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Entry page for the PGHAA section, routing visitors to meetings, information and literature, history, and group administration.

Administration hub for the PGHAA data catalog, design standards, registered groups, and site-page map.

Documents the section's mobile-first, accessible, low-friction design requirements and publishing priorities.

Live directory of registered A.A. groups and the current PGHAA meetings hosted by each group.

Explains the data tables, fields, and relationships used to support the PGHAA section.

Plain-language directory of every page in the PGHAA section, organized by section and topic.

Historical overview of Alcoholics Anonymous and profiles of people whose medical, spiritual, fellowship, and service work shaped its beginnings.

Historical profile of Anne Smith and that person's connection to the origins, growth, or public understanding of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Historical profile of Bill Wilson and that person's connection to the origins, growth, or public understanding of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Historical profile of Dr. Bob Smith and that person's connection to the origins, growth, or public understanding of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Historical profile of Ebby Thacher and that person's connection to the origins, growth, or public understanding of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Historical profile of Henrietta Seiberling and that person's connection to the origins, growth, or public understanding of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Historical profile of Jack Alexander and that person's connection to the origins, growth, or public understanding of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Historical profile of Lois Wilson and that person's connection to the origins, growth, or public understanding of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Historical profile of Sam Shoemaker and that person's connection to the origins, growth, or public understanding of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Historical profile of William “Bill D.” Dotson and that person's connection to the origins, growth, or public understanding of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Historical profile of William Duncan Silkworth and that person's connection to the origins, growth, or public understanding of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Organized A.A. information library covering newcomers, meeting types, principles, promises, readings, books, vocabulary, membership, anonymity, and outside issues.

Explains A.A. boundaries with religion, medicine, treatment, courts, politics, and other organizations.

Explains A.A.'s independence, boundaries, and cooperation without affiliation in relation to 'AA and Courts.'

Explains A.A.'s independence, boundaries, and cooperation without affiliation in relation to 'AA and Drugs.'

Explains A.A.'s independence, boundaries, and cooperation without affiliation in relation to 'AA and Medicine.'

Explains A.A.'s independence, boundaries, and cooperation without affiliation in relation to 'AA and Other Twelve-Step Fellowships.'

Explains A.A.'s independence, boundaries, and cooperation without affiliation in relation to 'AA and Politics.'

Explains A.A.'s independence, boundaries, and cooperation without affiliation in relation to 'AA and Professional Treatment.'

Explains A.A.'s independence, boundaries, and cooperation without affiliation in relation to 'AA and Psychiatry.'

Explains A.A.'s independence, boundaries, and cooperation without affiliation in relation to 'AA and Religion.'

Explains A.A.'s independence, boundaries, and cooperation without affiliation in relation to 'AA and Therapy.'

Explains A.A.'s independence, boundaries, and cooperation without affiliation in relation to 'AA and Treatment Centers.'

Explains A.A.'s independence, boundaries, and cooperation without affiliation in relation to 'Cooperation Without Affiliation.'

Explains A.A.'s independence, boundaries, and cooperation without affiliation in relation to 'Court-Ordered Attendance.'

Explains A.A.'s independence, boundaries, and cooperation without affiliation in relation to 'Non-Affiliation.'

Explains A.A.'s independence, boundaries, and cooperation without affiliation in relation to 'What AA Does Not Do.'

Explains personal and public anonymity, social media and press boundaries, and Traditions Eleven and Twelve.

Explains 'Anonymity and Social Media' and how A.A.'s anonymity principles apply in personal, fellowship, or public settings.

Explains 'Anonymity and the Press' and how A.A.'s anonymity principles apply in personal, fellowship, or public settings.

Explains 'Anonymity as a Spiritual Principle' and how A.A.'s anonymity principles apply in personal, fellowship, or public settings.

Explains 'Anonymity at the Public Level' and how A.A.'s anonymity principles apply in personal, fellowship, or public settings.

Explains 'Anonymity Within AA' and how A.A.'s anonymity principles apply in personal, fellowship, or public settings.

Explains 'Breaking Someone Else's Anonymity' and how A.A.'s anonymity principles apply in personal, fellowship, or public settings.

Explains 'Breaking Your Own Anonymity' and how A.A.'s anonymity principles apply in personal, fellowship, or public settings.

Explains 'Personal Anonymity' and how A.A.'s anonymity principles apply in personal, fellowship, or public settings.

Explains 'Tradition Eleven' and how A.A.'s anonymity principles apply in personal, fellowship, or public settings.

Explains 'Tradition Twelve' and how A.A.'s anonymity principles apply in personal, fellowship, or public settings.

Explains 'What Anonymity Means' and how A.A.'s anonymity principles apply in personal, fellowship, or public settings.

Guide to major A.A. books, Conference-approved literature, and the chapter structure of the Big Book.

Overview of the A.A. book or literature topic 'AA Comes of Age' and its place in the fellowship's published material.

Chapter-by-chapter guide to the Big Book, including its core explanatory chapters and personal stories.

Guide to the Big Book chapter 'A Vision for You,' identifying its place in the book's explanation of alcoholism and recovery.

Guide to the Big Book chapter 'Bill's Story,' identifying its place in the book's explanation of alcoholism and recovery.

Guide to the Big Book chapter 'How It Works — Big Book Chapter,' identifying its place in the book's explanation of alcoholism and recovery.

Guide to the Big Book chapter 'Into Action,' identifying its place in the book's explanation of alcoholism and recovery.

Guide to the Big Book chapter 'More About Alcoholism,' identifying its place in the book's explanation of alcoholism and recovery.

Guide to the Big Book chapter 'Personal Stories,' identifying its place in the book's explanation of alcoholism and recovery.

Guide to the Big Book chapter 'The Doctor's Opinion,' identifying its place in the book's explanation of alcoholism and recovery.

Guide to the Big Book chapter 'The Family Afterward,' identifying its place in the book's explanation of alcoholism and recovery.

Guide to the Big Book chapter 'There Is a Solution,' identifying its place in the book's explanation of alcoholism and recovery.

Guide to the Big Book chapter 'To Employers,' identifying its place in the book's explanation of alcoholism and recovery.

Guide to the Big Book chapter 'To Wives,' identifying its place in the book's explanation of alcoholism and recovery.

Guide to the Big Book chapter 'We Agnostics,' identifying its place in the book's explanation of alcoholism and recovery.

Guide to the Big Book chapter 'Working With Others,' identifying its place in the book's explanation of alcoholism and recovery.

Overview of the A.A. book or literature topic 'As Bill Sees It' and its place in the fellowship's published material.

Overview of the A.A. book or literature topic 'Conference-Approved Literature' and its place in the fellowship's published material.

Overview of the A.A. book or literature topic 'Daily Reflections' and its place in the fellowship's published material.

Overview of the A.A. book or literature topic 'Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers' and its place in the fellowship's published material.

Overview of the A.A. book or literature topic 'Living Sober' and its place in the fellowship's published material.

Overview of the A.A. book or literature topic 'Pass It On' and its place in the fellowship's published material.

Overview of the A.A. book or literature topic 'Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions' and its place in the fellowship's published material.

Overview of the A.A. book or literature topic 'What Conference Approved Means' and its place in the fellowship's published material.

Plain-language reference for recurring A.A. ideas, slogans, spiritual terms, and recovery vocabulary.

Plain-language explanation of the A.A. term or concept 'Abstinence and Sobriety.'

Plain-language explanation of the A.A. term or concept 'Acceptance.'

Plain-language explanation of the A.A. term or concept 'Amends.'

Plain-language explanation of the A.A. term or concept 'Anonymity as a Concept.'

Plain-language explanation of the A.A. term or concept 'Attraction Rather Than Promotion.'

Plain-language explanation of the A.A. term or concept 'Carrying the Message.'

Plain-language explanation of the A.A. term or concept 'Character Defects.'

Plain-language explanation of the A.A. term or concept 'Dry Drunk.'

Plain-language explanation of the A.A. term or concept 'Easy Does It.'

Plain-language explanation of the A.A. term or concept 'Fellowship.'

Plain-language explanation of the A.A. term or concept 'First Things First.'

Plain-language explanation of the A.A. term or concept 'HALT.'

Plain-language explanation of the A.A. term or concept 'Higher Power.'

Plain-language explanation of the A.A. term or concept 'Inventory.'

Plain-language explanation of the A.A. term or concept 'Keep It Simple.'

Plain-language explanation of the A.A. term or concept 'One Day at a Time.'

Plain-language explanation of the A.A. term or concept 'Pink Cloud.'

Plain-language explanation of the A.A. term or concept 'Powerlessness.'

Plain-language explanation of the A.A. term or concept 'Resentment.'

Plain-language explanation of the A.A. term or concept 'Serenity.'

Plain-language explanation of the A.A. term or concept 'Service.'

Plain-language explanation of the A.A. term or concept 'Shortcomings.'

Plain-language explanation of the A.A. term or concept 'Spiritual Awakening.'

Plain-language explanation of the A.A. term or concept 'Unmanageability.'

Explains membership, inclusion, belief, sponsorship, participation, and service within A.A.

Explains 'AA and Religion' in relation to A.A. membership, inclusion, sponsorship, participation, or service.

Explains 'AA and Spirituality' in relation to A.A. membership, inclusion, sponsorship, participation, or service.

Explains 'AA for Agnostics and Atheists' in relation to A.A. membership, inclusion, sponsorship, participation, or service.

Explains 'Accessibility in AA' in relation to A.A. membership, inclusion, sponsorship, participation, or service.

Explains 'Anonymity and Membership' in relation to A.A. membership, inclusion, sponsorship, participation, or service.

Explains 'Do You Have to Believe in God?' in relation to A.A. membership, inclusion, sponsorship, participation, or service.

Explains 'International AA' in relation to A.A. membership, inclusion, sponsorship, participation, or service.

Explains 'Language-Specific Meetings' in relation to A.A. membership, inclusion, sponsorship, participation, or service.

Explains 'LGBTQ+ People in AA' in relation to A.A. membership, inclusion, sponsorship, participation, or service.

Explains 'Men in AA' in relation to A.A. membership, inclusion, sponsorship, participation, or service.

Explains 'Online AA' in relation to A.A. membership, inclusion, sponsorship, participation, or service.

Explains 'Service and Participation' in relation to A.A. membership, inclusion, sponsorship, participation, or service.

Explains 'Sponsorship' in relation to A.A. membership, inclusion, sponsorship, participation, or service.

Explains 'The Only Requirement for Membership' in relation to A.A. membership, inclusion, sponsorship, participation, or service.

Explains 'The Third Tradition' in relation to A.A. membership, inclusion, sponsorship, participation, or service.

Explains 'Who Can Join AA?' in relation to A.A. membership, inclusion, sponsorship, participation, or service.

Explains 'Women in AA' in relation to A.A. membership, inclusion, sponsorship, participation, or service.

Explains 'Young People in AA' in relation to A.A. membership, inclusion, sponsorship, participation, or service.

Reference hub for the Steps, Traditions, Concepts, primary purpose, and central recovery, unity, and service statements.

Reference guide to 'Primary Purpose' within A.A.'s recovery, unity, and service framework.

Reference guide to 'Singleness of Purpose' within A.A.'s recovery, unity, and service framework.

Reference guide to 'The AA Preamble' within A.A.'s recovery, unity, and service framework.

Reference guide to 'The Declaration of Unity' within A.A.'s recovery, unity, and service framework.

Reference guide to 'The Responsibility Statement' within A.A.'s recovery, unity, and service framework.

Reference guide to 'The Three Legacies of AA' within A.A.'s recovery, unity, and service framework.

Reference guide to 'The Twelve Concepts for World Service' within A.A.'s recovery, unity, and service framework.

Reference guide to 'The Twelve Steps' within A.A.'s recovery, unity, and service framework.

Reference guide to 'The Twelve Traditions' within A.A.'s recovery, unity, and service framework.

Collects commonly used meeting readings, prayers, opening material, and closing material.

Guide to 'Common AA Prayers,' including its role in A.A. meetings, readings, or personal practice.

Guide to 'How It Works,' including its role in A.A. meetings, readings, or personal practice.

Guide to 'Just for Today and Related Readings,' including its role in A.A. meetings, readings, or personal practice.

Guide to 'Meeting Closing Readings,' including its role in A.A. meetings, readings, or personal practice.

Guide to 'Meeting Opening Readings,' including its role in A.A. meetings, readings, or personal practice.

Guide to 'The Eleventh Step Prayer and Prayer of St. Francis,' including its role in A.A. meetings, readings, or personal practice.

Guide to 'The Lord's Prayer in AA,' including its role in A.A. meetings, readings, or personal practice.

Guide to 'The Serenity Prayer,' including its role in A.A. meetings, readings, or personal practice.

Guide to 'The Seventh Step Prayer,' including its role in A.A. meetings, readings, or personal practice.

Guide to 'The Third Step Prayer,' including its role in A.A. meetings, readings, or personal practice.

Newcomer guides covering meetings, sponsorship, home groups, service roles, and first steps in A.A.

Practical newcomer guide explaining 'How AA Works' and how it relates to beginning participation in A.A.

Practical newcomer guide explaining 'How Sponsorship Works' and how it relates to beginning participation in A.A.

Practical newcomer guide explaining 'How to Find an AA Meeting' and how it relates to beginning participation in A.A.

Practical newcomer guide explaining 'How to Get a Sponsor' and how it relates to beginning participation in A.A.

Practical newcomer guide explaining 'Open and Closed Meetings' and how it relates to beginning participation in A.A.

Practical newcomer guide explaining 'What Does Working the Steps Mean?' and how it relates to beginning participation in A.A.

Practical newcomer guide explaining 'What Happens at an AA Meeting?' and how it relates to beginning participation in A.A.

Practical newcomer guide explaining 'What Is a Group Conscience?' and how it relates to beginning participation in A.A.

Practical newcomer guide explaining 'What Is a Home Group?' and how it relates to beginning participation in A.A.

Practical newcomer guide explaining 'What Is a Meeting Chairperson?' and how it relates to beginning participation in A.A.

Practical newcomer guide explaining 'What Is a Service Position?' and how it relates to beginning participation in A.A.

Practical newcomer guide explaining 'What Is a Sponsor?' and how it relates to beginning participation in A.A.

Practical newcomer guide explaining 'What Is a Trusted Servant?' and how it relates to beginning participation in A.A.

Practical newcomer guide explaining 'What Is Alcoholics Anonymous?' and how it relates to beginning participation in A.A.

Practical newcomer guide explaining 'What Is an AA Business Meeting?' and how it relates to beginning participation in A.A.

Practical newcomer guide explaining 'Your First AA Meeting' and how it relates to beginning participation in A.A.

Organizes promises associated with particular Steps and passages throughout A.A. literature.

Explains 'Promises Throughout the Big Book' and where those promises fit within A.A. Steps or literature.

Explains 'Step Eleven Promises' and where those promises fit within A.A. Steps or literature.

Explains 'Step Five Promises' and where those promises fit within A.A. Steps or literature.

Explains 'Step Ten Promises' and where those promises fit within A.A. Steps or literature.

Explains 'Step Three Promises' and where those promises fit within A.A. Steps or literature.

Explains 'Step Twelve Promises' and where those promises fit within A.A. Steps or literature.

Explains 'Step Two Promises' and where those promises fit within A.A. Steps or literature.

Explains 'The Ninth Step Promises (Twelve Promises)' and where those promises fit within A.A. Steps or literature.

Explains 'Understanding the Promises of AA' and where those promises fit within A.A. Steps or literature.

Taxonomy of attendance, access, format, audience, accessibility, environment, language, services, administration, and status labels used by meeting listings.

Defines whether a meeting is in person, online, or hybrid.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for 'Hybrid,' describing how participants access the meeting.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for 'In person,' describing how participants access the meeting.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for 'Online,' describing how participants access the meeting.

Defines physical-access and service-animal designations published for meetings.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for the accessibility designation 'Service dogs only.'

Meeting classification and filtered listing for the accessibility designation 'Wheelchair access.'

Meeting classification and filtered listing for the accessibility designation 'Wheelchair-accessible bathroom.'

Defines extra services available alongside a meeting, including babysitting and concurrent Al-Anon.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for the additional-service designation 'Babysitting available.'

Meeting classification and filtered listing for the additional-service designation 'Concurrent Al-Anon.'

Defines attendance-slip and proof-of-attendance practices.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for the administrative practice 'No attendance slips signed.'

Meeting classification and filtered listing for the administrative practice 'Proof of attendance.'

Defines open and closed meeting attendance.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for 'Closed' attendance eligibility.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for 'Open' attendance eligibility.

Defines audience-focused meeting designations such as women, men, young people, LGBTQ+, and child-related access.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for the intended-audience designation 'Child friendly.'

Meeting classification and filtered listing for the intended-audience designation 'LGBTQ.'

Meeting classification and filtered listing for the intended-audience designation 'Men.'

Meeting classification and filtered listing for the intended-audience designation 'No children.'

Meeting classification and filtered listing for the intended-audience designation 'Women.'

Meeting classification and filtered listing for the intended-audience designation 'Women and nonbinary.'

Meeting classification and filtered listing for the intended-audience designation 'Young people.'

Defines the primary language published for a meeting.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for meetings published in English.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for meetings published in Spanish.

Defines smoking and vaping conditions associated with meeting locations.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for the location condition 'No smoking.'

Meeting classification and filtered listing for the location condition 'No vaping.'

Meeting classification and filtered listing for the location condition 'Smoking permitted.'

Defines what happens in a meeting and which A.A. material or format it uses.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for 'As Bill Sees It,' describing the format or A.A. material used.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for 'Beginners / newcomer,' describing the format or A.A. material used.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for 'Big Book,' describing the format or A.A. material used.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for 'Candlelight,' describing the format or A.A. material used.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for 'Chair's Choice,' describing the format or A.A. material used.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for 'Cross talk permitted,' describing the format or A.A. material used.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for 'Daily Reflections,' describing the format or A.A. material used.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for 'Digital basket,' describing the format or A.A. material used.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for 'Discussion,' describing the format or A.A. material used.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for 'Eleventh Step meditation,' describing the format or A.A. material used.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for 'Grapevine,' describing the format or A.A. material used.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for 'Literature,' describing the format or A.A. material used.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for 'Living Sober,' describing the format or A.A. material used.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for 'Meditation,' describing the format or A.A. material used.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for 'Plain Language Big Book,' describing the format or A.A. material used.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for 'Speaker,' describing the format or A.A. material used.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for 'Step,' describing the format or A.A. material used.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for 'Text study,' describing the format or A.A. material used.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for 'Tradition,' describing the format or A.A. material used.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for 'Twelve and Twelve,' describing the format or A.A. material used.

Defines temporary operational conditions that affect whether a meeting is currently available.

Meeting classification and filtered listing for the operational status 'Temporarily closed.'

Meeting-services hub linking to the searchable finder, weekly calendar, county map, and online-meeting directory.

Interactive finder for searching and filtering all current weekly PGHAA meeting listings.

Interactive county-region map and geographic summary of physical PGHAA meeting locations.

Regional meeting page for Airport Area, organizing the local communities, locations, and current weekly A.A. meetings in that part of Allegheny County.

Regional meeting page for East Suburbs, organizing the local communities, locations, and current weekly A.A. meetings in that part of Allegheny County.

Regional meeting page for Mon Valley, organizing the local communities, locations, and current weekly A.A. meetings in that part of Allegheny County.

Regional meeting page for North Hills, organizing the local communities, locations, and current weekly A.A. meetings in that part of Allegheny County.

Regional meeting page for Pittsburgh Area, organizing the local communities, locations, and current weekly A.A. meetings in that part of Allegheny County.

Regional meeting page for South Hills, organizing the local communities, locations, and current weekly A.A. meetings in that part of Allegheny County.

Directory focused on current online and hybrid A.A. meetings with remote-access details.

Weekly schedule and calendar view for browsing current PGHAA meetings by day and time.