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A PASSPORT TO SUCCESS

2007

WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCE

THEME

NEW THINKING – NEW ENERGY – ABUNDANT

OUTLOOK

UNE NOUVELLE FAÇON DE PENSER – UNE NOUVELLE ÉNERGIE – D’INNOMBRABLES

POSSIBILITÉS

NUEVAS IDEAS – NUEVA ENERGÍA –INNUMERABLES POSIBILIDADES

Delegates give a report at the Assembly meeting.

How can you encourage

members to get involved?

All Al-Anon members can be of service by

informing other members and groups that

Al-Anon tools are also available in many

languages.

Using Your Passport

You can use your passport to break the language barrier and encourage members who speak other languages to start Al-Anon groups.

Apply our 2007 WSC

Theme

How can you make a

difference?

NEW THINKING

When visiting other groups, members can help carry the Al-Anon message to the families and friends of alcoholics who speak another language by using our Al-Anon tools.

NEW ENERGY

Each member has an opportunity to participate in Twelfth Step work.

Walk the extra mile!

ABUNDANT OUTLOOK

Use all our tools of recovery, including the WSO Public Outreach and Member Web sites.

Al-ANON/ALATEEN TOLL-FREE MEETING LINE AVAILABLE IN

ENGLISH, SPANISH AND FRENCH

1 888-4AL-ANON

(1 888-425-2666)

United States and Canada

TWO WEB SITES IN ENGLISH, SPANISH AND FRENCH

www.al-anon.alateen.org

www.al-anon.alateen.org/members

SPANISH AND FRENCH TRANSLATORS

AT THE WORLD SERVICE OFFICE

Keep in mind…

The Passport may be photocopied.

Delegates may distribute a copy to groups, and encourage all members to use this passport. Members can record their own experience.

Bring your passport to share your Area’s experience at the 2008 Conference.

The future of the Al-Anon program depends on the involvement of members. Using this passport as a tool may contribute to the growth of groups in your Areas and also strengthen existing groups.

UPCOMING MATERIAL IN SPANISH AND FRENCH TO BE

RELEASED IN 2007:

Blueprint for Progress: 4th Step

Inventory (P-91) [Revised and expanded]

Al-Anon Faces Alcoholism 2008

(New Public Outreach magazine)

Al-Anon’s Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions

[Revised] (B-8)

Alateen, Hope for Children of Alcoholics

[Revised] (B-3)

Vision is…the ability to make good estimates, both for the immediate and the more distant future. […] If an idea seems good, we try it experimentally, when that is possible. Later we evaluate the situation and ask whether our estimate is working well.

2004-2006 Al-Anon/Alateen Service Manual, P.175

Members of Al-Anon are abundant resources. A member’s sharing about an experience in her home group provided the idea for this presentation.

Let it begin with me

Que empiece por mí

Ça commence par moi

You also could reach out to

members who speak

another language…

THE TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE!

Reaching out…….

• Hello! My name is …

• ¡Hola! Me llamo …

Bonjour, je m’appelle …

• What is your name?

• ¿Cómo te llamas?

• Comment t’appelles-tu?

• What is the name of your group?

• ¿Cómo se llama tu grupo?

• Comment s’appelle ton groupe?

• The name of my group is…

• Mi grupo se llama…

• Le nom de mon groupe est…