AA Starter Pack - Helpful Resources

A collection of readings that moves through the calendar year one day at a time: AA members reflect on favorite quotations from the literature of Alcoholics Anonymous. The volume focuses on all Three Legacies of Recovery, Unity and Service. General Service Conference-approved

This spreadsheet serves as a comprehensive schedule of more than 75 Alcoholics Anonymous Zoom meetings, and counting.  Whether you're new to Alcoholics Anonymous or a seasoned member, this spreadsheet is an invaluable resource to help you easily find additional meetings to attend.

Try out our unofficial sister group - International Serenity Group of AA from Tampa, FL is an Alcoholics Anonymous Group focusing on carrying the AA message of twelve step recovery as laid out in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. They meet daily at 2:30 pm and 7:00 pm EDT

The Online Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous, or OIAA, is an International service organization established in accordance with the Ninth Tradition of Alcoholics Anonymous AA, specifically for the purpose of assisting online AA groups in their common purpose of carrying the AA message. 

OIAA provides a current directory of online AA meetings.

The AA Grapevine, Inc. is publisher of the International Journal of Alcoholics Anonymous. Its primary purpose is to carry the AA message to everyone interested in alcoholism through its magazines, websites, and related items, which reflect the experience, strength, and hope of its members and friends on topics related to recovery, unity and service. CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE to GRAVEVINE Daily Quote E-mails.

Meeting Guide is a free-of-charge meeting finder app.

The app helps people find AA meetings and resources near them. AA service entities provide the meeting data for the app. Meeting Guide is available for iOS and Android smartphones. 

Born out of a 30-year friendship formed in Alcoholics Anonymous, Joe McQuany and Charlie Parmley, known as 'Joe and Charlie,' became pivotal figures in making the AA Big Book more accessible. Their talks, stemming from a connection forged in 1973, offer a unique interpretation that demystifies the language for those finding it archaic or confusing.

"Everything AA" has many resources. It provides this completely free of cost and with no ads!

 It includes:

-Text and Audiobook versions of the Big Book and the 12 & 12 Book
-The Daily Reflection
-A text version of Living Sober
- The Joe and Charlie Audio Tapes
-and much more.

The app also includes a sobriety counter so that you can keep track of your exact day count.

A wellbeing app you'll use again and again.

Wellness means different things to different people. With a focus on personalization and choice, more time is spent on Insight Timer than all other meditation apps.

Anyone with a desire to stop drinking is welcome, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, income or profession. And it’s free.

You can just sit and listen and learn more about recovery, or you can share about your situation. It’s completely up to you.

Tampa Tri-County Central Office - Serving Alcoholics Anonymous for Hillsborough County and East Pasco County

 The South Florida Area Committee of Alcoholics Anonymous is a service body for the groups in Delegate Area 15. Its primary purpose is to provide a forum for sharing collective 12th Step experience – how best to carry the AA message in South Florida, the Bahamas, U.S. Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Antigua, St Maarten & Cayman Islands. 

 The AA Grapevine, Inc. is publisher of the International Journal of Alcoholics Anonymous. Its primary purpose is to carry the AA message to everyone interested in alcoholism through its magazines, websites, and related items, which reflect the experience, strength, and hope of its members and friends on topics related to recovery, unity and service. It strives in all its activities to operate in accordance with the Twelve Steps, the Twelve Traditions, and the Twelve Concepts of AA, without soliciting monetary contributions from AA members or groups to fund operating expenses. 

Each week long-time AA members Don and Sam will interview a different member about their experience, strength and hope, in a casual “meeting after the meeting” manner. Special features will enhance each episode. 

 With a Digital subscription, you’ll be able to read the new magazine each month, explore the Grapevine archive, send stories to friends, listen to the audio of each article in the magazine, listen to the podcast, enter your own sobriety date for a daily calculation, build your own spiritual maintenance daily checklist, and more. 

Using simple language, this pamphlet offers general information on Alcoholics Anonymous, covering topics such as symptoms of alcoholism, the Twelve Steps (A.A.'s program of recovery), the function of A.A. meetings, and more. For public information purposes.

General Service Conference-approved.

Straightforward answers to 15 questions that those new to Alcoholics Anonymous frequently ask about getting sober in A.A.

General Service Conference-approved.

Ten agnostic/atheist members share their experience of finding meaningful recovery in A.A., showing there is room in the Fellowship for believers and non-believers alike.

General Service Conference-approved.

Lists 12 questions to ask yourself if you think you may be an alcoholic. For those who think they may have a drinking problem. The assessment can also be taken online here: 

Is A.A. for You?

General Service Conference-approved.

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.

General Service Conference-approved.

With sharing that reflects the boundless range of belief (and non-belief) among A.A. members — including Buddhism, Islam, Native American faith traditions, and atheism and agnosticism — this pamphlet shows how Alcoholics Anonymous is a spiritual organization, rather than a religious one.

General Service Conference-approved.

Flyer presenting easy-to-read, basic information about the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous.

This pamphlet explains how anonymity serves as both a safeguard at the personal level and a spiritual principle at the public level, and outlines what this means for A.A. members both within A.A. and outside of it. Includes FAQs on social media and the Internet, as well as suggestions for dealing with friends and family.

General Service Conference-approved.

Directed to A.A. members who must take medication as well as to medical professionals, this pamphlet offers suggestions for minimizing the threat of relapse while taking prescribed medications. Nine A.A. members also share their personal experience with medications and other drugs.

General Service Conference-approved.

Explains the A.A. service structure in the U.S. and Canada, describing all elements linking member and group with the General Service Conference.

General Service Conference-approved.

 Completely revised and redesigned, the “Young People in A.A.” pamphlet now contains seven new stories by young A.A. members. Informed by input and feedback from young A.A. members attending recent YPAA meetings, this beautifully redesigned pamphlet includes colorful illustrations crafted by one of our most beloved Grapevine illustrators.

General Service Conference-approved.

 Bill W.'s thoughts on the status of those addicted to drugs and other substances within A.A. are as timely as when they appeared in a 1958 Grapevine.

General Service Conference-approved.

Alcoholics Anonymous, also known as the “Big Book,” presents the AA program for recovery from alcoholism. First published in 1939, its purpose was to show other alcoholics how the first 100 people of AA got sober. Now translated into over 70 languages, it is still considered AA’s basic text. 

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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions explains the 24 basic principles of Alcoholics Anonymous. Known as the "Twelve and Twelve,” the book dedicates a chapter to each Step and each Tradition. Chapters provide an interpretation of these principles for personal recovery and the organization of the group. 

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This practical booklet demonstrates, through simple examples, how AA members throughout the world live and stay sober one day at a time. 

A source of comfort and inspiration, this collection of Bill W.’s writings addresses themes such as acceptance, gratitude and spirituality. Excerpted from the Big Book, the "Twelve and Twelve," Grapevine and other AA literature. With a topical index to help guide reading and discussion.

General Service Conference-approved.

Over 75 AA members from around the world share about what the terms “spiritual awakening,” "Higher Power" and "God as we understood Him" mean to them. Offers a range of perspectives on what spirituality can look like in the context of Alcoholics Anonymous.

General Service Conference-approved. 

Esta antología contiene 56 historias retiradas de las primeras tres ediciones en inglés del Libro Grande, Alcohólicos Anónimos, traducidas al español. La membresía de Alcohólicos Anónimos continúa creciendo y cambiando, pero estas historias del pasado nunca perderán su vigencia. La historia esencial en AA —”cómo éramos, lo que pasó y cómo somos ahora”— es una constante. Esa fórmula imperecedera para las charlas de AA sigue siendo tan válida en estas historias antiguas como lo es ahora en la reunión de la otra cuadra.

Aprobado por la Conferencia de Servicios Generales