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1 BOOKS Big Book Twelve Step & Twelve Traditions A.A. Comes of Age Pass It On Dr. Bob & the Good Old-Timers As Bill Sees It Daily Reflections Experience, Strength & Hope BOOKLETS RECOVERY PAMPHLETS A.A. in Prison: Inmate to Inmate Came to Believe Living Sober This is A.A. Frequently Asked Questions about A.A. Is A.A. for You? Young People and A.A. A.A. for the Woman Three Talks to Medical Societies by Bill W. Memo to an Inmate Who May Be an Alcoholic The A.A. Member-Medications & Other Drugs The Jack Alexander Article About A.A. Do You Think You're Different? A.A. for the Alcoholic with Special Needs Twelve Steps Illustrated A.A. for the Black and African American Alcoholic A.A. for the Older Alcoholic-Never Too Late It Sure Beats Sitting in a Cell Questions & Answers on Sponsorship Is There an Alcoholic in Your Life? A.A. for the Native North American A.A. and the Armed Services Problems Other Than Alcohol What Happened to Joe It Happened to Alice Too Young?

2 A Newcomer Asks North Florida Area 14 Panel 63 A.A. and the Gay/Lesbian Alcoholic Group Life The A.A. Group How It Works GSR - May Be the Most Important Job in A.A. The Twelve Traditions Illustrated A.A. Tradition - How It Developed The Co-Founders of Alcoholics Anonymous Self-Support: Where Money & Spirituality Mix The A.A. Group Treasurer Unity & Service The Twelve Concepts Illustrated Inside A.A. Circles of Love and Service A.A.'s Legacy of Service Your General Service Office The A.A. Grapevine - Our Meeting in Print Your District Committee Member For Professionals A.A. as a Resource for the Health Care Professional Members of the Clergy Ask About A.A. A Message to Correctional Professionals If You Are a Professional, A.A. Wants to Work With You Is There an Alcoholic in the Workplace? Special Needs/ CPC/PI How A.A. Members Cooperate with Professionals A.A. in Your Community Speaking at Non-A.A. Meetings A Member's-Eye View of Alcoholics Anonymous A Brief Guide to Alcoholics Anonymous Understanding Anonymity Let's Be Friendly with Our Friends A.A. at a Glance Information on Alcoholics Anonymous

3 A Message to Teenagers Problems Other Than Alcohol Television PSAs Tengo Esperanza My World I Thought A Force of Nature Testimonials Living In Chaos We Know What It's Like Radio PSAs Drinking Was No Fun For Me I Just Wanted to Dies Alcohol Didn't Work Anymore I Thought I Was Too Smart Everybody Was On My Case All of a Sudden, Everything Got Crazy The Easier, Softer Way Never Alone Again A.A. Made All the Difference We Know How You Feel We're All in This Together People Just Like Me The Door is Always Open I Could Feel the Happiness I Know Where I'm Going A Richer Life to Live Correctional & Treatment Facilities Carrying the Message Into Correctional Facilities A.A. in Correctional Facilities A Message to Correctional Professionals A.A. in Treatment Facilities Bridging the Gap-Between Treatment and A.A. Where Do I Go from Here? Guidelines Central or Intergroup Offices

4 Clubs North Florida Area 14 Panel 63 Conferences, Conventions, and Roundups Cooperating with Court, D.W.I., and Similar Programs Correctional Facilities Committees Public Information Relationship Between A.A. and Al-Anon Literature Committees For A.A. Members Employed in the Alcoholism Field Cooperation With the Professional Community A.A. Answering Services Carrying the A.A. Message to the Deaf Alcoholic Treatment Facilities Committees Finance Serving Alcoholics With Special Needs Archives Internet Audiovisual Material A.A. in Correctional Facilities Carrying the Message Behind These Walls It Sure Beats Sitting in a Cell Hope: Alcoholics Anonymous Markings on the Journey Bill's Own Story Bill Discusses the Twelve Traditions You're A.A. General Service Office, the Grapevine, A.A. Cooperation with the Professional Community A.A. Video for the Healthcare Professional A.A. Video for Legal and Corrections Professionals A.A. Video for Employment/HR Professionals On the Beach (YPG) Alcoholics Anonymous (YPG) Young People's Animation Video 25 and Under A Group of People Just Like Me Other Materials SERVICE MANUAL General Service Conference Report

5 Treatment Facilities Workbook Corrections Workbook Advisory Actions of the General Service Conference NOTE: Some of these materials can be found online at (i.e. Guidelines, all PSAs, some of the videos, and some of the pamphlets). So, use it as a resource! Check your local Intergroup/Central Office for other materials. This challenge is for EVERYONE who is an Area 14 Officer, Service Coordinator, DCM, Alt. DCM, GSR, Alt. GSR. Or guest/visitor(s). The Top THREE finishers will receive some sort of prize for their accomplishment. This challenge will end at the NFAC Assembly in October Good luck and good reading!! ILAS, Ken Shults Area 14 Panel 63 Literature Service Coordinator

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