This Web site provides information on the following Al-Anon family groups that serve the Pennsylvania Centre Region:
For directions to these meetings, click here (or see below). For further information on these meetings, call (814) 234-4426 or send an email to mhb4@psu.edu.
What is Al-Anon?
Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength, and hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness and that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Many people who have problems with someone else's drinking, substance abuse, or any other addiction are able to find help by attending Al-Anon.
One of the popular misconceptions about Al-Anon is that we can somehow help you "manage" the alcoholic or addict in your life. Nothing could be further from the truth. Instead, we start by admitting that we are "powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable." If we are powerless over alcohol, then certainly we are powerless to change the alcoholic. We cannot change the alcoholic; we can only change ourselves through the 12 Steps with the help of our Al-Anon groups and, especially, the God of our Understanding. Accordingly, at Al-Anon we don't focus on the alcoholic in our lives; instead, we focus on ourselves and how we can find recovery whether or not the alcoholic in our lives is in recovery. We invite those of you who think you might find help among us to attend and see if you, too, will find the wonderful gift of serenity through one or more of our Al-Anon groups.
Web Links (the links below provide a wealth of information on Al-Anon and recovery from alcohol and drug addiction)
Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters
Downloadable Al-Anon Brochure (PDF file)
Downloadable Al-Anon Flier (PDF file)
Directions to Our Centre Region Al-Anon Meetings:
Note: if you arrive at one of our meetings and it is already in progress, please come in anyway. We will welcome you and continue with our meeting.
Bellefonte - Meets at the Bellefonte First Presbyterian Church at 203 N. Spring Street in Bellefonte. Call Stephanie at (814) 387-0238 for further information.
Lewistown - Meets at the Lewistown Presbyterian Church (717) 242-1638 at the Corner E. Third and N. Brown Streets in Lewistown. Call Dorinda at (717) 348-3903 for further information.
Mill Hall - Meets at the Presbyterian Church (570) 726-4112 at 109 Main St. in Mill Hall. Enter the front door, and the meeting room is straight in front of the front door. Call Donna at (814) 625-2657 for further information.
State College (Tuesday) - Meets at the Calvary Baptist Church (814) 238-0822, 1250 University Drive, Room 1618 (Big sign KID ZONE out front of the room, downstairs).
State College (Friday) - Meets at the St. Andrews Episcopal Church (814) 237-7659, Room 324, on S. Fraser St. between W. Nittany and W. Foster Avenues (immediately across from Memorial Field). From W. Beaver Ave. (State Route 26) (Beaver is a one-way street), take a right on Burrowes St., proceed to Nittany Ave., and turn left. The next left will be S. Fraser St. Turn left and St. Andrew's will be on your left-hand side (parking is available in front of and behind the church building). Enter the building at the door on S. Fraser St. that is towards downtown State College. Take the stairs up one flight and when you reach the hallways, Room 325 is down the right hallway, about half-way down on the left (just past the library). For directions to the elevator, see the church sign as you enter the church.
State College (Sunday) - Meets at the Faith United Church of Christ (814) 237-3904 on the corner of E. College and Locust Lane in State College. Enter the door off of Locust Lane that says "Church Office." Take the elevator to the third floor. Exit the elevator and go to the left. The meeting room is immediately down the hall to the right. Please do not park behind the church. On Sunday, parking is free in several areas around the church. Covered parking can be found at the McAllister Street Parking Deck, a block west of the church (between E. College and E. Beaver Avenues) and is usually free (signs are posted when the meters must be utilized).
This website is not in any way affiliated with Al-Anon Family Groups Headquarters, Inc. or any specific Al-Anon group or groups. Each group mentioned above is autonomous and determines their own procedures and approaches to Al-Anon. The main purpose of this site is to introduce some of the guiding principles of Al-Anon to our community, especially to those who think they may benefit from attending one of our groups, and to identify some specific groups that are located in the Pennsylvania Centre Region. The site is also listed on CentreConnect, a comprehensive, countywide website of nonprofit, government and educational information for Centre County, Pennsylvania.
The 12 Steps and any other Al-Anon materials cited above are taken or adapted from literature produced at Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc., Virginia Beach, VA, and are not used for commercial purposes.