Materials

ASCA manuals, books, guides, handouts and articles for survivors, group meetings and co-facilitators.

Manuals

Survivor to Thriver

The Survivor to Thriver manual is key for working the ASCA program. The editions here include revised and updated portions of Dr. Gannon’s earlier writings, along with additional material from our unpublished manual, The ASCA Workbook; freely available in several formats:

Co-facilitator Training

The training manual is used in co-facilitator training, which has the purpose of preparing and supporting members to be excellent co-facilitators and to enhance their lives:

Articles

Guides

Books

Soul Survivors

Soul Survivors is considered by many in ASCA to be what a “big book” is to a 12-step program:

  • Amazon (website) – sells the e-book specially priced at $5.99 (2014, 2nd ed.)
  • Lulu (website) sells the paperback for $27.10 (2022, 2nd ed.)

Meeting Handouts

Note: The meeting handouts in this section can be downloaded individually or as one Zip file (1.38 MB).

Fliers

Signs

Meeting Packages

Bundles of handouts and other files for a meeting type or starting a meeting.

Contains all the materials needed to work the ASCA program on your own or with your therapist.

Contains information to start and run an ASCA support group meeting.

Note: The files organized here, which are also listed above, can be downloaded individually or as one Zip file (2.73 MB).

Manuals
Guides
Meeting Handouts
Signs

These specific files are for online (virtual) meetings, which offer the ability for people in remote areas to participate in ASCA meetings and a way to supplement ASCA in-person meetings.

Note: The files can be downloaded individually or as one Zip file (2.56 MB).

All of the materials for starting and facilitating Rotational meetings are in this package.

Note: The files can be downloaded individually or as one Zip file (1.56 MB).

Manual
Info, Handouts, Scripts

All of the materials for starting and facilitating Step-work meetings are in this package.

Note: The files can be downloaded individually or as one Zip file (1.22 MB).

Manual
Info, Handouts, Scripts

Los materiales para iniciar y facilitar las reuniones en persona en Español se encuentran en este paquete.

Nota: Las fichas se pueden descargar individualmente o como una ficha Zip (2.38 MB).

Manual
Información, folletos, scriptos

Archive

  • Newsletters

    Our archived collection of past newsletters.

  • ASCA Blog

    Our archive of past blog posts—the Wordpress ASCA blog.