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Asking for special favors because of A.A. membership is not in the spirit of the anonymity Traditions.
This is a personal matter. However, the spirit of the program is one of sharing, and a recent study of A.A. members shows that a high proportion…
The majority of A.A. members believe that we have found the solution to our drinking problem not through individual willpower, but through a power…
Bill W. was not nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. In early 1960 an individual from the New York area wrote to Bill concerning the possibility…
Realizing that anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, it is recommended that talks by A.A. members as members be given in…
In our experience, the people who recover in A.A. are those who: a) stay away from the first drink; b) attend A.A. meetings regularly; c) seek out…
Occasionally a person who has been sober through A.A. will get drunk. In A.A. a relapse of this type is commonly known as a “slip.” It may occur…
While there is no formal list of promises in the Big Book, some A.A. members refer to the following passage from the…
The A.A. Guidelines represent the shared experience of A.A. members and groups throughout the United States and Canada. They also reflect guidance…
A central office or intergroup is an A.A. service office that involves partnership among groups in a community — just as A.A. groups themselves…