What is Alateen?

Alateen is a fellowship of teenagers whose lives have been affected by someone else’s drinking. It is part of the Al-Anon Family Groups, and its purpose is to help young people recover from the effects of a problem drinker in their lives.

• Answer these 20 questions to see if Alateen is for you.
• More About Alateen
• Online Meetings (opens a window at a different site)
• Alateen FAQs

Alateen Posters:

• Poster — You are not alone
• Poster — Does someone’s drinking bother you?
• Spanish Poster — ¿Te molesta que alguien beba?

• Find more resources at the World Service Teen Corner (opens a window at a different site)
• Download the Al-Anon Family Groups app to find Alateen meetings:
• App Store
• Google Play

• We can detach ourselves emotionally from the drinker’s problems while continuing to love the person.
• We are not the cause of anyone else’s drinking or behavior.
• We cannot change or control anyone but ourselves.

• Share experience, strength and hope with each other
• Discuss our difficulties
• Encourage one another
• Help each other understand the principles of the Al-Anon/Alateen program
• Learn how to use Alateen’s Twelve Steps and Twelve Tradition

• Contact the Massachusetts Alateen coordinator at alateen@alanonma.org.
• AFG of MA Alateen News
• Alateen Service e-Manual — Al-Anon Family Groups
• Alateen Facebook page for AMIAS