Frequently Asked Questions

Below there are frequently asked questions arranged by category.

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.…
Group problems are often evidence of a healthy, desirable diversity of opinion among group members. They give us a chance, in the words of Step…
A.A. "service" is anything that helps us to reach a fellow sufferer. Much the way A.A. sponsors share their experience in recovery with their…
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…
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…
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…