ABOUT A.A.

WHAT IS ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS?

Alcoholics Anonymous is a worldwide fellowship of people who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common drinking problem. The primary purpose of A.A. is to help others to recover from alcoholism.

It does not cost anything to participate. There are no age or education requirements. Membership is open to anyone who has a drinking problem and wants to do something about it.

We are alcoholics ourselves and have a special understanding of “how it works.”

HOW DOES A.A. WORK?

A.A.’s Twelve Steps are a set of spiritual principles. When practiced as a way of life, they can expel the obsession to drink and enable the sufferer to recover from alcoholism.

The Twelve Traditions apply to A.A. as a whole. They outline how A.A. maintains its unity and relates to the world around itself.

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

A.A. members use the Twelve Steps to maintain sobriety.

A.A. groups use the Twelve Traditions to stay unified.

WHO ARE A.A. MEMBERS

PLEASE VISIT:

the official Website of the General Service Office (GSO) of Alcoholics Anonymous for more information.