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 Commerative 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.

Our monthly newsletter, The ComLine, contains current information about the ACA program, and shares from ACA members. Click here to view or download the latest copies.

Purchase your ACA Fellowship Text (also known as the "Big Red Book" or "BRB") and the ACA 12-Step Workbook here. Click here 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 Order ACA Literature page 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.

Annual Business Conference (ABC):

• The 2012 ABC will be held April 27 - 29, 2012 at the Signal Hill WSO ACA office at 1400 E. 33rd St., Signal Hill, CA 90755. Click here for more information, including copies of the announcement and forms for registration and submission of Group Conscience items for possible discussion at the ABC
• The 2011 Annual Business Conference for ACA WSO was held April 29 through May 1, 2011 in Smyrna, Georgia. Click here for more information, including final reports and copies of the brochures for ACA meeting interim use and reviews.
• The 2010 ABC was held April 23-25, 2010 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Click here for final reports and other information from this conference, including the proposed new Sponsorship brochures.

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, on the Order ACA Literature page.

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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