These are the basic materials for conducting an Al-Anon/Alateen meeting, copied directly from the Al-Anon Alateen Service Manual, 2018-2021, version 2 pages 11-20. Many groups have modified these materials for their use and such modifications are not reflected here.
Suggested Al-Anon/Alateen Closing
In closing, I would like to say that the opinions expressed here were strictly those of the person who gave them. Take what you like and leave the rest.
The things you heard were spoken in confidence and should be treated as confidential. Keep them within the walls of this room and the confines of your mind.
A few special words to those of you who haven’t been with us long: Whatever your problems, there are those among us who have had them too. If you try to keep an open mind, you will find help. You will come to realize that there is no situation too difficult to be bettered and no unhappiness to great to be lessened.
We aren’t perfect. The welcome we give you may not show the warmth we have in our hearts for you. After a while, you’ll discover that though you may not like all of us, you’ll love us in a very special way – the same way we already love you.
Talk to each other, reason things out with someone else, but let there be no gossip or criticism of one another. Instead, let the understanding, love, and peace of the program grow in you, one day at a time.
Will all who care to, join me in closing with the ___________ prayer?