In April, Al-Anon’s 66th World Service Conference will convene in Newport News, Virginia, USA. The Conference, Al‑Anon’s annual business meeting, provides guidance to the World Service Office (WSO) on service matters that are brought

Hop aboard the Al-Anon Time Machine and travel back through 75 years of Al-Anon history to our beginnings in 1951! Al-Anon began as a grassroots fellowship of families and friends of A.A. members.

Welcome back! Did something from Part One (published in the March 2026 issue of The Forum) resonate with you? Perhaps it was learning what the roles of Board of Trustees and Executive Committee members

If you are like me, sometimes service commitments don’t inspire excitement. When I first heard the terms Board of Trustees and Executive Committee, they sounded like another room in a house I wasn’t

In October 2025, the “Reunion Iberoamerica de Servicios Al-Anon” (RIASA) was held virtually over two days. The theme was “El fruto del amor es el servicio en la unidad” (The Fruit of Love

As Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. prepares to commemorate 75 years of help and hope in 2026, I reflect on the fellowship’s long, remarkable journey and the role of the World Service Office (WSO) Archives in