Alcoholics Anonymous (groups) (continued)

Cleveland, 46, 48, 56, 82, 97

Greenwich, 48

South East Asia, xvii, 157, 235

Alcoholics Anonymous (literature)

AA Fact File,, 14

AA Grapevine, The,, 34, 52–53, 83, 85, 165

Acceptance Was the Answer,, 71

Alcoholics Anonymous. See the Big Book

Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age: A Brief History of AA,, 18, 46, 52, 59, 63, 142

As Bill Sees It: The AA Way of Life,, 52, 134, 145

“Pass It On”: The Story on Bill Wilson and How the A.A. Message Reached the World,, 52

Daily Reflections,, 52, 76–78

Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers,, 24, 31, 52

Living Sober,, 52, 97

The Language of the Heart,, 53

preamble, the, 6

Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (the Twelve by Twelve),, xiv, 51, 77, 83, 123, 134, 145

Alcoholics Anonymous (meetings). See also AA sharing turn under sharing

closing frame, 100, 150–152

cross-talk, 9, 169, 171

drunkalogues, 70, 164

identification, 31, 104–109, 120, 122, 168, 222, 225, 232

opening frame, 136, 143–144

qualifying, 104–109, 114, 174

Alcoholics Anonymous (organizational structure)

Board of Trustees of the Alcoholic Foundation, 46

General Service Conference, 14, 76, 91

General Service Office (GSO), 14, 76, 91

AA groups, xvi, 84, 89, 98–100

AA meetings, xiv–xvi, 6–9, 12–13, 17, 23, 27–31, 33–34, 52, 69, 91–92, 99–101, 129–153, 162, 173–174, 181–185

AA membership, 13, 41, 59, 86, 91, 95–101, 140, 174

AA newcomers, 29, 31, 43, 50, 70, 96, 98–99, 105, 112, 114, 122, 124–125, 135, 144, 196–197, 208, 222

intergroups, 90–91

preamble, 6, 13–14, 30, 52–53, 70, 92–93, 143, 150

sponsorship, 7, 90, 97, 117, 178–179, 185, 194, 205

Alcoholics Anonymous (outside the United States)

Australia, xvi

Austria, 100, 146

Britain, xiv, xvi, 145

Canada, xvi, 98–99

Finland, 151

Hong Kong, 100, 142, 145, 151–152

Ireland, xvii, 100, 139, 142, 145, 151

Iceland, 58, 100, 146, 151

Mexico, 151

Switzerland, 18, 100, 139