AA Convention in Long Beach, 1960

Service

From holding a General Service position to answering phones after hours on our 24 hour hotline, there are many ways for those in recovery to give back.

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H&I Panels

Bringing the A.A. message inside hospitals and institutions can provide hope for those in need. Please find out how to get involved in an H&I Panel, below.

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For Alcoholics

For donations, please click below if you are an Alcoholic:

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"The A.A. groups themselves ought to be fully supported by the voluntary contributions of their own members..."

Tradition Seven excerpt from The Twelve Traditions, Long Form.

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Harbor Area Archives

The Harbor Area preserves historical information regarding the beginnings of A.A. in the Harbor Area and background information of the various groups and meetings that are, or have been, in existence. Contact the Harbor Area Central Office for more information, or find digital copies at the link, below.

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Meeting Types

A.A. Meetings

There are directories which contain listings of regular and selective Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Search for a meeting by name; or Find a meeting by selecting the day of the week to see a map and list of the AA Meetings for that day, or view pdf directories.

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Speaker of the Month

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Upcoming Events

Yearly Harbor Area Events

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From the Archives

A monthly offering from the Harbor Area Archives collection of historical documents and photos will be sent to your email Inbox.
To sign up, please send an email request to archiveschair@hacoaa.org

About A.A.

Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.

The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for AA membership; we are self-supporting through our own contributions.

AA is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any causes.

Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.

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Hospitals & Institutions

Before there was a "Big Book", Twelve Steps, Twelve Traditions, the "AA Grapevine" or General Service -- before there were meetings, clubs, conventions or any AA literature -- before there was an H&I committee, there was a visit to an Akron hospital where "one drunk talked to another."

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12 Step Program of Recovery from Alcoholism

We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable.
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

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AA Convention in Long Beach, 1960

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