Virtual Newcomer's Packet
This virtual newcomer packet is here to introduce you to Alcoholics Anonymous and share how AA may be able to help. You never have to face alcoholism alone. If you think you may have a problem with drinking, we invite you to reach out or attend a meeting– help and hope are available.
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Is A.A. for You? –Lists 12 questions to ask yourself if you think you may be an alcoholic. For those who think they may have a drinking problem. This Is AA – An introduction to A.A.: describes who A.A.s are and what they have learned about alcoholism. For all who think they may have a drinking problem. Literature The Big Book – The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous 12 & 12 – Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions |
Your Questions Answered A Newcomer Asks – Gives straightforward, brief answers on 15 points that once puzzled many of us. How It Works – How the program works. 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. Information on Alcoholics Anonymous – For Anyone New Coming to A.A. For Anyone Referring People to A.A. A.A. at a Glance – Flyer condensing facts on the Fellowship. Questions & 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. 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. |
A.A. Promises
If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows. Self-seeking will slip away. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.
Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us—sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them.
9th Step Promises
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
Pages 83-84
If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows. Self-seeking will slip away. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.
Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us—sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them.
9th Step Promises
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
Pages 83-84
