All Pennsylvania Al-Anon News
The latest news from our Delegate, Alternate Delegate, Chairperson, Coordinators, and Al-A-Gram posts collected in one place for you.
A New Panel Begins – We are not Alone in Service!
In this article I wanted to introduce myself and highlight a couple important aspects of our PA Area Service journey that we are beginning.
PA Area Al-Anon 51st Annual Convention – SAVE THE DATE!
PA Area Al-Anon 51th Annual Convention
June 7-9, 2024 at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, PA
Bookmarks – December – Counting My Blessings
“It’s beginning to look a lot like crazy, Everywhere I turn.” When those “alternative” lyrics popped into my head recently, I thought I better work my program! For many of us—women especially—this the busiest time of the year. Holidays and families. Now there’s a combo ripe for conflict. And then there’s me, able to play those old perfectionist tapes in my head at a moment’s notice. I can be a self-igniting keg of dynamite.
Delegate’s Report to the November 2023 AWSC
Greetings Friends!! I am glad we are able to get together again for the business of PA Al-Anon at our final November AWSC meeting of Panel 61! Thank you for being here and thank you for the opportunity to serve and grow as your Delegate. For those outcoming members of our Panel my hope is you have found a blessing in service and know that you made a difference. I thank you for your dedication and service and wish you well on what is next for you. If you are new to Area service, welcome, and I am glad you are joining us along this journey as we all in Pennsylvania service are.
Delegate’s Post – October 2023 – Pass It On
I know without a doubt that I have been carried through the links of service to this moment by many others who passed on their recovery to me. So in turn with thankfulness and love, I try to do the same and hope another person is helped as much as I am.
Bookmarks – October – A Transitional Time
Autumn is also a transitional time for our fellowship as three-year terms of service come to an end in December. Folks are being asked to ask themselves about their willingness to step up. Service in Al-Anon, I have found, is unlike similar roles in other organizations. It is joyful and collaborative. It is challenging and fun. It has taken me on a journey of growth.
Bookmarks – September – An Attitude of Gratitude
On Monday, Sept. 11, I got to my home group meeting for the first time in two weeks. It felt so good to be there! We met in a pavilion by a lake, which offered a peaceful breeze now and then as we read and shared from Courage to Change (B-16). Our topic was Changed Attitudes. I realized I needed to be there before I developed a bad one.
Bookmarks – August – You Could Win!
Calling all GRs going to Assembly! Please consider attending one of two workshops on The Power of Service. You’ll have an opportunity to do actual service, share your service journey and receive a raffle ticket for A Little Time for Myself (B-34), Al-Anon’s newest daily reader.
Delegate’s Post – July 2023 – “Why Rotation of Service?”
There are so many reasons behind Rotation of Service, where do we begin?! For starters, it enhances our recovery as well as giving the recovery opportunity to our fellow members.
Bookmarks – July – Freedom from Fear
I have learned through Al-Anon that fear rides under my need to control and the illusion of power that it may give me. Naked, dumb fear. Fear of failure—that I won’t live up to the crazy, impossible expectations I give myself. That fear perched in my psyche long ago, when I thought I had to do it—whatever “it” was—all by myself. It was the price of being “independent.”