What does membership in
A.A. cost?
Membership in A.A. involves no
financial obligations of any kind. The A.A. program of recovery from
alcoholism is available to anyone who has a desire to stop drinking,
whether he or she is flat broke or the possessor of millions.
Most local groups "pass the
hat" at meetings to defray the cost of renting a meeting place and other
meeting expenses, including coffee, sandwiches, cakes, or whatever else
may be served. In a large majority of the groups, part of the money thus
collected is voluntarily contributed to A.A.'s national and
international services. These group funds are used exclusively for
services designed to help new and established groups and to spread the
word of the A.A. recovery program to "the many alcoholics who still
don't know."
The important consideration is
that membership in A.A. is in no way contingent upon financial support
of the Fellowship. Many A.A. groups have, in fact, placed strict
limitations on the amount that can be contributed by any member. A.A. is
entirely self-supporting, and no outside contributions are accepted.
