RECOVERY LINKS-these are my favorites of from
100's of AA and Recovery websites I have looked at!
Feb 2009 I will be working soon on re working this page
to make a more logical order and better descriptions!
Click Here for AA World Services
http://www.dickb.com/index.shtml Alcoholics Anonymous & Alcoholics Anonymous History: Dick B.'s Works on the History of Early A.A.'s Spiritual Roots and Success. Description: Books, articles, resources, links, and frequently updated what's new on A.A.'s spiritual roots
http://agrm.org/jobs.shtml
volunteer or employement with Gospel Rescue Missions
http://aabbsg.de/aahistoryphotos/ A great photographic site of OLD AA
http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Villa/1576/index.html
http://www.angelfire.com/ny/AAHistoryPhotos/index.html
http://www.recoveryresources.org/
http://www.thejaywalker.com/pages/links.html
http://www.thejaywalker.com/index.html some nice stuff here!!
http://members.accesstoledo.com/melb/ Mel B's AA Books!!
http://alcoholism.miningco.com/health/alcoholism/library/blmitch.htm
http://alcoholism.about.com/health/alcoholism/library/bllibrary.htm
http://www.angelfire.com/ny2/howit2/
http://www.Geocities.com/WestHollywood/Heights/4835/
http://www.aa-lamplighters.org/
http://www.primenet.com/~jmassie/wagslist.htm non religious aa
http://aaincuba1.homestead.com/home.html AA In Cuba!!
http://www.smart.net/~a1assoc/AA/balpro.htm
http://www.geocities.com/aa_speeches/
http://w1.261.telia.com/~u26111676/eng/spiritual/serenity/
http://www.tech-line.com/jefff/hotlist.htm
http://www.addictsvictorious.com/index.shtml
http://www.alcoholicsforchrist.com/sitemap.htm
Chester Kirk Alcoholism Collection Brown University
httpGay IAC Pages/
The International Advisory Council (IAC) serves the gay and lesbian members of A.A.. Our sole purpose for existing is to provide our experience, strength and hope to any arm of A.A. when called upon to do so, and to work in the spirit of UNITY and SERVICE with A.A. for the betterment of the gay and lesbian members, and A.A. as a whole. Our function is not that of a policy or decision-making board in matters affecting gay and lesbian members of A.A., nor is our function to isolate or separate ourselves from the mainstream of A.A..
----Charter of the International Advisory Council
http://www.royy.com New York guide to AA and Roy Y Big Book Concordance
http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Heights/8450/
http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/1799/
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/recoveryrainbow
httpSkeptics guid to 12 steps://www.onlinerecovery.org/skeptics/
http://members.xoom.com/aastuff/index.html
http://www.aabacktobasics.com/ Home of famous Back to Basics Seminar
for printable schedule fall 2000
http://open-mind.org/Alcohol.htm
http://www.AnonymousOne.com/ see articles and faq
http://Texas Homeless Shelter Pageswww.thn.org/home.html
http://Starts Recovery programs in Homeless shelterswww.fajardo.org/
http://www.web2000.com/annotatedaahandbook/
httpRecovery Liberation Front://www.aahorror.net/Home.htm
http:12 Steps and Bible//www.nidlink.com/~bobhard/12stscript.html
http://www.christians-in-recovery.org
http://www.eskimo.com/~burked/plndlr/plndlrix.html
http://www.eskimo.com/~burked/
http://www.faithwithworks.com/index.html
Walley P and 94 year old Oxford Group Member James Houck
http://www.healingresource.org/aa
http://www.naturesgift.com/abs.htm
http://www.aahorror.net/Home.htm
http://www.smartrecovery.org/smart.htm
http://pageSmart Recover counter aaas.about.com/robertwarner/
http://www.home.earmore counbter thlink.net/~jeff24aat/index.html
http://www3.sympatico.ca/gdavidson/FrameSetSerious.htm
http://wwlot sof good stuff here w.public.usit.net/rfhale/index.htm
http://www.aaw.com/ Under the influence Dr Milam very imporant work
http://www.aaw.com/under/two.html
http://www.midnightmission.org/ clancy I Midnight mission
http://www.smart.net/~a1assoc/AA/ west baltimore group home page
http://www.casacolumbia.org/links1459/links.htm Columbia NY center for Addiction and substance abuse
http://www.smart.net/~a1assoc/AA/whatchurch.htm shoemaker writing about what church has to learn from AA
http://www.smart.net/~a1assoc/AA/chosen.htm old baltimore chosen pamphlet
http://www.smart.net/~a1assoc/AA/historypage.htm aa history Maryland and baltimore
http://alcoholism.about.com/health/alcoholism/
http://www.alcoholismhelp.com/
http://www.history.ohio-state.edu/projects/prohibition/default.htm
http://www.wpl.lib.oh.us:80/AntiSaloon/
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REtemperance.htm
http://www.visitus.com/glennk/
http://members.tripod.com/NorthernKY/software/index.html
http://www.powerfullyrecovered.com/articles/articlesix.htm
http://www.msag.org/BBCA/default.htm
http://www.public.usit.net/rfhale/index.htm
http://www.holdenpd.com/alcohol.html
police officer claims alcoholism is just behavior
http://www.highbottomdrunk.com/
http://www.recoveryemporium.com/
http://www.ourprimarypurpose.com/
http://www.sober.org/the big bookbook Bunch Website
http://www.alcoholismhelp.com/
http://www.unhooked.com/booktalk/index.html
SOS Books Reviews Secular Sobriety Some interesting non aa recovery stuff.
Enter the Smart Recovery Website
http://www.nidlink.com/%7Ebobhard/bftwrite.html
http://www.gso.org/hen/index.htm
Henrietta Seiberling
http://www.egroups.com/messages/aahistorybuffs
http://www.ourprimarypurpose.com/
http://www.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html
working the 12 steps
http://av.iugm.org/ alcoholics victorious Christian group
http://www.egroups.com/group/aahistorybuffs Email group of AA history Nuts
http://www.alcoholic.org/index.htm four step recovery fast track
http://www.aadeprogramming.com/index_frames.html
this guy did not like AA I still read about peoples negative experiences with AA
http://www.mariannegilliam.com/index.htm How AA failed me!!
http://www.halcyon.com/carrick/aa/aa-home.html
http://www.dallas-aa.org/photos.htm Dallas AA My Old Home Town
http://www.addictionrecov.org/paradigm/P_PR_F98/Marty_Mann.html
Listen to "Early Pioneers" like Bill W., Dr. Bob S., Ebby T., Bill D. - AA Speakers Tapes Web
http://www.itsnotanaccident.com/ Jason barber killed his brother in an drunken accident
I received this list of AA Acronyms from Bernie R., I don't know where he got them from.
for list of aa slogans
to print your own copy of this list. or save pdf copy to your own hard drive. Adobe Acrobat Pdf file
AA = Absolute Abstinence
AA = Adventurers Anonymous
AA = Altered Attitudes
AA = Altruistic action
AA = Attitude Adjustment
ABC = Acceptance, Belief, Change
ABC = Ashtrays, Broom, Coffee
ABC = Ashtrays, Broom, Chairs
ACTION = Any Change Toward Improving One's Nature
ALCOHOLICS = A Life Centered On Helping Others Live In Complete Sobriety
ANONYMOUS = Actions Not Our Names Yield Maintenance Of Unity and Service
ASK = Ass-Saving Kit
BAR = Beware Alcohol, Run
BAR = Beware Alcoholic Ruin
BIG BOOK = Believing In God Beats Our Old Knowledge
DEAD = Drinking Ends All Dreams
DENIAL = Don't Even Notice I Am Lying
DETACH = Don't Even Think About Changing Him/Her
DUES = Desperately Using Everything but Sobriety
EGO = Easing God Out
EGO = Edging God Out
FAILURE = Fearful, Arrogant, Insecure, Lonely, Uncertain, Resentful, Empty
FAITH = Fear Ain't In This House
FEAR = Few Ever Arrive Rejoicing
FEAR = Failure Expected And Received
FEAR = False Evidence Appearing Real
FEAR = False Expectations Appearing Real
FEAR = Fear Expressed Allows Relief
FEAR = Feelings Every Alcoholic Rejects
FEAR = Fighting Ego Against Reality
FEAR = Forget Everything and Run (polite version)
FEAR = Fuck Everything and Run! (not recommended--it's what we used to do)
FEAR = Face Everything and Recover! (definitely recommended)
FEAR = Forgetting Everything's All Right (not really!)
FEAR = Frantic Effort to Appear Real
FEAR = Frantic Efforts to Appear Recovered
FINE = Faithful, Involved, knowledgeable and Experienced
FINE = Feeling Insecure, Numb and Empty
FINE = Frantic, Insane, Nuts and Egotistical
FINE = Freaked out, Insecure, Neurotic and Emotional
FINE = Frustrated, Insecure, Neurotic and Emotional
FINE = F--cked, Insecure, Neurotic and Emotional
GAYS = Go Ask Your Sponsor
GIFT = God Is Forever There
GOD = Good Orderly Direction
GOD = Group of Drunks
GOYA = Get Off Your Ass
GUT = God's Undeniable Truths
HALT = Honestly, Actively, Lovingly Tolerant
HALT = Hope, Acceptance, Love and Tolerance
HALT = Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired: Fix these situations before you make any decisions.
HALT = Horny, Arrogant, Lazy and Tragic: if you're any one of these, get to a meeting!
HALTS = Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired and Stupid
HALTS FEAR = Hope, Acceptance, Love and Tolerance Stops Forgetting that Everything's All Right
HELP = His Ever Loving Presence
HELP = Her Ever Loving Presence
HELP = Hope, Encouragement, Love and Patience
HOPE = Happy Our Program Exists
HOPE = Hearing Other Peoples' Experience
HOPE = Hang On! Peace Exists...
HOW = Honesty, Open-mindedness, Willingness: that's how we do it
HOW = Honest, Open-minded and Willing
ISM = I, Self, Me
ISM = Incredibly Short Memory
ISM = Inside Me
ISM = I Sabotage Myself
KISS = Keep It Simple, Stupid
KISS = Keep It Simple, Sugar
KISS = Keep It Simple, Sweetheart
KISS = Keeping It Simple, Spiritually
MMM = Meetings, Meditation and Masturbation (recommended for the first year)
NUTS = Not Using The Steps
OUR = Openly Using Recovery
PACE = Positive Attitudes Change Everything
PAID = Pitiful And Incomprehensible Demoralization
PMS = Poor Me Syndrome
PMS = Pour More Scotch
PROGRAM = People Relying on God Relaying a Message
RELATIONSHIP = Real Exciting Love Affair Turns Into Outrageous Nightmare, Sobriety Hangs In Peril
RID = Restless, Irritable and Discontented
SLIP = Sobriety Loses Its Priority
SOB = Sober Old Bag
SOB = Sober Old Bastard
SOB = Sober Old Biker
SOB = Sober Old Bitch
SOBER = Son Of A Bitch, Everything's Real
SPONSOR = Sober Person Offering Newcomers Suggestions On Recovery
STEPS = Solutions To Every Problem in Sobriety
STEPS = Solutions To Every Problem, Sober
STOP = Sicker Than Other People
TIME = Things I Must Earn
WILLING = When I Live Life, I Need God
YET = You're Eligible Too