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Books
Our basic text, Alcoholics Anonymous (nicknamed the ‘Big Book’) which contains the suggested twelve steps of recovery, is available to read in a number of formats.
You can read it free online by clicking here or buy a hard copy at the best price from an AA meeting or from the AA Bookshop.
You can also download it as an eBook from the following suppliers.
The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions is also available to read free online.
Just click here to open the book in another window.
You can also buy it from any AA meeting or download it as an eBook from the following suppliers.
Living Sober is a practical 92-page booklet that demonstrates, through simple examples, how AA members throughout the world live and stay sober one day at a time.
You can buy the book from an AA meeting or download it from one of the following suppliers.
Came to Believe is a collection of stories by A.A. members who write about what the phrase “spiritual awakening” means to them.
You can buy the book from an AA meeting or download it from one of the following suppliers.
Alcoholics Anonymous Come of Age is an inside and wide-angled view of Alcoholics Anonymous. Six decades have gone by since AA’s historic 1955 International Convention in St. Louis, when the founding members passed on to the entire Fellowship the responsibility for the Three Legacies of Recovery, Unity, and Service. This book takes you on a quick tour of the Convention through Bill W.’s talks on that occasion, traces the history and development of those Three Legacies, and looks at AA through the eyes of some early nonalcoholics who influenced the history of the movement.
You can buy the book at your local AA meeting or download it as an eBook from the following suppliers.
Dr. Bob and The Oldtimers is the story of our co-founder Dr. Bob, told, for the most part, from the perspective of those who knew him best. Dr. Bob died in 1950 when the fellowship was just fifteen but his impact on Alcoholics Anonymous was profound and can still be felt today. Dr. Bob was a proud Vermonter, starting out as a hard-drinking college boy, then a medical student, a respected physician, a loving but increasingly unreliable family man and lastly, a desperately ill drunk. He was without hope until he met Bill W. who had been visiting from New York. This lasting and unexpected friendship proved to be a firm foundation for the fellowship we know and love today.
Pass it On tells the dramatic story of the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous, its early struggles and amazing growth. In these pages is the full and rounded story of a remarkable life: The boy growing up in Vermont, always striving to be Number One. The Army officer serving “over there” in World War I. Bill’s romance and marriage with Lois. The fair-haired boy of Wall Street plummeting to rum-soaked despair. Ebby T. and Dr. Silkworth, Bill’s spiritual experience, and his meeting with Dr. Bob. And of special significance to the AA reader, Bill’s role in Alcoholics Anonymous. In preparation for over five years, this is the definitive biography of Bill W. Every word is documented, every source checked. For the scholar this volume is invaluable. For all of us, it is exciting reading.
Daily Reflections is a book of reflections by A.A. members for A.A. members.
You can read each daily meditation free on the World Service Office website by clicking here.
Alternatively you can buy the book at your local AA meeting or download it from the following suppliers.
Language of the Heart is a collection of articles our co-founder, Bill W., wrote for the Grapevine magazine.
You can pick up a copy of this book from your local AA meeting or download it from the following suppliers.
The Home Group: Heartbeat of AA is a collection of Grapevine articles illuminating the varied experiences of belonging to an AA group today.
You can pick up a copy of this book from your local AA meeting or download it from the following suppliers.
Sober & Out is a collection of stories by AA members who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) from the pages of AA Grapevine. They share their experience, strength and hope with alcoholism as well as their personal struggles and hard-fought triumphs. By working the Steps, following the Traditions, doing service, and finding a Higher Power, they are now living sober in the Fellowship of AA.
Reflections on Recovery is a collection of stories from members local to our Intergroup. It’s completely free of charge and you can download it in a number of ways by using the links below.
Leaflets
Hints for 12-Steppers (519.1 KiB)
Newcomers Pack (365.6 KiB)
Bridging the Gap Between Treatment and AA (1.2 MiB)
AA in Treatment Settings (616.5 KiB)
A Brief History of the Big Book (660.5 KiB)
Many Paths to Spirituality (185.0 KiB)
Young People And AA (870.4 KiB)
The AA Group (1.2 MiB)
Problems Other Than Alcohol (295.1 KiB)
AA Tradition - How it Developed (1.0 MiB)
Is There An Alcoholic In Your Life? (539.8 KiB)
Is AA For You? (373.1 KiB)
Is AA For Me? (1.9 MiB)
How AA Co-operates With Professionals (324.8 KiB)
FAQ About AA (340.2 KiB)
AA Tradition - How it Developed (493.0 KiB)
AA Members - Medications & Other Drugs (496.1 KiB)
AA In Your Community (1.1 MiB)
AA For The Woman (675.6 KiB)
A Members Eye View Of AA (340.7 KiB)
This Is AA (145.8 KiB)
The Jack Alexander Article (439.6 KiB)
Understanding Anonymity (281.9 KiB)
The Twelve Traditions Illustrated (3.0 MiB)
Questions and Answers on Sponsorship (759.9 KiB)
The Twelve Concepts (Illustrated) (2.9 MiB)
Three Talks to Medical Societies (939.4 KiB)
Newcomers Pack - Who Me? (106.5 KiB)
Newcomers Pack - Now That Youve Stopped (69.6 KiB)
Newcomers Pack - Is AA For You? (87.9 KiB)
Newcomers Pack - A Newcomer Asks (74.2 KiB)
Newcomers Pack - 15 Points (54.2 KiB)
Mini 12 & 12 Card (33.6 KiB)
Just For Today Card (35.5 KiB)
Brief Guide To AA UK (8.5 MiB)
A Brief Guide to AA (221.2 KiB)
AA and the Gay/Lesbian Alcoholic (1.3 MiB)
Service & Reference Material
