Al-Anon Family Groups will be presenting a program to support the families and friends of Alcoholics at the National Convention of Alcoholics Anonymous. Professionals, media, families and friends of alcoholics are invited to attend a public awareness open forum.
Event: 2025 Alcoholics Anonymous National Convention with Al-Anon and Alateen Participation -
Public Awareness meeting
Date: Saturday 19th April, 2 – 3.30pm
Venue: The Hilton Hotel, 488 George Street Sydney NSW
Website: aanatcon2025.com.au (link is external)
Entry: Free for professionals or family members wishing to observe the support Al-Anon Family Groups has to offer
Contact: [email protected] for more information
Alcohol accounted for 3 in 5 drug-related hospitalisations in 2022-2023 (60% or 80,400 hospitalisations) and was the most common principal drug of concern for which people received treatment (43% of treatment episodes, or 92,417 episodes)1.
Surrounding each of these cases it was likely that family members and friends experienced destructive and perhaps violent interactions where hatred, rage, depression and thoughts of suicide became the norm. FEAR was most likely always present.
The worldwide fellowship of Al-Anon Family Groups, including Alateen for our younger members, offers help, hope and recovery to those whose lives have been affected by someone else’s problem with alcohol.
The benefits of learning more about alcoholism and the effects it has on not only the drinker but their family, friends and colleagues, are many. Attending this open forum in Sydney on the 19th April at the Convention will provide some insight and understanding of this disease.
We welcome you, and those professionals who regularly encounter clients who have lived with or possibly still live with a problem drinker, to contact us for more information.
Make yourself known when you arrive so someone can assist you with directions and any questions you may have.
About us:
Al-Anon Family Groups is a self-help fellowship based on peer support that offers a program of recovery to the family and friends of problem drinkers. Alateen, a part of Al-Anon, is for the teenager who is equally affected by the problem drinker.
This life-changing, world-wide program has been operating for more than 70 years in Australia. We have over 350 face to face and online peer support meetings helping families and friends of someone with a drinking problem.
Contact details:
Ph: Helen Gillies 0414337682
