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- 1939 Cleveland Plain Dealer Articles
These articles appeared in The Plain Dealer just five months after the first Alcoholics Anonymous gr... - 1939 Liberty Magazine Article
This was the first national article about Alcoholics Anonymous, published in September 1939 and writ... - A Brief Guide to AA
If you'd like to learn a little more about AA why not take a look at this short guide. In it you'll ... - A Brief History of AA
A.A. had its beginnings in 1935 at Akron, Ohio, as the outcome of a meeting between Bill W., a N... - A Brief History of the Big Book
If you'd like to learn a little more about the history of the Big Book - Alcoholics Anonymous why ... - A Local Recovery Story – ‘Beating the Denial’
This post is the twelfth in our series of local recovery stories. If you'd like to submit your recov... - A Local Recovery Story – ‘Fear, Addiction & I’
This post is the second of our series of local recovery stories. If you'd like to submit your recov... - A Local Recovery Story – ‘Finally Broken, I Found New Life’
This post is the eighth in our series of local recovery stories. If you'd like to submit your recove... - A Local Recovery Story – ‘From Suicide to Serenity’
This post is the sixth in our series of local recovery stories. If you'd like to submit your recover... - A Local Recovery Story – ‘I am a Free Woman’
This post is the fifth in our series of local recovery stories. If you'd like to submit your recover... - A Local Recovery Story – ‘It Took a Relapse to Convince Me’
This post is the third in our series of local recovery stories. If you'd like to submit your recover... - A Local Recovery Story – ‘It Was Fun at First’
This post is the tenth in our series of local recovery stories. If you'd like to submit your recover... - A Local Recovery Story – ‘Keep Coming Back!’
This post is the fifteenth in our series of local recovery stories. If you'd like to submit your re... - A Local Recovery Story – ‘Me… the Serial Relapser’
This post is the seventh in our series of local recovery stories. If you'd like to submit your recov... - A Local Recovery Story – ‘Sober and Gay in AA’
This post is the fourth in our series of local recovery stories. If you'd like to submit your recove... - A Local Recovery Story – ‘Thank You for the Journey’
This post is the eleventh in our series of local recovery stories. If you'd like to submit your reco... - A Local Recovery Story – ‘The Luckiest Man Alive’
This post is the thirteenth in our series of local recovery stories. If you'd like to submit your r... - A Local Recovery Story – ‘The Solution’s in the Book’
This post begins our series of local recovery stories. If you'd like to submit your recovery story f... - A Local Recovery Story – ‘The Ten Year Dry Drunk’
This post is the fourteenth in our series of local recovery stories. If you'd like to submit your r... - A Local Recovery Story – Talking to the Guinness
This post is the ninth in our series of local recovery stories. If you'd like to submit your recover... - AA and the Gay/Lesbian Alcoholic
You can click the link below to download a PDF version of the leaflet or scroll down to read the ful... - AA Comes of Age eBook
The Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age eBook has now been released for all major devices. Alc... - AA in Treatment Settings
Since one of the ways AA’s co-founders helped maintain their sobriety was by carrying the AA mes... - AA Service and Structure Handbooks 2017
Updated editions of the AA Service and Structure Handbooks have been released to reflect recomme... - AA Service Manual and Twelve Concepts 2016-2018
The AA Service Manual combined with the Twelve Concepts is a combination of documents providing ... - AA Service News – Autumn 2016
Here's the latest edition of AA Service News. Click the link below to download it as a PDF. ... - AA Service News – Autumn 2017
Here's the latest edition of AA Service News. Click the link below to download a PDF copy to... - AA Service News – Spring 2017
Here's the latest edition of AA Service News. Click the link below to download a PDF copy to yo... - AA Service News – Spring 2018
Here's the latest edition of AA Service News. Click the link below to download it as a PDF. Th... - AA Service News – Summer 2017
Here's the latest edition of AA Service News. This edition contains the 2017 conference recommen... - AA Service News – Winter 2016
Here's the latest edition of AA Service News. Click the link below to download it as a PDF. ... - AA Service News – Winter 2017
Here's the latest edition of AA Service News. Click the link below to download it as a PDF. T... - AA Video – Alcohol and Me, A Message for Young People
A new AA video animation is now available on YouTube and the national AA website. It comes from the ... - Big Book eBook
After many years of waiting, the Big Book - Alcoholics Anonymous, as well as The Twelve Steps and Tw... - Big Book On-line
The 'Big Book' is AA members fond nickname for the book Alcoholics Anonymous published in 1939 by th... - Bill Reads ‘How it Works’
This is a recording made in 1963 of Bill W. reading the opening words of chapter five of the 'Big Bo... - Bill W and Carl Jung
The text below is from a letter dated 23rd of January 1961, written by Bill Wilson to the eminent Sw... - Bridging the Gap Between Treatment & AA
Many members responding to a call from a newcomer find that the individual has often already been... - Came to Believe eBook
The Came to Believe eBook has now been released for all major devices. This is a collection of s... - Conference 2017 Final Report
The Conference 2017 final report has been released and is now available for download. Please click... - Conference Questions 2017
Welcome to conference questions 2017! Conference is the process by which AA as a whole makes recomme... - Conference Questions 2018
Welcome to conference questions 2018! Conference is the process by which AA as a whole makes recomme... - Discover AA – December 2016 – Bill W’s Christmas Message 1944
In this month's Discover AA post we take a look at Bill's 1944 Christmas message containing a t... - Discover AA – May 2017 – Why Alcoholics Anonymous is Anonymous
In this month's Discover AA post we take a look at the history of our tradition of anonymity. In J... - Discover AA – September 2016
This post continues our 'Discover AA' series. Each month a leaflet, article or short piece of l... - Dr Bob and the Good Old-timers eBook
Dr Bob and The Oldtimers was recently made available as an eBook and so now can be downloaded on... - Dr. Bob’s Farewell Message
This was Dr. Bob's last public appearance, the First International Conference of Alcoholics Anonymou... - Dr. Harry Fosdick’s Review of the Big Book
BOOK REVIEW ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Works Publishing Company Church Street P.0. Box 657 New York Ci... - Dr. Silkworth’s Lancet Article – 1939
JOURNAL-LANCET Vol.46, July, 1939 A NEW APPROACH TO PSYCHOTHERAPY IN CHRONIC ALCOHOLISM by W.D.... - Dr. Silkworth’s Medical Record Paper
Alcoholism as a Manifestation of Allergy W. D. Silkworth, New York, N.Y. 293 CENTRAL PARK WEST -ME... - Earl T. – He Sold Himself Short
Earl's story appeared first in the second edition of the Big Book on p.287 in 2nd and 3rd editions ... - Emotional Sobriety: The Next Frontier
The following article was written by Bill W. and published in the AA Grapevine in January 1958. ... - FAQs About AA
You can click the link below to download a PDF version of the leaflet FAQs About AA or scroll down t... - Fitz M. – Our Southern Friend
This story appeared in the first edition of the Big Book - Alcoholics Anonymous, p.226. Fitz was the... - Free Stories eBook
We're excited to announce the launch of our free eBook, Reflections on Recovery. It contains all of ... - God As We Understand Him: The Dilemma of No Faith
by Bill W. This article was first published in the A.A. Grapevine in April 1961 and was re-publis... - Hank P. – The Unbeliever
This story appeared in the first edition of the Big Book - Alcoholics Anonymous, p.194. DULL ... - Harry B. – A Different Slant
This story appeared in the first edition of the Big Book – Alcoholics Anonymous, p.252. Harry is r... - How the Big Book Came About
a talk by Bill Wilson. Fort Worth, Texas - 1954 I think I'm on the bill for tonight's show... - How to Submit a Question for Conference
Anyone can submit a question for Conference: individuals, Groups, Intergroups, Regions or Board... - Intergroup Calendar
Why not subscribe to the Intergroup calendar so that new events will be added to your device aut... - Just for Today Card
Frequently found at meetings and in newcomers packs, the Just for Today card is indispensable to m... - Latest Aylesbury Where to Find Leaflet
The latest version of the Aylesbury centred 'Where to Find' has just been released. Click the link ... - Latest Where to Find
The latest ‘Where to Find’ leaflet has been released. Click the link below to download it. ... - Leadership in AA: Ever a Vital Need
by Bill W. This article was first published in the A.A. Grapevine in April 1959 and was re-publishe... - Living Sober eBook
The Living Sober eBook has now been released for most devices. This practical booklet demonstrat... - Many Paths to Spirituality
This pamphlet, Many Paths to Spirituality, was published by AA World Service in 2014. A common misc... - New Service & Structure Handbooks
The new AA Service and Structure Handbooks are now available to download as PDFs. These handbooks ha... - New York Times Big Book Review
BOOK REVIEW NEW YORK TIMES June 25, 1939 ALCOHOLIC EXPERIENCE by Percy Hutchison Alcoholics Ano... - Newcomers Pack
If you'd like to know more before trying one of our meetings why not take a look at the newcomers ... - Online Advertising and AA – An Opportunity too Good to Miss?
The article below 'Online Advertising and AA - An Opportunity too Good to Miss?' was written by the ... - Pass It On eBook
Pass it On tells the dramatic story of the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous, its early struggles an... - Polish Speaking AA Helpline – AA Punkt Informacyjno Kontaktowy
MASZ PROBLEM Z PICIEM? Anonimowi Alkoholicy mogą ci pomóc zadzwoń lub napisz: 0207 ... - Problems Other Than Alcohol
In this pamphlet, Bill tries to address the issue of AA members with addictions other than alcohol.... - Questions and Answers on Sponsorship
As each of us begins our journey in Alcoholics Anonymous, we inevitably come across the topic of spo... - Radio 4 Program about Alcoholics Anonymous
A recent program from AL Kennedy about Alcoholics Anonymous on BBC Radio 4 gives a brief introductio... - Ralph F. – Another Prodigal Story
This story appeared in the first edition of the Big Book - Alcoholics Anonymous, p.357. Ralph is ref... - Share Magazine
Subscribe Have you considered a subscription to Share Magazine? Share comes out monthly and is a... - Slips and Human Nature
by William D. Silkworth, M.D. The following was published in the A.A. Grapevine, January 1947. ... - Sober and Out eBook
Sober & Out is a collection of stories by AA members who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transge... - Suggestions on Internet Safety and Anonymity
Alcoholics Anonymous neither endorses nor opposes the use of social networking sites. We do howeve... - Telephone Service
Shifts unfilled for the October - December 2017 rota: Wednesday Afternoons 1 p... - The Cleveland Sponsorship Pamphlet
by Clarence S. 1944 This is often considered the first pamphlet ever written concerning sponsorship... - The Guidelines & Service Handbook
The AA Guidelines for Service is a document produced by the process of conference designed to provid... - The Jack Alexander Article
Publication of “Alcoholics Anonymous” by Jack Alexander in the Saturday Evening Post issue of Ma... - The Twelve Concepts
AA's Twelve Steps are principles for personal recovery. The Twelve Traditions ensure the unity of th... - The Twelve Concepts Illustrated
This leaflet provides some useful explanations about A.A.'s Twelve Concepts. Click on the link below... - The Twelve Steps
The suggested Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous were devised in the early days of the fellowshi... - The Twelve Traditions
The Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous were born out of the early, often turbulent, experienc... - The Twelve Traditions Illustrated
'The Twelve Traditions Illustrated' provides some useful and short explanations about AA's treasure... - This is AA
This leaflet gives a great introduction to Alcoholics Anonymous. Click the link below to download it... - This Matter of Fear
The following article, This Matter of Fear, was written by Bill W. and published in the AA Grapevine... - This Matter of Honesty
The following article, This Matter of Honesty, was written by Bill W. and published in the AA Grapev... - Three Talks to Medical Societies by Bill W.
This pamphlet was first published under the title Alcoholism the Illness in 1949 (COA p.205) Cl... - Traditions Checklist
Committee 6 from this year's Conference recommended that we as a fellowship raise awareness of the '... - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions Online
Originally published in 1952, this classic book is used by AA members and groups around the world. I... - Twelve Suggested Points of AA Tradition
by Bill W. First published in the A.A. Grapevine, April 1946. This was the first presentation of th... - Understanding Anonymity
This leaflet explains some of the day to day application of the anonymity we practice and why we val... - Understanding Conference
Conference is the process by which A.A. as a whole makes recommendations on how it should operate. I... - Why Alcoholics Anonymous is Anonymous
The following article, Why Alcoholics Anonymous is Anonymous, was written by Bill W. and published i...