24 Hour Helpline 510-839-8900 English 510-502-8560 Espanol Helplines are staffed 24/7 by A.A. member volunteers who have solved their drinking problem.
24 Hour Helpline 510-839-8900 English 510-502-8560 Espanol Helplines are staffed 24/7 by A.A. member volunteers who have solved their drinking problem.
A.A.’s approach to the disease of alcoholism is holistic.
Simply put, A.A. is a program of recovery for body, mind, and spirit.
AA believes that alcoholism is a three part problem that requires a three part solution.
Alcoholics have a “physical allergy”, (an abnormal biochemical reaction to alcohol). We do not process alcohol like non-alcoholics. Once we take the first drink, we develop a physical craving that makes it seemingly impossible for us to stop drinking.
Once we become alcoholic, we develop a “mental obsession” that can only be described as insanity concerning our alcohol use. Once we stop drinking we return to drinking, regardless of our desire to stay stopped. “At a certain point in the drinking of every alcoholic, we pass into a state where the most powerful desire to stay stopped is of absolutely no avail.”
Over time, we develop what A.A. describes as a “spiritual malady”, becoming emotionally and intellectually disconnected from others and ourselves. Doctors and professionals refer to the spiritual malady described in the program of recovery as the need for a “complete psychic change” or a “personality change sufficient to overcome alcoholism”.
Without addressing these three fundamentals, alcoholics pursue the delusion that we can learn to drink “like a normal person” or learn to “control our drinking”. Without a solution, we will pursue this to the “gates of insanity or death”.
Those who have recovered from alcoholism by working the A.A. program, realize that once they have solved the “spiritual malady,” a “complete psychic change” and/or have experienced a “personality change sufficient to overcome alcoholism,” they straighten out mentally and physically.
They have “recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body”.
The Program of Recovery is found in the book Alcoholics Anonymous.
Frequently referred to as the Big Book by members of AA. This is the basic text for the AA program.
Alcoholics Anonymous approach to the disease of alcoholism is holistic. AA is a program of recovery for body, mind, and spirit.
Alcoholism is a three part problem that requires a three part solution. Alcoholics have the following:
Without addressing these three fundamentals, alcoholics pursue the delusion that we can learn to drink “like a normal person” or learn to “control our drinking”. Without a solution, we will pursue this to the “gates of insanity or death”.
The Program of recovery outlined in the book Alcoholics Anonymous, the Unity of our shared experience in and out of the AA meeting rooms. Service, giving back freely to the still suffering alcoholic. Recovery through the Twelve Step process described in the book Alcoholics Anonymous.
Those who have recovered from alcoholism by working the AA program, realize that once they have solved the “spiritual malady,” had a “complete psychic change” and/or have experienced a “personality change sufficient to overcome alcoholism”, they straighten out mentally and physically.
AA members have discovered a new design for living. They have “recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body”.
The Program of Recovery is found in the book Alcoholics Anonymous.
Frequently referred to as the Big Book by members of AA. This is the basic text for the AA program.
Alcoholism is a disease for which there is no known cure.
In AA, alcoholics learn to stay away from alcohol completely in order to lead a normal life.
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The A.A. organization and its members have worked for eighty years in their efforts to educate the public at large, and to remove the stigma of this disease. Our primary interest is in helping anyone with a drinking problem.
The Northern California Accessibility Committee is a volunteer committee dedicated to providing materials and resources to members of Alcoholics Anonymous with accessibility issues in Northern California.
We work in cooperation with the Central California Fellowship of AA, other central offices/groups in the Central Valley and foothills of Northern California, the California Northern Interior Area (CNIA) 07, and the general service districts within CNIA.
We believe the still suffering alcoholic should not be barred from the recovery available in Alcoholics Anonymous because of any handicap, disability, or hindrance which may stand in the way.
The NCAC is devoted to locating and providing as many resources and materials as possible to help people with accessibility issues achieve sobriety.
The primary purpose of East Bay Intergroup, Inc. is to help inform the greater community about AA and alcoholism so that those who need help
can find recovery from alcoholism.
East Bay Intergroup is an organization created and sustained by AA groups in the San Francisco East Bay.
The EBI Board of Directors seeks members interested in service to apply for a Board position for the 2025-2026 term (Jan 2025-Dec 2026). This is a deeply gratifying way to help our community! We seek new members who have experience with accounting, budgets, and technological experience.
