Resources

The internet changes constantly — new tools emerge, organizations evolve, and what was accurate last year may not be today. As a result, TIAA Forum maintains this collection of AA technology resources on a best-effort basis, reviewing and updating links and descriptions as our volunteer team becomes aware of changes. If you find a broken link or out-of-date information, please use the Contact Us page to let us know. Our goal is to point you toward useful, trustworthy resources — not to endorse any particular tool, organization, or approach to recovery. We welcome corrections and suggestions from members.

AA Technology Resources

Specifically,the following AA technology resources cover the forum itself, AA-approved materials from AAWS, a glossary of relevant terms, technical information about how this site is built, and a list of related organizations working at the intersection of technology and AA service.

An article giving more information about this site, our forum and community.

AA World Services and Grapevine officially approve and support these resources and projects.

Terms, acronyms, resources and definitions related to service in A.A. technology resources as applied to recovery and service.

How tiaa-forum.org is built and maintained — the technology, history, and organization behind our community.

Many organizations in our fellowship and in AA service actively cooperate in accomplishing AA’s primary purpose. We have compiled a list of organizations our members work with. We are not affiliated with any of them.

Volunteers maintain this site and may not catch every change immediately. Nevertheless, we add new resources as the community identifies them. Additionally, some listed resources may link to external sites — therefore we recommend verifying any information independently. If you would like to suggest an addition or correction, please contact us via our Contact Us page.

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