Welcome to our digital Newcomer Packet! Here you fill find many resources linked that you might find useful as you begin your journey in recovery and AA.
We look forward to seeing you at a meeting in our Area! You may also find information from your District helpful to connect with fellow members of AA close to where you live.
- 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
Books (Literature)
- Big Book – Available for purchases in print, audio, eBook, and PDF format. This is our program.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions– Available for purchases in print, audio, eBook, and PDF format. Bill W.’s 24 essays on the Steps and the Traditions discuss the principles of individual recovery and group unity.
Other Online Literature & Resources
- Alcoholics Anonymous (AA.org) – The main A.A. website.
- Contra Costa A.A. – The Contra Costa A.A. website where you can find in-person and online meetings.
- 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)
- A Brief Guide to Alcoholics Anonymous – In simple language, it describes our program and offers general information on A.A. | PDF Download
- A.A. at a Glance – Flyer condensing facts on the Fellowship. | PDF Download
- 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
- 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
- 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