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Our website refers individuals to their local service office rather than maintaining meeting lists. In our experience, the most detailed information…
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…
A.A. meetings can take place both online and by phone. The Meeting Guide app and the Online Intergroup of A.A. both provide information on phone and…
You can obtain your Group ID on Fellowship Connection. If you do not have access to Fellowship Connection or need help with it, please contact Member…
Reasons for starting a new group vary, but the ways to go about it are basically the same. Important to establishing an A.A. group is the need for…
Family members or close friends are welcome at “open” A.A. meetings as observers.
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.…
The "group conscience" is the collective conscience of the group membership and thus represents substantial unanimity on an issue before definitive…
Individual A.A. members and A.A. groups may make a contribution to benefit GSO online or by mail. In keeping with A.A.’s tradition of self-support,…
Email archives@aa.org and we can assist in compiling a history of your group. Please note that the amount of information the GSO Archives holds on…
No. A.A. does not keep membership files or attendance records. You do not have to reveal anything about yourself. No one will bother you if you don’t…
Group membership requires no formal application. As stated in Tradition Three, “The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking…