To encourage, assist and serve the families and friends of alcoholics in dealing with the problems concerning and attendent on alcoholism, to reinforce their efforts to understand the alcoholic and to foster his or her restoration to normal life, to disseminate information in relation thereto and to conduct, and participate in, any other classes of service to assist families and friends of alcoholics in dealing with their problems.

Mental Health , Substance Abuse Treatment

Member services: advises new groups on organizational matters. Assists all groups on policy and operational matters. Maintains al-anon's records and history. Provides content for the al-anon website. Coordinates the annual conference of delegates from the united states and canada that recommends al-anon policy and literature for publication. Communicates with groups outside the united states and canada. Coordinates board of trustee visits to areas, international zonal meetings with developing structures, and a bi-annual international delegate meeting. communication services: produces books, pamphlets and other publications that support al-anon members in their practice of the al-anon program. Provides content for the al-anon website and "the forum," al-anon's monthly magazine for members, which has about 22,000 paid subscriptions. Produces materials to inform potential members about the benefits of the al-anon program, including public service announcements broadcast on tv and radio throughout the u. S. And canada and to instill confidence in professionals referring their clients to the program, including "al-anon faces alcoholism," an annual magazine for doctors, counsellors and clergy. Conducts membership surveys to gather statistics regarding the success of the program. Al-anon members purchased more than 354,075 copies of our annual public outreach magazine in 2017; they distributed these copies at no charge to medical professionals and the general public in the u. S. And canada. literature distribution services: responsible for the printing, warehousing, distribution, and circulation of literature and resolving problems with customers.