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OIAA – Online Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous

OIAA connects AA members worldwide with online meetings and supports groups using technology to carry the message.
The Online Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous (OIAA) is an international service entity founded in February 1996. It operates under AA’s Ninth Tradition as a nonprofit organization. Its core mission is using technology to carry the A.A. message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
OIAA maintains a comprehensive, searchable directory of online AA meetings. The directory is available 24/7 in multiple languages and formats. Consequently, members anywhere in the world can find a meeting that fits their schedule and needs. This service is especially valuable for members who cannot attend in-person meetings due to physical disabilities, remote locations, or health concerns.
Furthermore, OIAA supports over 1,000 online groups as an umbrella organization. It provides guidance on AA Traditions, meeting formats, and anonymity in digital spaces. It also fosters connection between online groups and the broader AA service structure, including the General Service Office.
Additionally, OIAA runs a 12th Step Committee. Volunteers respond to emails from individuals seeking help with a drinking problem, often providing nearly immediate assistance.
OIAA welcomes participation from all AA members interested in online service.

NAATW Workshop Sharing

Share your NAATW workshop experiences, presentations, and technology insights with AA members worldwide. This space is dedicated to documenting and sharing experiences from the National AA Technology Workshop (NAATW), the annual gathering where AA members explore how technology can serve our primary purpose.

Here you can post summaries of sessions you attended, share presentation materials, discuss key takeaways, and connect with others who participated in the same workshops. Whether you presented a session, attended as a participant, or joined virtually, your insights help spread valuable technology knowledge throughout AA.

This category serves as a living archive of NAATW discussions, covering topics from digital tools for groups and committees to online meeting platforms, website management, and emerging technologies that support AA’s service structure. Share your learnings, ask follow-up questions, and help make the knowledge gained at NAATW accessible to all AA members who couldn’t attend.

Please include the year and format (in-person or virtual) of your workshop experience to help others find relevant discussions. Your contributions ensure that the valuable technology insights from each NAATW continue to benefit our fellowship long after the event concludes.

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This category is for AA members that work with, are interested in, or curious about AA Archives.

Alcoholics Anonymous Fellowship Connection

What is Fellowship Connection? Fellowship Connection is an AAWS database and associated process for record keeping of groups, districts, and areas. GSRs, DCMs, and Registrars/TCOs can use their unique login to Fellowship Connection to enter information and generate and utilize reports listing information about groups, districts, and areas, as well as the latest contact data, […]

Alcoholics Anonymous Archives

The AA Archives Category in the TIAA Forum is where members share experience using technology to preserve and maintain AA’s historical records. As AA service documentation moves increasingly to digital formats — at home group, District, Intergroup, Area, and GSO levels — the work of developing and maintaining AA archives has grown more complex. The Forum provides a space to continue those conversations year-round, beyond the annual NAAAW workshop.
Key resources collected here include the National AA Archives Workshop (NAAAW), the AAWS Archives Workbook (M-44i), and the GSO Archives — whose mission traces back to co-founder Bill W., who began organizing the Fellowship’s historical records in the early 1950s. Furthermore, today almost every Area maintains archival collections, with growing activity at the District level.
Visit the Forum Categories page to join the AA Archives discussion.

A.A. Meeting Guide / 12 Step Meeting List Plug-in​

Meeting Guide App for Alcoholics Anonymous

The AA Meeting Guide app helps anyone find AA meetings and recovery resources, with over 100,000 meetings listed across 180 countries. Search by location, keyword, or online meeting type. Data from more than 400 AA service entities syncs automatically through integrations with area, district, intergroup, and general service office websites.
The Meeting Guide app and the 12-Step Meeting List WordPress plugin (TSML) are maintained by Code for Recovery (C4R), a volunteer community building open-source tools for the recovery community. Support for both is available through the Meeting Guide Support Site.
Forum members discuss the Meeting Guide and TSML regularly — covering app updates, user issues, and troubleshooting tips. Visit the Forum Categories page to find those discussions.

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If you are interested in conversations in more than one  technical topic area (e.g. web sites, answering services, virtual meetings, etc.) or have a general curiosity about AA discussions in general (e.g. topics above and beyond technology like committees and group dynamics), you would probably want to select the default “General” option.

If your primary interest is in Archives only, you probably want to select the “Archives” option. Note that with either option, you will still have access to all topics on the forum but with the “Archives” option, your “home screen” will automatically place you in the “Archives” category where most of those conversations happen.