Literature 

Would you like the Intergroup Literature Coordinator to visit your home group?
I can bring a supply of books and pamphlets for individuals and for your group.
Send an email to literature08@ottawaaa.org to make arrangements. Scott E.

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Available Literature 

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Books

Alcoholics Anonymoustop
(575 pages)

Originally published in 1939, this is the "book of experience" from which the Fellowship derived its name. It contains an analysis of the principles which led to the sobriety of the earliest members, together with a representative cross section of members' personal stories.

The Second Edition (1955) added new personal-experience material, but retained the opening, explanatory chapters, unchanged.

The same course was followed for the Third Edition (1976).

Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditionstop
(192 pages)

Published in 1953, this book contains a detailed interpretation of principles of personal recovery and group survival by Bill W., co-founder of the Fellowship.

Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Agetop
(333 pages)

Written by Bill W. and published in 1957, this is the first book-length account of the birth, development, and expansion of A.A. during its first two decades.

  As Bill Sees It (The A.A. Way of Life)top
(332 pages)

A reader comprising selections from the writings of Bill W.

  Dr. Bob and The Good Old-timerstop
(373 pages)

Published in 1980, this biography of A.A.'s co-founder also includes pioneer members' recollections of early A.A. in the Midwest.

  "Pass It On" The Story of Bill Wilson and How The A.A. Message Reached the World top
(429 pages)

Biography of A.A. co-founder, published in 1984.

  Daily Reflections: top
(382 pages)

A Book of Reflections By A.A. Members For A.A. Members

Periodicals Top

A pocket-size international monthly journal of information, interpretation, and inspiration, written almost entirely by A.A. members.

BookletsTop
 
  Came to Believe
(88 pages)

Practical tips, based on world-wide experience, on how to live and stay sober one day at a time.

 
  Living Sobertop
(88 pages)

Practical tips, based on world-wide experience, on how to live and stay sober one day at a time.

PamphletsTop

FilmsTop
  • Alcoholic Anonymous — An Inside View
  • It Sure Beats Sitting in a Cell
  • Young People and A.A.
  • Hope: Alcoholics Anonymous
  • A.A.—Rap With Us
  • Carrying the Message
  • Behind These Walls
  • Your A.A. General Service Office, The Grapevine, and the General Service Structure
Tape CassettesTop
  • Alcoholics Anonymous (first 11 chapters)
  • Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
  • A.A. Comes of Age A.A.
  • Literature for Special Needs
    A.A.W.S. produces a wide-range of literature and material for alcoholics with special needs.
    • For the blind and visually impaired there is recovery literature in Braille, as well as audio cassettes.
    • Alcoholics Anonymous and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are available in American Sign Language on VHS videos for the deaf and hard of hearing, as well as closed-caption films and videos.
For a complete list please request our catalog A.A. Literature and Audiovisual Material for Special Needs (F-10SN)

How to OrderTop

Many of these pamphlets are available for free at local A.A. meetings. Books can be purchased at meetings or from the Intergroup office.

To compute the cost of a literature order from Intergroup go to this page for items normally in stock:  Order form - items normally in stock

or to this page for items not normally stocked:  Order form - items NOT normally in stock

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