Mary is an Al-Anon member who is Korean. She brings her experience as a person of color in the rooms of recovery to the podcast. Our conversation touches on all the points below, plus more.

* How diverse is my group?

* How can we bring the message of recovery to a greater number of people of all backgrounds, ages, and genders? (From page 382 of Many Voices, One Journey.)

* Step 12

* Carry this message to others.

* Membership survey

* Anonymity

* Or lack thereof

* Searching for People of Color meetings

* Traditions 10

* The Al-Anon Family Groups have no opinion on outside issues; hence our name ought never be drawn into public controversy.

* How the tradition is used.

* My experience of doing service at a conference

* WSO

* Safety

* Tradition 3

* The relatives of alcoholics, when gathered together for mutual aid, may call themselves an Al‑Anon Family Group, provided that, as a group, they have no other affiliation. The only requirement for membership is that there be a problem of alcoholism in a relative or friend.

* This tradition is used in the service manual as a reason why “all Al‑Anon groups welcome anyone.”

* Tradition 4

* Each group should be autonomous, except in matters affecting another group or Al-Anon or AA as a whole.

* Concept 5

* The rights of appeal and petition protect minorities and insure that they be heard.

Readings and Links

We read from Courage to Change page 61, March 1st, and from Many Voices, One Journey, Al-Anon's story of growth and recovery as experienced by individual members and the fellowship as a whole over Al-Anon’s first 60 years.

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Music from the Show

It's Quiet Uptown – from Hamilton

Rihanna – Lift Me Up

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