Al-Anon Family Groups

Newcomers arrive daily with the exact same questions. How do I get on a meeting here? What book should I start with? Can you give me advice? What are these steps? How do I find an in person meeting? How do I find a sponsor? I wish there were newcomer tabs with explanations to these frequently asked questions. Please! These questions have specific answers which someone can easily answer in a newcomer tab. The content is getting exhausting answering the same question over and over then it’s lost in the feed and another person shows up. Can someone create Threads? How to join an online meeting thread? Sponsor thread? Then the new Sponsor info meetings can be added to that thread. Books for newcomers thread with a little explanation of the book- daily meditation or a grief book? How to donate directly to WSO thread? Service Thread? Service training meetings can be added to that thread. Advice thread? Why we don’t give advice? I’m giving WSO advice right now to update this website with threads to organize the information. 😂🤪

This app is very easy to use, it’s been life changing having this fellowship at my fingertips. You can join any meeting simply by clicking, and if you prefer to remain anonymous and not on camera, you have that option. I was once driving my car and feeling so upset that I had to pull over, and I actually joined a meeting while sitting in the drivers seat. I’ve joined some meetings that have had +130 participants from all over the world, it’s incredible to know that this app is connecting people globally. I rate this app a 10/10 and highly recommend to anyone looking for some semblance of hope and serenity - life is too short and complicated, this app and the participants will help make some of life’s challenges seem less impossible. I managed to convince my mom to try it - she is the opposite of tech savvy - and now she’s been to 30 mtgs in 30 days and is loving it!

I think this was deployed to market before it really had any true features that would be useful out of the gate. I would like to see a bunch of features that aren’t available now: past international convention speakers, face2face meeting list, a button to submit a new zoom meeting for inclusion on the list, instructions for setting up a zoom meeting that can be included on the list, sponsor info, how long in program, daily gratitude list that can be shared, nightly inventory that can be shared, prayers, daily recovery score (points for step work, program calls, reading, journaling, recovery work with partner, etc.) that can be shared. There are tons of far more useful recovery apps out there - I hope this one is under development for a long time to catch up.