Frequently Asked Questions About A.A.
Do you have questions about Alcoholics Anonymous? Here are some links to valuable A.A. literature.
Official & General AA Resources:
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA.org): aa.org – The main site for general info, history, and finding meetings.
Frequently Asked Questions About AA https://www.aa.org/frequently-asked-questions-about-aa-formerly-44-questions
Daily Reflection: aa.org/pages/en_US/daily-reflection – For daily spiritual guidance..
Is A.A. for Me?
How to Find an AA Meeting:
Find A.A. Near You: aa.org/find-aa – A starting point for meeting searches by location for online and in-person AA meetings.
Online & Virtual Meetings: Online Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous: aa-intergroup.org – A central hub for finding worldwide online Zoom meetings.
The Meeting Guide App
About Meeting Guide: Over 100,000 weekly meetings are currently listed, and the information is refreshed twice daily.
Meeting Guide features
Listing of both in-person and online meetings
A default view that provides a list of meetings showing time, location and meeting name
A meeting detail view that offers extra information such as meeting format and any notes provided by the group
A search function to find meetings by location or keyword
A daily quote feature lets users read from "Daily Reflections"
A news feature with the latest from the General Service Office and Grapevine
Is There an Alcoholic in Your Life?
https://www.aa.org/there-alcoholic-your-life
Family and concerned friends are encouraged to check out Al-Anon Family Groups, the sister program to A.A. specifically for friends and family.
https://www.alanon-maryland.org/
Alcoholics Anonymous 4th Edition - Big Book
https://www.aa.org/the-big-book
Alcoholics Anonymous, also known as the “Big Book,” presents the A.A. program for recovery from alcoholism. First published in 1939, its purpose was to show other alcoholics how the first 100 people of A.A. got sober. Now translated into over 70 languages, it is still considered A.A.’s basic text.
The Big Book in ASL
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6Ke-nL58u6mS4B6fg8RnufQKDOB-Ow-X
Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions
Read about the Steps in the "12 & 12.” Searchable PDF, audio and ASL versions are available on this website.
https://www.aa.org/the-twelve-steps
The A.A. Group... where it all begins
https://www.aa.org/sites/default/files/literature/assets/p-16_theaagroup.pdf
AA General Service Conference Areas: aa.org/list-of-general-service-conference-area-web-sites-uscanada – Links to regional (US/Canada) websites
Visit the monthly District 18 Business meeting on the 1st Saturday of the month at 4 p.m. Be sure that your Group is represented by electing a General Service Representative
For a new General Service Representative, this leaflet outlines responsibilities and useful sources of information; for a group, what to keep in mind when electing a G.S.R. https://www.aa.org/gsr-general-service-representative