate Purposes • We are separate entities with separate purposes. • Dual members do not serve in Al-Anon policy-making positions, otherwise this would give the appearance of not being separate.

  9. Consider Some Ways Dual Members Can Serve…. Depending on Area/local policies, serve on event committees: • Area • District • Group • Al-Anon Information Service

  10. Consider Some Ways Dual Members Can Serve…. Assist Public Outreach/Institutions: • Area • District • Group • Al-Anon Information Service

  11. Consider Some Ways Dual Members Can Serve…. Support fellowship communications: • Area & district Web sites • Area & district newsletters

  12. Consider Some Ways Dual Members Can Serve…. Attend to technology needs: • Area • District • Group • Al-Anon Information Service

  13. Consider Some Ways Dual Members Can Serve…. • Become certified as an Al-Anon Member Involved in Alateen Service (AMIAS).

  14. Consider Some Ways Dual Members Can Serve…. • Contribute to WSO publishing

  15. Consider Some Ways Dual Members Can Serve…. Support strategic planning by serving on Thought Forces and Task Forces: • Area • District • Al-Anon Information Service

  16. Consider Some Ways Dual Members Can Serve…. • Liaison to local A.A. via convention or Intergroup service.

  17. Strategy 1 Develop a workshop for all service arms to use as a framework to begin a productive discussion.

  18. Strategy 2 Create service tools (i.e., guidelines) to support the fellowship in identifying service roles for dual members, to assist service arms to: • Clarify the criteria to use when deciding which service positions are appropriate for dual members. • Generate a list of available service opportunities that can be filled by dual members, based on established policy.

  19. Strategy 3 Encourage members to write Forum articles that support constructive discussions about dual members in service.

  20. Let’s discuss: • Which strategies presented do you believe can be effective? • Which strategies presented do you believe may not be effective? • Are there other possible strategies that are missing?

  21. Strategies 1. Develop a workshop for all service arms to use as a framework to begin a productive discussion. 2. Create service tools to support the fellowship in identifying service roles for dual members to assist service arms to do the following: • Clarify the criteria • Generate a list of available service opportunities 3. Encourage members to write Forum articles.

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