Promotional links of any kind are not allowed. That holds for both commercial and for non-commercial sites. A link to a site with commercial offerings or advertising may be perfectly ok if the link is posted with a clear educational, rather than promotional, purpose.

Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. (“AAWS”) does not grant permission to reprint segments of its literature online, with the exception of overseas A.A. General Service Offices.

Please do not post material containing AA copyrighted literature. Posts violating copyrights will be removed.

You are allowed to link to literature on the AA site as long as you post the following disclaimer with your link:

Linked with the permission of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.

Here is an example of an acceptable post.

Big Book Chapter 3
http://www.aa.org/bigbookonline/en_BigBook_chapt3.pdf

Linked with the permission of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.

And then you can paraphrase.

Many of us made countless attempts to quit drinking before we finally admitted we were alcoholics. etc...

Do not post links for the purpose of selling, soliciting or promoting by someone that has ownership or other "vested interest" to the web site involved, including efforts to promote other online forums, blogs, or web sites. This includes posting messages for the sole purpose of promoting personal agendas that are not appropriate in the opinion of forum moderators. We do not allow links to other blogs or forums in posts anywhere on the forum.

A link to your personal page is allowed in your profile as your homepage. Commercial links are not allowed as your homepage. Links must be appropriate and abide by the forum rules or they will be removed.