How to make contact with treatment facilities? Part one
Exactly how such activity is handled varies from one place to another, so each of us has to find out what the local system is. Generally, one of the following procedures is used: A. Your local central office (CO) or intergroup association. This is a good place to start inquiring. Many CO’s have treatment facilities committees …
Exactly how such activity is handled varies from one place to another, so each of us has to find out what the local system is.
Generally, one of the following procedures is used:
A. Your local central office (CO) or intergroup association. This is a good place to start inquiring.
Many CO’s have treatment facilities committees or institutions committees.
They arrange for meetings to be taken into these facilities, arrange for Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) members to visit the patients, make sure AA literature is always available, and may arrange sponsorship or temporary contacts for alcoholics upon release.
These committee members usually are familiar with the treatment facilities in the area. They try to keep lines of communication open and untangled, so problems can be avoided.
They try to prevent duplication of efforts and coordinate all AA activity so that AA keeps its commitments.
Each such committee runs its own affairs, within the AA Traditions. AA Guidelines on Treatment Facilities Committees, the Treatment Facilities Kit and Treatment Facilities articles offer a sharing of AA experiences in these matters.
The AA Estcourt branch hosts meetings every Tuesday at Forderville Primary School from 7pm to 8pm. Contact Desigan on 082 849 3014.
