There are no dues or fees for AA membership.  We are fully self supporting through our own contributions.  This means that you do not have to pay any money to come to our group for help.  There are no catches.  The only thing you need is yourself when you come.  We are an anonymous program which means we ask you leave any confidences you hear at a meeting at the meeting.  We are not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution.  Do not wish to engage in any controversy.  We do not endorse or oppose any cause.  Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help others to recover from alcoholism. 

HOW IT WORKS?
Alcoholics Anonymous p. 58, Chpt 5

     Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path.  Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves.  There are such unfortunates.  They are not at fault; they seem to have been born that way.  They are naturally incapable of grasping and developing a manner of living which demands rigorous honesty.  Their chances are less than average.  There are those too who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them do recover if they have the capacity to be honest. 

Our stories disclose in a general way what we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like now.  If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it- then you are willing to take certain steps. 

At some of these we balked.  We thought we could find an easier, softer way but we could not.  With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to be fearless and searching from the very start.  Some of us have tried to hold on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely. 

Remember that we deal with alcohol-cunning, baffling, powerfu!  Without help it is too much for us.  But there is One who has all power-that One is God.  May you find Him now! 

Half measures availed us nothing.  We stood at the turning point.  We asked His protection and care with complete abandon. 

Here are the steps we took which are suggested as a program of recovery. 

 1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable.
 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
 4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
 5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
 6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
 7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
 8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
 9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
11. 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.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and   
    to practice these principles in all our affairs.

 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.