Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. (AAWS, originally Works Publishing, 1938) is one of two operating corporations (the other is AA Grapevine, Inc.) of the General Service Board of AA, Inc. (formerly the Alcoholic Foundation, 1938).
AAWS holds the copyright to AA’s core literature including the books Alcoholics Anonymous and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. It operates AA’s General Service Office (GSO) in New York, which serves the A.A. groups in the U.S. and Canada as a clearinghouse and exchange point for the wealth of A.A. experience accumulated over the years, coordinates a wide array of activities and services, and oversees the publication, all translations of, and distribution of A.A. Conference-approved literature and service materials.