We who live or have lived with with the problem of alcoholism understand as perhaps few others can.  We too, were lonely and frustrated, but in Al-Anon we discover that no situation is really hopeless and it is possible for us to find contentment, and even happiness, whether the alcoholic is still drinking or not.

From The Al-Anon Suggested Welcome

Al-Anon's Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are Reprinted with permission from the Al-Anon/Alateen Service Manual, © 1992, Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc