3-Minute AA Talks: #2 My First Meeting.
Hi, I’m Maria, and I’m an alcoholic. I’ll never forget my first meeting. I didn’t want to be there. I sat in the back, arms crossed, waiting to prove it wasn’t for me. But then someone said something that cut…
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3-Minute AA Talks: #1 The Courage to come back.
Hi, I’m John and I’m an alcoholic. I came back to AA after a relapse I swore would never happen. I had five years sober when I stopped doing the basics—no meetings, no sponsor, no inventory. I started managing life…
Updated AA Meeting Schedule – July 2025
We have updated the printed meeting schedule to include new meetings. Please download a copy here. As always, the website will contain the most recent updates. The Meeting Guide App also will always have our most current schedule.
Group Numbers with AAWS/GSO
Each registered group has a group number with the Alcoholics Anonymous General Service Board. If you need a listing of the group numbers, click here.
Bill W Writings – Emotional Sobriety
Bill W wrote a letter in 1958 which is always worth revisiting. It was reprinted in the Grapevine and can be found below. “The Next Frontier: Emotional Sobriety” by Bill Wilson I think that many oldsters who have put our…
Central Office offers new Resource for Group Treasurers
Many people have asked for advice from Central Office regarding holding the Group Treasurer position. There is a lot of confusion surrounding the what, where, how and why of being a group treasurer. Your Central Office has created a summary…
New GSO Pamphlet available from Central Office
Now available in a completely updated and rewritten pamphlet — “Black in A.A. – Experience, Strength and Hope” replaces the pamphlet titled “A.A. for the Black and African American Alcoholic.” With an illuminating new Introduction and contemporary sharing by 12…
Imagine…..
…You’re a new person and you have decided you will try Alcoholics Anonymous. You take a bus to a meeting that the Santa Fe Central Office has given you and there is no one there. Imagine you are a staff…
12-Tips for Surviving the Holiday
Box 459 published a guide called 12-Tips for surviving the holiday. A link can be found here.
Updates to the Plain Language Big Book (PLBB)
Alcoholics Anonymous has announced that the initial printing of the Plain Language Big Book has sold out. They have sold more than 70,000 copies of the first edition. They are currently reprinting a new version. Central Office has copies of…