{"id":12859,"date":"2026-02-17T17:16:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T22:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.publications-aa87.org\/literature-representative\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T15:44:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:44:54","slug":"literature-representative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.publications-aa87.org\/en\/literature-representative\/","title":{"rendered":"Literature Representative"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12859\" class=\"elementor elementor-12859 elementor-6817\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-068b4da elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"068b4da\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f45bab8\" data-id=\"f45bab8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf95669 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf95669\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You have been elected as your group&#8217;s literature representative? Congratulations for your involvement in this rewarding recovery task. Whether or not this is your first experience, you will certainly learn more about the recovery tools of the A.A. program.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1aa20e3 elementor-toc--minimized-on-desktop elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"1aa20e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h2&quot;],&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;Aucun titre n\\u2019a \\u00e9t\\u00e9 trouv\\u00e9 sur cette page.&quot;,&quot;minimized_on&quot;:&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;numbers&quot;,&quot;minimize_box&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tTable of Contents\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--expand\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__1aa20e3\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Open table of contents\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--collapse\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__1aa20e3\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close table of contents\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__1aa20e3\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3078ef4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3078ef4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">My role<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5df49b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5df49b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You may consult your group&#8217;s guidelines to know its expectations for you.<\/p>\n<p>In general, a literature representative:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Promotes AA publications,<\/li>\n<li>Takes an inventory of books and pamphlets and ensures that there is a selection of recovery, unity, and service literature available,<\/li>\n<li>Purchases literature or asks someone else to do so,<\/li>\n<li>Sells publications and gives the proceeds to the treasurer,<\/li>\n<li>Answers questions about literature,<\/li>\n<li>Helps train their alternate or successor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A service document from the Group Service Committee suggests a one-year period of sobriety and a six-month term of office.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e76b022 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e76b022\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What can I tell my group?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2e6940 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2e6940\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can inform people in your group as to <strong>what literature is available<\/strong>. Many &#8220;literature reps&#8221; find that our Literature Representative Card is a useful tool to start with if you don&#8217;t know what to say:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8a5ffb elementor-widget elementor-widget-pdfjs_viewer\" data-id=\"e8a5ffb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pdfjs_viewer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.publications-aa87.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-viewer-for-elementor\/assets\/pdfjs\/web\/viewer.html?file=https:\/\/www.publications-aa87.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Carte-format-Web.pdf&amp;embedded=true\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 640px; height: 380px;\" frameborder=\"1\" marginheight=\"0px\" marginwidth=\"0px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe99b89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe99b89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Some literature reps\u00a0<strong>read an excerpt<\/strong> of a chosen or randomly selected page.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0789b31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0789b31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>No time to prepare? You may also get inspiration from the\u00a0<strong>&#8220;AArt of Recovery&#8221;<\/strong> bulletin, which featured a couple of items of literature every two months.<\/p>\n<p>See all the issues in one file: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publications-aa87.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AArt-Tous-les-numeros-2015-2022-opt_compressed.pdf\">Tous les num\u00e9ros 2015-2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You may also read an issue at random:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4564106 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4564106\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A.A. Literature<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d091d35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d091d35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It is recommended to <strong>only have A.A. literature<\/strong> available in the group: literature from Alcoholics Anonymous World Services (A.A.W.S.) or from A.A. entities such as Grapevine, la Vigne or Area 87.<\/p>\n<p>It is even better if this literature is &#8220;<strong>approved by the Conference<\/strong>&#8220;: it shows that it conforms to A.A. principles and reflects our shared experience. Look for this phrase on the copyright page or on the cover.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Other literature:<\/strong><\/span> some groups decide to provide books that are not A.A. literature: for example, <em>Twenty Four Hours a Day<\/em><em>, The Little Red Book <\/em>(published by Hazelden), or <em>The Little Book<\/em>. If it&#8217;s the case in your group, it is recommended to\u00a0<strong>mention that it is not Alcoholics Anonymous literature<\/strong> and to put them apart from A.A. literature. These books are often written by A.A. members and are useful as a recovery tool, but it&#8217;s important that newcomers and visitors are well informed about A.A.&#8217;s principles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aaws.widen.net\/content\/hfzsojoohs\/pdf\/SMF-29_Conference_Approved_Literature.pdf\">More information about &#8220;Conference-Approved Literature&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ce8e6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5ce8e6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Buying Literature<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f38197c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f38197c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can buy A.A. literature on this online store offered by Area 87.<\/p>\n<p>You can also visit our sales counter at <strong>3920 Rachel St East, Montreal<\/strong>, call us at <strong>514-374-3688 extension 1<\/strong>, or email us at <strong><a href=\"mailto:publications@aa87.org\">publications@aa87.org<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to order in advance, but we suggest you do if you are in a hurry, if you have a lot of things to purchase or if you want something in particular (items are on backorder sometimes).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38fc13a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"38fc13a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">For more information...<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30afbb5 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"30afbb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-envelope\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Contact Area 87's Literature Committee<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.publications-aa87.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Liste-de-prix-rev.-Fevrier-2026-VF.pdf\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-file-pdf\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Area 87 Price List (2026)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aaws.widen.net\/content\/8aqokddm5b\/pdf\/SMFF-29_Conference_Approved_Literature.pdf\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-check\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Service Material: Conference-Approved Literature<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aaws.widen.net\/content\/mfjuqiaixn\/pdf\/FM-52i_Literature_WorkBOOK_ONLINE.pdf\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-book\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Service Material: Literature Workbook<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/literature\/catalog-6-27-2025_1.pdf\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-file-invoice-dollar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Catalog: A.A. World Services (G.S.O. in New York, United States)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aagrapevine.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-02\/GV_Catalog_2026.pdf\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-file-invoice-dollar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Catalog: Grapevine and &amp; La Vi\u00f1a (United States)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You have been elected as your group&#8217;s literature representative? Congratulations for your involvement in this rewarding recovery task. 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