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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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Alcoholics 
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How It Works,
The Twelve Steps 
and The Twelve Traditions
Service gladly rendered, 
obligations squarely met, troubles well accepted or solved with 
God’s help, the knowledge that at home or in the world outside 
we are partners in a common effort, the well-understood fact 
that in God’s sight all human beings are important, the proof 
that love freely given surely brings a full return, the 
certainty that we are no longer isolated and alone in 
self-constructed prisons, the surety that we need no longer be 
square pegs in round holes but can fit and belong in God’s 
scheme of things--these are the permanent and legitimate 
satisfactions of right living for which no amount of pomp and 
circumstance, no heap of material possessions, could possibly be 
substitutes.  
(Bill W. - The "12x12")
If you need to talk to someone RIGHT 
NOW, 
call this number:

360-694-3870
We will put you in touch with a member of Alcoholics Anonymous
I Am Responsible
When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help,
I want the hand of A.A. always to be there.
And for that:  I Am responsible
Is A.A. For You?

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We who are in A.A. came because we finally gave up trying to 
control our drinking.  We still hated to admit that we 
could never drink safely.  Then we heard from other 
A.A. members that we were sick.  (We thought so for 
years!)  We found out that many people suffered from 
the same feelings of guilt and loneliness and hopelessness 
that we did.  We found out that we had these feelings 
because we had the disease of alcoholism. 
We decided to try and face up to what alcohol had done to 
us.  Here are some of the questions we tried to answer 
honestly.  If we answered YES to four or more 
questions, we were in deep trouble with our drinking.  
See how you do.  Remember, there is no disgrace in 
facing up to the fact that you have a problem.  
The above is an excerpt from the pamphlet "Is A.A. For You?"   
Copyright A.A. World Services, Inc.  Reprinted with 
permission.
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