"I seam to remember that AA membership was possible through the mail if there wasn't a group in the area, so why not online? Do you have to be completely stopped before joining, or are there no hard rules on that"
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Here's a link to the AA webpage itself....... I'm sure they could driect you (through email maybe) to 'loner" groups. I've not yet found any loner groups. But then, I haven't tried the AA main site either.........
http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org/
Re completely stopping before joining..... absolutely not! All that is required for AA membership is a desire to stop drinking!
Re what Don said........ definately have a look around! Check out SMART and the other "alternative" resources. The link to alternative resources is at the bottom right of the opening page of this website. I like AA and recommend it highly. Don likes SMART. Who's to say what's right (subliminal message "AA's right AA's right"
) Truthfully, one of the great things about AA is that it's free(great for me, at least, cuz I'm broke), except for Sober 24 (not an official AA site), which I sent you.