NEWCOMER PACKET

• Frequently Asked Questions About A.A. – Answers the questions most frequently asked about A.A. by alcoholics seeking help, as well as by their families and friends. | PDF Download

• How It Works – How the program works. | PDF Download

• Is A.A. for You? – Symptoms of alcoholism are summed up in 12 questions most A.A.s had to answer to identify themselves as alcoholics. | PDF Download

• Newcomer Asks – Gives straightforward, brief answers on 15 points that once puzzled many of us. | PDF Download

• Questions and Answers on Sponsorship – 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. | PDF Download

• Where Do I Go From Here? – For people leaving treatment facilities, a single-sheet flyer tells of continuing help offered by “outside” A.A.s. | PDF Download

• Daily Reflections – Available online as well as printed in book format if you would prefer to have a printed copy. This is a short quote from our literature along with a reflection written by a member of our fellowship.

• Alcoholics Anonymous (AA.org) – The main A.A. website.

• Maine Area 28 AA Site – The Maine Area website where you can learn more about AA in Maine.

• A.A. Online Intergroup – A list of online meetings from around the world.

• Silkworth.net – A website full of writings by Bill W.

• A.A. Grapevine – The A.A. meeting in print.

• A.A. Meeting Guide App – Meeting Guide is a free meeting finder app for iOS and Android that provides meeting information – direct Android & iOS download.

• Pamphlets (for all Pamphlets linked below, click on the image to load the PDF)

  1. A Brief Guide to Alcoholics Anonymous – In simple language, it describes our program and offers general information on A.A. | PDF Download

  2. A.A. at a Glance – Flyer condensing facts on the Fellowship. | PDF Download

  3. A.A. for the Black and African American Alcoholic – Personal stories of finding sobriety and a new way of life in Alcoholics Anonymous. | PDF Download

  4. Information on Alcoholics Anonymous – This information is both for people who may have a drinking problem and for those in contact with people who have, or are suspected of having, a problem. | PDF Download

  5. LGBTQ Alcoholics in A.A. – Excerpts from the experience, strength and hope of sober LGBTQ alcoholics point out that the tie that binds us all together is freedom from alcohol. | PDF Download

A special thank you to the Love & Service group in Pleasant Hill, CA for compiling a majority of these resources. They can be reached here at this link