Committees

A.A. service committees work to ensure the A.A. message reaches people who may need it. 

Many alcoholics first hear A.A.'s message of hope thanks to the work of the volunteers on these committees. 

While A.A. is not affiliated with any form of alcoholism treatment, the A.A. Treatment committe is essential in carrying the A.A. message into treatment settings where the suffering alcoholic may be introduced to A.A. for the first time. The local Bridging The Gap (BTG) connects the new memeber being discharged from a facility to A.A. in their community. Clients canrequest contacts through the A.A. Temporary Contact/Bridging the Gap Request form. A.A. members can serve as A.A. Temporary Contact/Bridging the Gap Volunteers.

The Corrections committee is to coordinate the work of individual A.A. members and groups who are interested in carrying our message of recovery to incarcerated alcoholics. Bringing meetings and literature into facilities, raising awareness of the Corrections Correspondence Service (CCS) among "inside" and "outside" A.A. members, and helping inmates transition to a local A.A. Community through pre-release contacts are just some of the activities corrections committees support.

Public Information  (P.I.)

The purpose of the PI committee is to carry the message to the alcoholic who still suffers. The committee conveys A.A. information through activities such as giving A.A. information talks at schools and civic organizations, providing A.A. literature to schools and civic organization meetings, providing A.A. literature to schools and offices, and ensuring local media have accurate information providing them with A.A. public service announcements. 

Cooperation with the Professional Community (C.P.C)

Members of CPC committees inform professionals and future professionals about A.A.- what we are, where we are, what we can do, and what we cannot do. They attempt to establish better communication between A.A.s and professionals, and to find simple, effective ways of cooperating without affiliating.

The focus of the Literature committee is to assure that A.A. Literature is available for A.A. groups, service meetings and other A.A. events. Through displays, supplies of A.A. catalogs and order forms, and A.A. literature workshops these committees help A.A. members carry the A.A. message through our literature.