Open Directory - Health: Addictions: Substance Abuse: Alcohol: Support Groups: Alcoholics Anonymous
See also: This category in other languages: - Official international journal of Alcoholics Anonymous, offering books, CDs, calendars and gift certificates. Includes additional information about the Twelve Steps, and a bulletin board. - Official site of the Alcoholics Anonymous World Services Inc. - These 15, 20, and 30 second PSAs are available to TV stations in English, Spanish, and French. Also some for radio. See them on the web with the appropriate browser extension. - AA wants to cooperate with clergy, legal, medical, correctional, employers, and others who may deal with alcoholics. By General Service Office of Alcoholics Anonymous. - Illustrated bibliography about this 12-step program, and links to other resources. - Article about the A.A. includes its Twelve Step program, method of complete abstinence, and history. - Letters from the Universal House of Justice say that the practice of confession in the 5th Step of Alcoholics Anonymous is acceptable to followers of the Baha'i faith. - Use these guidelines for taking the 12 steps of A.A. and learn about other sobriety topics in the Big Book. - Complete text of "Alcoholics Anonymous" also known as "The Big Book" is available in English, French, and Spanish. This is the only site authorized to have it. - Offers a step discussion meeting format based on one narrow interpretation of the Big Book. Formerly called Hyannis Original. Only members who have done the steps this way may share. - The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous says faith can be personal and based on individual experience. This article shows this is consistent with "Varieties of Religious Experience" by William James. - Guideline of Al-Anon on cooperation without affiliation with Alcoholics Anonymous. - Several articles about Alcoholics Anonymous collected by The Primary Purpose Group in Dallas. Also speaker "tapes" in RealAudio. - Complete text of the personal stories from the 1939 First Edition of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. - Thousands of Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon, and 12-step recovery convention tapes. Also CDs. Tape of the month subscriptions available. - Contrasts what it calls strong, medium, and weak versions of the AA program. First of four parts with links to the rest. - IDAA is a group of approximately 4500 recovering health care professionals of doctorate level who help one another achieve and maintain sobriety. Provides information and resources for prospective and current members along with their family and friends. - I.L.A.A. is a group of recovering lawyers and judges carrying the message of recovery within their profession. Their purpose is to help others out of their denial and into A.A.. - Helps ASL (American Sign Language) interpreters to understand the culture of Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. - Article relates (CBT) cognitive behavioral therapy, developed in 1959, to the program and practices of Alcoholics Anonymous. - Being a Jew need not keep anyone from participating in Alcoholics Anonymous. An interpretation of the Twelve Steps in terms of Jewish teachings. - NAIGSO helps adapt Alcoholics Anonymous to the spiritual traditions of the many Indian tribes. Events. Information on creating groups. - Narcotics Anonymous affirms that "Singleness of Purpose" is appropriate for Alcoholics Anonymous. By NA World Service Board. - Pick up your web clip art version anniversary medallion. Any number of years. It's not metal but it's free. - 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. - 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. [PDF] - 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. - Catholics can benefit from Twelve Step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous. Advice on how to deal with AA practices that are contrary to their faith. - 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. - A guide to working the Steps by someone who has had long-term success through the AA program. - An electronic reference to Alcoholics Anonymous for Windows 98. - Research paper compares AA attendance and program effectiveness for white, Hispanic, and African-American participants following psychological treatment. [PDF] (January 01, 1998)
