does not try to tell any individual member what he or she may or may not read.īooks like the Original Manuscript and the First Edition of the Big Book are not Conference Approved Literature since there was no conference at the time they were published.Īn odd side effect of a group that limits itself to conference approved literature would be that if the rule were rigorously followed, the group would not allow someone to read from Dr. A great deal of literature helpful to alcoholics is published by others, and A.A. It does not imply Conference disapproval of other material about A.A. The term has no relation to material not published by G.S.O. “Conference-approved” - What It Means to You The General Service Conference has also dealt with the meaning of the term “Conference Approved” in a “Conference Approved” pamphlet (SM F-29) called: Conference-Approved Literature. member reads is no business of G.S.O., or of the Conference, naturally.
disapproves of the Bible or any other publications from any source that A.A.’s find useful. as a whole does not oppose these, any more than A.A. central offices publish their own meeting lists.
It (Conference Approved) does not mean the Conference disapproves of any other publications. In 1978 the AA General Service Office described what “Conference Approved” means in their Box 4-5-9 newsletter (Volume 23, No 4). Each AA group is the highest authority in AA and can use any literature it wants to. Some groups independently decide that they will only use Conference Approved Literature, but there is no requirement that a group limit itself to a list. The list of books with conference approval is not a list of what may or may not be used in meetings but a list of literature the conference feels accurately reflects AA’s basic message. AAWS organizes the General Service Conference. It serves as a way of saying that AAWS has put together a book and the General Service Conference has approved it. When talking about whether a book is “AA approved” the question is often this: “Is the book General Service Conference approved literature?” Conference approval is only considered for books published by AA World Service in NY (AAWS).
Groups are under no obligation to adopt such a restriction. Is it OK to read from non-AA books in meetings?Īnswer: Yes, it is OK to read from “non-AA” literature in an AA meeting unless your group decides to use “conference approved” literature only. Some have objected to doing this because they say only AA approved books can be used in meetings. Question: My group sometimes reads from The Original Manuscript of The Big Book because many of us favor the more forceful language it uses.
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