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Alcoholism Recovery Program

EBI Monthly Service Meetings – Open to All

H & I (Hospitals and Institutions) (online) 1st Wednesday EBI Intergroup Business meeting (online) 3rd Wednesday General Service District 70, Alameda South (hybrid) 4th Monday General Service District 07, Alameda North (hybrid) 4th Wednesday

Mini History of the Responsibility Statement

The Declaration was written for the occasion of the 1965 A.A. International Convention by Al S. Printed on wallet cards and in many A.A. pamphlets ever since, it has been […]

Bridging The Gap

Helping Alcoholics.

One alcoholic helping another alcoholic.
Find out how to help get those coming out of institutions connected to the recovery community.

Is It Time To Fire My Sponsor?

by Bill M. When is it ok to fire your sponsor? We all hear in meetings about sponsors who relapse or compromise anonymity or fail to return phone calls. Those […]

A Room Full of Sponsors

by Bill M. When your sponsor’s not available to take your call—then what? “Inevitably, there was a day when the wheels came off. I didn’t know up from down, the […]

AA History: Ebby T.

by Dan M. One of the first miracles of AA can be found in the story of Ebby T., before AA had even begun. It was Bill W.’s old friend […]