Resources for newcomers
Welcome to the fellowship!
If you’re new to AA and only just starting your amazing recovery journey, you may be a bit bewildered by the range of books and other literature people are suggesting you read. Here’s a bunch of links and some guidance notes to get you started.
“Old timers” may also find this page useful. There’s always more recovery literature to be discovered. If anyone thinks there’s a book or other resource worth includiung here, please drop us a line: [email protected]
Virtual Starter Pack
At your very first AA meeting, you’re likely to be handed a plastic wallet containing a few leaflets about alcoholism and how AA has helped millions of people to get sober and stay sober. If you haven’t received this so called Beginner Pack, you can ask for one next time you’re at a meeting or you can click the link below:
Other Resources
If that’s whetted your appetite, here’s some more newcomer-focused AA Literature.
- A Brief Guide to AA
- How It Works
- Younger People in AA
- The AA Member – Medications and Other Drugs
- Sponsorship: Your Questions Answered
- Problems Other Than Alcohol
- AA and the Armed Services
- Do You Think You Are Different?
- Many Paths to Spirituality
- The “God” Word
- LGBT Voices
- The Twelve Steps Illustrated
- The Twelve Traditions Illustrated
- Understanding Anonymity
- The Pot