Al-Anon and Alateen Groups and Meeting Information Locations Locator Map and Directory

Al-Anon and Alateen have meetings and support groups in conjunction with a twelve step program designed to help family members of alcoholics cope with the disease. From Website:

For over 50 years, Al-Anon (which includes Alateen for younger members) has been offering hope and help to families and friends of alcoholics. It is estimated that each alcoholic affects the lives of at least four other people... alcoholism is truly a family disease. No matter what relationship you have with an alcoholic, whether they are still drinking or not, all who have been affected by someone else drinking can find solutions that lead to serenity in the Al-Anon/Alateen fellowship.

From Wikipedia:

Al-Anon and Alateen are international organizations with a membership of more than half a million men, women and teens, providing a twelve-step program of recovery for friends and family members of alcoholics. Al-Anon is for adult friends and family members of alcoholics whereas Alateen is for children and friends (ages 12 to 20) of alcoholics. Al-Anon was formed in 1951 by Lois Wilson, wife of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) co-founder Bill Wilson. She recognized the need for such an organization as family members living with AA members began to identify their own pathologies associated with their family members' alcoholism. Al-Anon is organized as a 501(c)(3) organization in many states. In Lois's Story, she explained why, as the spouse of an alcoholic, she also required treatment. brbr Al-Anon is open to all family members and friends of alcoholics, but is primarily composed of female partners/spouses of alcoholics. Groups focusing on adult children of alcoholics are becoming more common.