Learn More About A.A.

A.A.’s primary purpose is to help alcoholics to achieve sobriety.

Ready for your first meeting?

Here's what to expect. Anyone with a desire to stop drinking is welcome, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, income, or profession. You don’t have to pay anything to attend.

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

What advice do you give new members?

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 the people in A.A. who have successfully stayed sober for some time;
d) try to put into practice the A.A. program of recovery;
e) obtain and study the Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous.

How do I join A.A.?

You are an A.A. member if and when you say so. The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking, and many of us were not very wholehearted about that when we first approached A.A.

Helpful Literature

Literature published by A.A. World Services, Inc., is a resource for recovering alcoholics and other individuals. In our materials, you can find out more about Alcoholics Anonymous, its history, and how it works. We publish items in English, Spanish and French. We also publish and license translations in international languages for recovering alcoholics around the world. Many of our translated materials are in our literature catalog.

Reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.