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BELOW are resources and links that you might find useful as you begin your journey in recovery and AA.

• Frequently Asked Questions About A.A. - Answers the questions most frequently asked about A.A. by alcoholics seeking help, as well as by their families and friends. | PDF Download
• How It Works - How the program works. | PDF Download
• Is A.A. for You? - Symptoms of alcoholism are summed up in 12 questions most A.A.s had to answer to identify themselves as alcoholics. | PDF Download
• Newcomer Asks - Gives straightforward, brief answers on 15 points that once puzzled many of us. | PDF Download
• Questions and Answers on Sponsorship - Uses shared A.A. experience to answer 34 questions likely to be asked by persons seeking sponsors, persons wanting to be sponsors, and groups planning sponsorship activity. | PDF Download
• Where Do I Go From Here? - For people leaving treatment facilities, a single-sheet flyer tells of continuing help offered by "outside" A.A.s. | PDF Download

BOOKS

• Big Book - Available for purchases in print, audio, eBook, and PDF format. This is our program.
• Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions - Available for purchases in print, audio, eBook, and PDF format. Bill W.'s 24 essays on the Steps and the Traditions discuss the principles of individual recovery and group unity.
• Daily Reflections - Available online as well as printed in book format if you would prefer to have a printed copy. This is a short quote from our literature along with a reflection written by a member of our fellowship.

Other Online Literature & Resources

• Alcoholics Anonymous (AA.org) - The main A.A. website.
• A.A. Online Intergroup - A list of online meetings from around the world.
• Silkworth.net - A website full of writings by Bill W.
• A.A. Grapevine - The A.A. meeting in print.
• A.A. Meeting Guide App - Meeting Guide is a free meeting finder app for iOS and Android that provides meeting information - direct Android & iOS download.
• Pamphlets (for all Pamphlets linked below, click on the image to load the PDF)
• A Brief Guide to Alcoholics Anonymous - In simple language, it describes our program and offers general information on A.A. | PDF Download
• A.A. at a Glance - Flyer condensing facts on the Fellowship. | PDF Download
• A.A. for the Black and African American Alcoholic - Personal stories of finding sobriety and a new way of life in Alcoholics Anonymous. | PDF Download
• Information on Alcoholics Anonymous - This information is both for people who may have a drinking problem and for those in contact with people who have, or are suspected of having, a problem. | PDF Download
• LGBTQ Alcoholics in A.A. - Excerpts from the experience, strength and hope of sober LGBTQ alcoholics point out that the tie that binds us all together is freedom from alcohol. | PDF Download

A special thank you to the Love & Service group in Pleasant Hill, CA for compiling a majority of these resources. They can be reached here at this link.