January 22, 2002
RogerG COPY from alt.recovery.aa by Buddy H
Welcome to the newsgroup alt.recovery.aa
If you are new to this newsgroup you may want to take a look
at the newsgroup FAQ at
http://www.well.com/~dhawk/AA.FAQ.htmlAlso, you may want to post a new message to the newsgroup so
that we can welcome you.Please note that araa is not an AA group, but rather a
public discussion group. You can find a great deal of sober
experience here, but you should be aware that anyone can
post here, including non-AA and anti-AA people. You will
see a more extensive discussion of these matters in the FAQ.If you are interested in a forum with less argumentation,
you may want to try an email group or a chat group. You
should be able to find these at the following sites:
http://www.aa-intergroup.org/
http://www.recoveryresources.org/There are many other recovery sites on the Web. If you are
new to the Internet, you may want to locate a good search
engine to explore the many resources available. One good
one is MetaCrawler at
http://www.metacrawler.com/index_power.htmlOther recovery links that might be of interest to some:
Lists of some local AA meetings by state for all 50 states,
with contact phone numbers:
http://soberspace.com/Treatment facility locator:
http://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/facilitylocatordoc2.htmAl-Anon (family and friends of alcoholics):
http://www.al-anon-alateen.org/ACA (adult children of alcoholics):
http://adultchildren.org/CoDA (Co-Dependents Anonymous):
http://www.codependents.org/Also, general newsgroup information (not recovery info) can
be obtained by subscribing to the moderated newsgroup
news:news.newusers.questions You can post a question there
about using newsgroups and a moderator will post an answer,
usually within a day. There is also a wealth of information
at their Web site:
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/6882/nnqlinks.htmlGood luck, have fun in araa, and please let me know if I can
be helpful in any way.email Buddy