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Congratulations on your new position! You can read about getting listed with GSO and obtaining material to help you get started in your new role.…
Publicly accessible aspects of the Internet such as websites featuring text, graphics, audio and video can be considered the same as publishing or…
The A.A. Guidelines represent the shared experience of A.A. members and groups throughout the United States and Canada. They also reflect guidance…
Social drinking has become an accepted part of business enterprise in many fields these days. Many contacts with customers and prospective customers…
We do not maintain any membership lists, including lists of early members. It is difficult to piece together an accurate list of early members with…
The service structure is the framework in which our "general services" are carried out. It is the structure that takes the place of government in A.A…
Many alcoholics, by the time they turn to A.A. for help with their drinking problems, have also accumulated substantial financial problems. Not…
Members of A.A. have a selfish interest in offering a helping hand to other alcoholics who have not yet achieved sobriety. First, they know from…
The Fellowship has four books that are generally accepted as “textbooks.” The first is Alcoholics Anonymous, also known as “the Big Book,” originally…
An A.A. meeting may take one of several forms, but at any meeting you will find alcoholics talking about what drinking did to their lives, their…
As stated in A.A.'s Responsibility Pledge, “I am responsible … when anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want the hand of A.A. always to be…