A.A. History

A Little bit of A.A. History

The focus of this resource is on the history of recovery from alcoholism. An effort has been made to include only sites that are predominantly about alcoholism and not about addiction in general or focus on recovery from substances other than alcohol.

AllAboard.org  Boca Raton, FL site includes Dave F.'s History Meetings

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Site

Alcoholics Anonymous Timeline (from the A. A. Web Site)-  believe the work was the brainchild of Amy Filiatreau, past Archives Director at AAWS. The staff that created the timeline have done quite a nice job.

Bibliography of AA (sort of) and Spirituality-- for several original articles reproduced here and a bibliography of articles and books often used by early and present AA members at the end of the page. There are a number of articles and books on AA history directly, such as Jim B’s The Evolution of Alcoholics Anonymous and Lois Wilson, Motorcycle Hobos

AA Grapevine

AA Bibliography

AA History and Trivia -

AA History Lovers

AA Timeline -  (listing is arranged by month)

Akron Archives

Alcoholics in Action Group (Astoria, NY) -  See especially the Literature & Audio section, both of which contain historical elements

Atlanta Men’s Workshop

Neat Stuff page - (with a number of historical references and sources)

Baltimore AA - (with many excellent references and entire publications) [This site may have to be accessed via http://www.a-1associates.com/Site.htm ]

Barefoot Bill’s Site -(With many publications on AA History and early AA, Oxford Group, and other documents)

Cybriety Site -

Dick B’s site -  also has many direct and indirect links to AA Historical Publications, and he has a very explicitly Christian view of recovery

Hindsfoot Foundation has an excellent index of historical materials and many links to entire publications. This site is one of the richest historical sources available, and has many different areas of information.

Speaker Tapes Online

AMOT Tapes Site   with many tapes that include AA History (see specifically the Inspiring Topics section)

One Day at a Time -  has tapes from 1962 forward and a large selection

Primary Purpose Group (Spartanburg, SC)


XA-Speakers -  (includes talks on AA History, and has the best overall selection)

 

 

Bill and Lois Wilson (above)

Bill W, Dr. Carl Jung, Dr. Bob Wilson (left to right)

Dr. Silkworth