Welcome to ACA. Adult Children of Alcoholics is an anonymous Twelve Step, Twelve Tradition program of women and men who grew up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional homes. We meet with each other in a mutually respectful, safe environment and acknowledge our common experiences. We discover how childhood affected us in the past and influences us in the present (see The Laundry List, and The Problem). We take positive action. By practicing the Twelve Steps, focusing on The Solution, and accepting a loving Higher Power of our understanding, we find freedom from the past and a way to improve our lives today.

Click here to access the worldwide listing of ACA meetings.

If you find information that needs updating, PLEASE go to the meeting registration page to send us revised meeting registration information.

ACA Fellowship Text -- 5th Anniversary Commemorative Edition

The commemorative edition of the ACA Fellowship Text is now available for ordering. Adult Children of Alcoholics World Services Organization is celebrating the 5th anniversary of the "Big Red Book," which was published in November 2006. Click here to read about the success of this publication, and to order your own commemorative edition.

ACA World Services announces the publication of the first translation of the ACA Fellowship Text into a non-English language. The Finnish translation took about 5 years and was accomplished by ACA Finnish members volunteering to bring ACA WSO literature to adult children in Europe. ACA WSO oversaw the verification of the translation. We are most indebted to all who made this possible including those here in the USA who also worked many hours to get the book printed. Copies of the translated "red book" are available for purchase in the new Shopping Cart on this webstite along with other translated literature.

Annual Business Conference (ABC):
The 2012 ABC was held April 27 - 29, 2012 in Long Beach, California, and included a visit to the WSO ACA office at 1400 E. 33rd St., Signal Hill, CA 90755. Click here for more information about the ABC.

Purchase your ACA Fellowship Text (also known as the "Big Red Book" or "BRB") and the ACA 12-Step Workbook here. Go to the Shopping Cart to purchase your copy.

The new brochures, ACA Sponsorship: Fellow Traveler, Hosting an ACA Sponsorship Workshop, and 25 Questions: Am I an ACA? are now available from the WSO office. Go to the Shopping Cart to purchase copies for your ACA meeting.

Unauthorized use of ACA email addresses and phone numbers:
The WSO Board has recently became aware that a vendor is using our confidential meeting contact information for solicitation purposes.
Click here for further information, the WSO response to this violation of the ACA Traditions, and how you can help.

Interested in starting a new ACA meeting in your local area? Click here for Guidelines to start a new meeting.
Additional literature, including a sample meeting format you can edit, are available at no cost under ACA Literature.
You can also purchase additional material, including a New Meeting Packet in a three-ring binder, from the Shopping Cart.

The WSO Board meets by Teleconference on the Second Saturday of each month. All ACA members are invited to attend. Please go to the Events page for phone number and additional information.

Want to translate ACA WSO Literature into your language? Please go to the Translations page for information on how you can help.

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