• Newcomers - by Pat N.
• "One Atheist's Opinion" - By Bill C.
• One Drink Too Many -- It Did Happen To Me - Amanda S.
• "I can work the 11th Step like an alcoholic...." - Mike
• and now Donna's gone - Michael B.
• Thank you, God - For Overeaters Anonymous - By Judith M.
• Anxiety Attacks and Alcohol? - Ellen
• Who should I pray to if I don't believe?" - Terry M.
• "Coming Back to AA, Teachable" - By Bill C.
• Newsgroup post from a bulemia survivor - By Catz
• Prison Stories of Recovery - Stories from women inmates.
• Experienced Opinions, Please - Topper
• My Story - Anorexia - Mary
• My "God Issues" - by Debi
• How the 12 Steps Work for This Agnostic - by a recovering agnostic in Texas
• I Went to my First Al-Anon Meeting - YEA! - by Teena
• Eating Disorders and Cardiac Arrest - by Lisa B., RN
• How I was Loved Back to Life in AA - by Jim W.
• The first time I purged. - Anonymous
• "I'm so glad I found this place...." - by Liz
• Mental Fatigue is Cumulative - By Bob D.
• Addicted to OA?" By Diana
• Forgiveness - Anonymous
• Death becomes us all... - Jon I.
• Let the Child Come to Me - Martin W.
• Daily Habits to Break the Cycle (of Overeating) - a newsgroup thread
• Motorcycling and the Art of Growing Up - by John M.
• The God of My Understanding - by Flint
• My Third Wedding was Held in a Church - by Bob D.
• A Miracle? - by PG
• Life doesn't change - I do -- by Bob D.
• Goodbye to John B. - by Nick S.
• Questions from a Newcomer
•  I killed again,today - By jim c.
• It's My Birthday - by Joe B.
• I Still Haven't Smoked - by Pat O.
• Margie G.--1996 - by Marty W.
• Response to a Parent's Plea for Help
• Merry Christmas! - from Marty
• My Deep Process - Killing, Abuse, Power
• In Memory of My Son Sean, who died of a drug overdose.
• Angela's Poem - in memory of my Mom, Marilynne, sister Sherry and brother Rick, who took their own lives
  • (other writings by Angela)
• Danielle V. - In Memorium - a friend and fellow recovering addict, killed by a drunk driver. Download her last song,Thank You God For Being Here Today

  Articles, poems, readings shared by visitors:

• "Our deepest fear is not..." - Excerpt from Return to Love by Marianne Williamson
• Teri's Meditations
• Instructions for Life in the new millennium -- by the Dalai Lama
• Poem: "Autobiography in Five Short Chapters" - by Portia Nelson (contributed by a reader)
• Footprints in the Sand - by Mary Stevenson
• Who We Were Really Meant to Be....." - a poem
• "OUT THERE...." - a poem submitted by Obie
• Withdrawal - Gateway to Freedom, Hope, and Joy - submitted by Terry M.
• Attraction, Promotion, and Mind Your Own Damn Business - a "Phoenix Magazine" personal story by Shelly Marshall
• I am responsible for..." - excerpt from "Codependent No More" by Melody Beattie, submitted by Denise F.
• Knowing Ourselves (a Recovery Liturgy) - by Terry M.
• "If I Had My Life to Live Over" - by Erma Bombeck - contributed by Liz
• Can Praise be Abusive? - by Terry M.

• "Do I?...or Don't I?" -- What is a Drinking Problem, anyway?
• "What Do I Do Now?"
• "Why Did I Stop Drinking?"
• "What is 'Treatment'?"
• "The Incredible Power of Denial"
• SOBRIETY - The "Life Hereafter"
• ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS -- What's it all about?
• Your Hands Saved Me
• Comic Strips - a collection
• RIDE FOR RECOVERY -- Twelve-Stepping on Wheels : This article describes the discovery of sobriety while on a bike trip, and suggests parallels between cycling and recovery that supported the early recovery process.

Basic AA Information

• The Twenty Questions - Does drinking cause you problems?
• AA Preamble
• AA's 12 Steps and "How it Works" (short version)
• "The Promises"
• AA's 12 Traditions
• The Twelve Promises -- In GIF format
• The Serenity Prayer (full text)
• "Acceptance" - Page 449 Big Book excerpt
• AA Sayings - "Easy Does It", "Keep it Simple Stupid", and many more.
• AA Speaker Tapes - a large collection of recordings, available for download or on-line listening, including such favorites as some of Bill W.'s original speeches and Joe and Charlie's "The Big Book Comes Alive"
• Gopher State Tape Library - The "Big Book" on tape and thousands of speaker tapes.
• Buy the "Big Book" of Alcoholics Anonymous and other Recovery books at the Sobriety and Recovery Resources Bookstore.
• AA's Big Book - html format - Good for on-screen reading. Includes the "Personal Stories" from the First Edition.
• AA's Big Book- download the book in ASCII format, minus the personal stories (298K)
• Download Hypertext "Big Book" -- (zipped)
• AA's Big Book - formated as a Windows 95/NT Help File, that contains the first 164 pgs, Prefaces and Appendix II of the Big Book
• Big Book Concordance- an index to every word in the Big Book

  
  AA-related Web Links

• Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. Home Page (General Service Office)
• AA Bibliography - an illustrated Archive and History of Alcoholics Anonymous
• AA in Cuba -- in hopes of advising our fellow AA members on what is going on with the movement in Cuba.
• AA-Online Intergroup
• Cybriety.org - Lots of recovery info: meeting finder, sobriety counter, AA history and AA photos
• Deaf and Hard of Hearing AA 12 Step Recovery Resources
• Minnesota Recovery Page - Intergroup and meeting locations and much more.
• On-Line AA Resources
• The Oxford Group Connection to AA - Submitted by Bill C.
• Dr. Bob's Home

  
  On-line AA meetings, chat channels, mailing lists, etc.

• AA On-Line Meeting List - a more extensive list than we have here.
• AAMen - AAmen is a mens discussion group of Alcoholics Anonymous who meet online through e-mail to share their experience, strength, and hope on weekly topics. The only requirement for membership in AAmen is that you be a man with a desire to stop drinking.
• AA IRC Chat - On-Line Live Meetings - instructions
• AA-Recovery Chat - DAHLNET - website includes a cool calculator for figuring number of days sober
• AOL Women's Group - We are an email AA group on America-On-Line that also has a nightly meeting on AOL. Contacts are Susan (tempasusan@aol.com) for e-mail information, and Lori (snownoone@aol.com) for AOL on-line meeting information.
• Undernet Channel #12&12. This channel is for serious consideration of A A's Twelve Steps and Traditions; meetings are at 9:30pm EST on Sunday nights, and the channel is open 24/7
• AA Meetings for Gays in New York City
• Agape Weekends Info Page - Florida
• Chapter Seven Men's Groups - Meeting focusing on Tradition #7, Working with Others; send e-mail to chatt@webweeveworks.com
• sharing experience, strength, and hope. Send e-mail to Jane at JaneEliz@aol.com
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• Keep It Simple Sisters - a closed women's group, following the Steps and Traditions
• Lamplighters AA Group
• Everywoman's Recovery (ER-12) is an on-line women's meeting following the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous. For more information please contact: er-12-request@UserHome.com
• Meeting of the Minds AA Group
• New Beginnings - Co-ed AA E-mail Group - for information contact wendyp@pobox.com
• Salt River AA Intergroup - Phoenix, Arizona
• Spiritual Beginnings - AA co-ed e-mail groups that share our experience, strength & hope with each other about sobriety/recovery issues, and generally about living life on life's terms. (Each group has a 40-person max.)
  • SB#1: Contact Susan at slglc@aol.com
  • SB#2: Contact Debbie N. at Mandymax@aol.com
• SBTWYW - An AA e-mail group for those that wish to share their honest experience, strength and hope in an environment of acceptance, tolerance, and mutual respect for differing views/opinions. Dedicated to reaching out to the alcoholic/addict who still suffers. Contact Susan at cella@naxs.com or Tom at noesis@naxs.com
• We Agnostics - Meeting list in Southern California, and general information about Agmostics/Atheist participation in AA
• Winners Circle - Meetings take place at this webpage at 9:30 p.m. est. Topic discussion with Sunday nights being a step meeting.

• Adult Children Anonymous/ACoA
• Al-Anon/Alateen Home Page - Official Al-Anon Web Site
• Al-Anon - Alateen - Unofficial site
• Alcoholics Victorious (Christian)
• A.R.T.S. Anonymous
• Befrienders International - Suicide prevention
• Cancer Anonymous
• Christians in Recovery
• Co-Anon Family Groups
• Cocaine Anonymous
• Co-Dependents Anonymous Home Page
• Codependents of Sexual Addiction
• Crystal Meth Anonymous
• Debtors Anonymous
• Deudores Anonimos - Spanish language Debtors Anonymous-related literature
• Dual Recovery Anonymous
• Emotions Anonymous
• Gamblers Anonymous
• Incest Survivors
• Jews in Recovery from Alcholism and Drug Abuse
• Marijuana Anonymous
• Misogynon - Twelve Step Program for Violent Relationship
• Nar-Anon Family Groups
• Narcotics Anonymous
• Nicotine Anonymous
• Obsessive Compulsive Anonymous
• Overeaters Anonymous
• Recovering Couples Anonymous
• Recovery, Inc.
• S-Anon International Family Groups
• Sexaholics Anonymous
• Sex Addicts Anonymous
• Sexual Compulsives Anonymous
• Sex & Love Addicts Anonymous
• Sexual Recovery Anonymous
• Secular Organizations for Sobriety
• Suicide Awareness
• Trauma Anonymous (PTSD)
• Workaholics Anonymous
• Youth for Environmental Sanity -- The planet is in recovery, too.

MISC. RECOVERY LINKS AND ARTICLES

GENERAL

• Christian Recovery Connection -- An extensive resource
• 12 Steps for Recovery - a useful took for practicing the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous
• Connecticut Clearing House - an extensive Resource Center for information on tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs - especially for adolescents
• Constructive Love Support Group - Free - for women who have experienced destructive relationships, codependency, or dysfunctional backgrounds (Aiken, SC)
• Drug-Free Resource Net - Partnership for a Drug-Free America--the largest, most accurate database of drug information on the Web.
• Gopher State Tape Library - Thousands of speaker tapes from AA, Al-Anon, Emotions Anonymous, and other 12-step programs.
• Health and Healing - excerpts from Native Wisdom for White Minds by Anne Wilson Schaef
• Links to Recovery Resources Online - One of the most complete lists of recovery links on the web.
• The Mental Health Net - Substance Abuse Resources - An exhaustive listing
• New Version of The Lord's Prayer - from the Book of Common Prayer of New Zealand
• The Recovery Connection
• The Recovery Emplorium Links page - A more comprehensive set of recovery links.
• Recovery - Keep it Green! - Listing a few more on-line meetings and chat groups
• "Recovery Anonymous"..."a journey to find who we were meant to be."
• The Recovery Home Page
• Transformations - Building a supportive recovery community on the Web; free chat rooms and other resources
• Web of Addictions


ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE

• Adolescence Substance Abuse and Recovery Resources
• Ask the Question! -- Ask Shelly -- Shelly Marshall is a specialist in adolescent substance abuse. Send her your questions.
• Parent Awareness Test - When should you worry about alcohol/drugs?
• Right 2 Know - Reducing Teen Substance Abuse - Collection of many resources for teens and their parents.
• What's Driving You? - offers information about alcohol, DUI, drinking and driving, and ways to think about behaviors associated with drinking.

CO-DEPENDENCY & RELATIONSHIP ADDICTION

• Co-dependency Links List
• On-Line Co-Dependency/CoDA Chat
• Adult Children of Alcoholics - a paper by Alan Brandis, Ph.D.
• Beyond Therapy - Living in Process - as developed by Anne Wilson Schaef
• Courage to Change - Al-Anon E-Mail Meeting for Women - to join send e-mail to piercenl@gj.net
• Characteristics of Codependency
• Co-dependency - a paper by Alan Brandis, Ph.D.
• I am responsible for..." - excerpt from "Codependent No More" by Melody Beattie
• Jerry's Safe Haven - a Place for Recovery
• One Day at a Time - Survival Guide for Relationships - daily readings and discussion forum
• Serendipity - a Safe Haven for Co-dependents

COMPULSIVE OVEREATING & EATING DISORDERS

• Something Fishy Web Site - A wonderful site! Chat rooms, message board, and much more.
• Cath's Links to Eating Disorders Resources
• Eating Disorders - Frequently Asked Questions - From the alt.support.eating-disord newsgroup
• A Compulsive Overeater's Web Page - Includes an eating plan and other recovery tips.
• Geri's Recovery Music - and Geri's story of recovery from eating disorders

SELF ABUSE - SELF INJURY:

• Alex's Self-Abuse Page
• Mollykat's Resoruces for Survivors - Self-injury links
• Self Injury - You are NOT the only one

SEX AND LOVE ADDICTION:

• Daytonna SLAA Group Promises
• Co/Anon Email List Group: E-mail Forum for Friends and Family Members of People Addicted to Sex
• Withdrawal - Gateway to Freedom, Hope, and Joy
• List of national offices of organizations dealing with sexual dependencies
• E-mail Forum for Friends and Family Members of People Addicted to Sex -- Partners, family members and friends of people addicted to sex and/or love can join an e-mail forum where we share our experience, strength and hope with one another. We can talk about our own co-dependency and co-addiction, and gain support in dealing with someone else's compulsive/obsessive sexual behavior. This list is closed for the group's safety. We use a short application form to screen new members, and we provide guidelines for sharing. To apply or to ask questions, please e-mail the moderator at coanon-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
• Another e-mail list for Sex Addicts, Love addicts & Sexaholics; write to SArecovery@mhv.net

SMOKING CESSATION:

• alt.support.stop-smoking USENET newsgroup - Information and archives
• Smoking: Facts and Tips for Quitting - National Cancer Institute
• Nicotine Anonymous Meetings On-Line - Thursday Nights, 8-9 PM Central Time USA, on Undernet IRC, Channel #NicotineAnonymous
• QuitNet - Excellent resource for stopping smoking
• UCanBreath.com - a very cool site

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• Book Store - Books on addiction and recovery, official program literature and suggested authors
• Addiction Resource Guide - A comprehensive directory of addiction treatment centers
• Atlanta Psychological Associates, P.C. - This site includes an excellent series of articles on many different recovery issues, such as Adolescent Development and Problems, Adult Survivors of Abuse, Anxiety and Panic Disorders, Attention-Deficit Disorder, Child Abuse, Chronic Pain Syndrome, Depression, Drug Addiction, Eating Disorders, etc.
• Beyond Therapy - Living in Process Schedule of Intensives
• Vicki Underland-Rosow, Ph.D., Beyond Therapy - Living in Process facilitators in Minnesota
• Boulder Hot Springs - a place of healing
• Caron Foundation - "One of the top chemical dependency treatment centers in the U.S.," according to their literature.
• Center for Creative Thought - Therapists trained by John Bradshaw, San Francisco Bay area
• Challenges - America's Recovery Communications Network
• CHRYSALIS MAGAZINE - an on-line magazine devoted to recovery and transformation
• Dick B.'s books on early Alcoholics Anonymous
• Eating Disorders - Recovery and Links -- Joanna Poppink, L.M.F.T. licensed psychotherapist
• Geri's Recovery Music
• Hazelden Treatment Center - Another well known treatment center. Site includes a Publications listing
• High Spirits Flutes -- Native American Cedar Flutes
• High Bottom Drunk: The Simple Truth About Addiction and Recovery -- author Charles Roper, Ph.D.
• The Intervention Center - Family and Executive Interventions throughout the Nation.
• Just For Today Greeting Cards specially designed for people in recovery
• KAVOD - A program for men with sexual obsessions and compulsions
• Meetings Enroute - Vacation/tour arrangements with the recovering person in mind
• Network 12 - a listing of recovery gifts and recovery store resources whose sales are oriented toward 12-step recovery
• One Step at a Time - a clean and sober outdoor activities and mountaineering club
• Options Unlimited - created to assist recovering people and others to discover who they were truly meant to be before addiction or other life circumstances took over.
• Palmetto Addiction Recovery Center - Bayville, LA
• THE PHOENIX - A monthly recovery publication.
• PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE: The Hidden Edpidemic, by Rod Colvin, Addicus Books, l995
• The Recovering Planet -- The music of recovery
• Recovery Audio Tapes
• THE RETREAT at Upland Farm - An accessible, affordable, Twelve-Step-based recovery environment, near Minneapolis, MN
• S.A.F.E. - Self Abuse Finally Ends
• Shelly Marshall - Recovery Specialist - recovery speaker and author of Day by Day and other recovery publications
• Anne Wilson Schaef, Ph.D. - A compelling recovery author
• Sex Addiction Recovery Resources - Douglas Weiss, PhD
• Sober Travel Connections - Clean and sober tours.
• Steps for Recovery - a clean and sober newspaper on the Web.
• Victoria Life Enrichment Society, Victoria, B.C. - a nonprofit residential treatment and educational facility.
• Vision Farms - A meditation and retreat center in Central Florida, created to help enhance your conscious contact with your own personal Higher Power.
• Marianne Williamson - Noted lecturer and author of Return to Love, Healing the Soul of America, Enchanted Love and other books.

• a helpful comic
• Comic Strips That Have Aided My Recovery - a collection
• A sign of Bulemia?
• A Timely AA Joke
• Co-dependency Jokes

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• Ask the Question! -- Ask Shelly -- Shelly Marshall was an early author on recovery, publishing one of the first meditation books, Day by Day. She has written several other books on recovery, including Young, Sober and Free and Teenage Addicts Can Recover. Her twenty years of experience as a alcohol rehabilitation counselor, parent, and friend to adolescents in recovery can provide helpful feedback for your recovery and growth. Ask about anything -- your parents, alcohol or drug use, your children, your friends. Shelly will respond as soon as possible.  

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