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Alcoholics Anonymous information: phone numbers, meetings, and conventions.

Narcotics Anonymous affirms that "Singleness of Purpose" is appropriate for Alcoholics Anonymous. By NA World Service Board.

Some thoughts on AA including a personal story. Includes a collection of links that is different every time you visit. The "menu" is hidden on the left margin.

Pick up your web clip art version anniversary medallion. Any number of years. It's not metal but it's free.

Research paper compares AA attendance and program effectiveness for white, Hispanic, and African-American participants following psychological treatment.

Review of book by an anthropologist who studied Alcoholics Anonymous in Mexico City

Brief description of a book by anthropologist Stanley Brandes studies the growth of Alcoholics Anonymous in Mexico and how it has adapted to the culture.

Helps recovering people decide how they will interpret their recovery program. Provides articles and texts on the development of the Twelve Steps and analysis of various approaches to Stepwork.

Abstract of a book which calls upon Bakhtinian theory to analyze storytelling in AA. Compares the practices to the Washingtonians and the Oxford Groups.

AA is a vital community resource. This article looks at differences between the Twelve Steps and common counseling practices. Other approaches may be of more help some clients.

This guide to running a series of four beginners meetings was first assembled in Detroit in 1943. Also called "The Washington D.C. Pamphlet" or "The Table Mate." The original pamphlet is still available from Alcoholics Anonymous of Greater Detroit.

This paper looks at the medical view of alcoholism as a disease. This concept was important to the development of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Dedicated to the 12 Steps as outlined in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.

An aid to reading the Big Book of "Alcoholics Anonymous." Words above an elementary reading level are defined according to their use in the main part of the book.

A large collection of AA information including speaker tapes (in Real Audio), recommended reading, history. Articles on "It Ain't in the Book!" and "Sponsorship."

One anonymous writer's view of the spiritual relationship between a sponsor and the person being sponsored. Seen in terms of friendship and growth.

A project to help the traveler find the AA Fellowship wherever they might go. Translated into various languages.

A personal experience of working the steps, in particular a discussion of step three and any that follows it.

Article by Reverend Samual Shoemaker, an early friend of Alcoholics Anonymous. Describes AA as a life-changing fellowship. The Church could be re-awakened by insights and practices found in AA. He had spoken at the 1955 Convention in St Louis.

A guide to working the Steps by someone who has had long-term success through the AA program.

Recordings of Twelve Step speakers for free download. Includes hundreds of AA Alcoholics Anonymous tapes.