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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OPEN AND CLOSED A.A. MEETINGS The purpose of all A.A. group meetings, as the Preamble states, is for A.A. members to “share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.” Toward this end, A.A. groups have both open… Continue reading Meeting Types

Ireland — the first European nation to accept the Message of Alcoholics Anonymous Sackville O’C. Millens and Conor Flynn., the founder of Irish AA In 1943, after immigrating to the U.S., Conor F., from Roscommon in the west of Ireland, and a tavern owner, joined A.A. in Philadelphia. This same year saw AA spread to Australia… Continue reading AA History in Ireland

This is a work in progress and I hope all interested parties get in touch to contribute or contradict the historical data here. This is a vital part of AA in Galway and there is very little data available that can be corroborated by living members. We are informed that AA started in Galway in the year… Continue reading AA History Galway

Circumstances change all the time, AA is an organic, active and evolving fellowship. Things change and we need to tell everyone else about these changes, such as: The times of a meeting The Address of the meeting Contact details for 12 step service If your group has such a change, please let us know, so… Continue reading Group Information Changes

 

If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through . . . Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fullfilled among us – sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them.

Tradition One: “Our common welfare should come first: personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.”Without unity, A.A. dies. Individual liberty, yet great unity. Key to paradox: each A.A.’s life depends on obedience to spiritual principles. The group must survive or the individual will not. Common welfare comes first. How best to live and work together as… Continue reading Twelve Traditions

The Twelve Steps Of Alcoholics Anonymous Step One: “We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable.” Step Two: “Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” Step Three: “Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of… Continue reading Twelve Steps

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Is Alcólaigh gan Ainm comhaltacht de na fir agus mná a gcuid taithí, neart agus tá súil lena chéile gur féidir leo a n-fadhb choitianta a réiteach agus cabhrú le daoine eile a ghnóthú ó alcólacht. Is é an ceanglas ach ar bhallraíocht fonn macánta chun stop ag ól. Tá AA aon dleachtanna nó táillí.… Continue reading Preamble as Gaeilge