I am responsible.
When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help,
I want the hand of AA always to be there.
And for that: I am responsible...
--Responsiblity Declaration, AA Grapevine Inc.
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Unless otherwise specified Archives meets on the first Sunday of each month at 4 P.M.
AA Archives Mission: permanently documents the work of Alcoholics Anonymous, making the history of the organization accessible to AA members and other researchers, and provides a context for understanding AA's progression, principles, and traditions.
Role of the Archivist: collects, organizes, and preserves material of historical interest; responsible for the physical and the intellectual integrity of the collection (ensuring the privacy and protecting the anonymity of members); reports regularly to the area committee about new material received and gives updates about ongoing projects at the archives.
Archives Workshop
"The Role of the Archivist"
Hosted by District 16C
will be held March 17, 2012
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
191 Plainview Drive
Lawrenceville, GA 30045
Please join us for an informative afternoon of AA history from Old Timers in Gwinnett County
Unless otherwise specified PI/CPC meets on the first
Sunday of each month at 1 P.M.
If you've ever wondered where your place would be in the AA service structure you may want to look here. The crew over at PI/CPC are busy carrying the message to those who may be hearing it just a little bit....but not quite enough to get it. "They" go to DUI schools to give talks about AA, as well as schools, churches, where ever there is a need and we are asked to go. It's a great program. Come to a meeting and check it out!
If interested in the PI/CPC committee,
please email: picpc@gwinnettaa.org
PI/CPC Help Wanted flyer: click here
gwinnettaa website flyer: click here
Link to Box 459 for News & Notes from GSO: click here
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PI/CPC Workshop
Hosted by Districts 16C & 16D
The PI/CPC Workshop was held Saturday, August 27, 2011
at the Fusion Church in Buford, GA.
For more information contact picpc@gwinnettaa.org.
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Treatment Facilities Committee
The next meeting will be on February 5th @ 2:00 P.M. at the Gwinnett Room.
(Unless otherwise specified Treatment meets on the first Sunday of each month at 2 P.M.)
For more information please e-mail: treatment@gwinnettaa.org
The Treatment Facilities Committee for both Districts 16C and 16D in
Working closely with the PI/CPC Committee, the Treatment Committee initiates contact with facilities in our community who may desire to know more about AA, or to host an AA meeting. Service work includes meeting with facility representatives, giving talks, assisting AA groups with outreach to facilities, updating lists and contact information for those facilities, and related outreach activities.
This is challenging and rewarding service work! The nature of this committee requires many individuals who can bring ideas, enthusiasm, and energy to the tasks at hand. If any AA is looking for service work that can enhance their spiritual program of action, this opportunity is not to be missed. We invite you to come to a meeting and see if this committee is right for you.
Please help support this committee by participating or announcing its role and meeting time in your home groups. We look forward to the opportunity to work with you in service.
If you are a treatment facility, halfway house, or other facility in need of an A.A. meeting, please contact us at: treatment@gwinnettaa.org.
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The next state treatment workshop for individuals
who would like to carry the message
into treatment facilities is:
TBA
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The Treatment Facilities Committee also provides guidance and consultation regarding the topic of special needs. Some AA members or potential members may have special requirements that, if addressed by the AA meeting, would enhance their ability to attend and participate. Whatever the special need may be, AA groups should review and discuss any steps they can take to make meetings more welcoming to those with special needs. The Treatment Committee will be working over the coming months to identify meaningful areas of support for the Districts for special needs populations. The survey below is a first step in this direction.
Special Needs/Accessibility Purpose Statement:
While there are no special AA members, many members have special needs. This would include those who may be hearing, visually, or speech impaired, those who are home-bound, chronically ill, those who use wheelchairs, walkers, or crutches, and those who are developmentally disabled or who suffer from brain damage, stroke, etc. Whatever their disability may be, it is hoped that they would never be excluded from AA meetings, Twelve Step work, or AA service.
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Gwinnett AA Corrections Needs You!!
The Corrections Committees in Districts 16C and 16D are looking for volunteers to help in any aspect of corrections work including carrying meetings into facilities, bridging the gap, corrections correspondence and collecting contributions.
Pamphlet on Corrections Correspondence
click here
For more information on correspondence see below in the Bridge the Gap Program section.
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Would you like to carry the message into the Gwinnett County Detention Center?
Please mail in a completed Detention Center Volunteer Application Form, along with a photo copy of your drivers license to the following address:
Corrections
P.O. Box 70
Lawrenceville, Ga 30046
(Corrections will send in your application to the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Department.)
If you are interested in or have any questions about the above corrections' service opportunities, please e-mail: corrections@gwinnettaa.org
Please join us:
next Committee Meeting
February 12th @ 3:00 p.m.
Gwinnett Room
All are welcome and encouraged to attend the meeting.
There is no sober-time requirement on this service work.
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The next state training session for individuals
who would like to carry the message
into the prisons is:
January 28, 2012
8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
in Macon, Georgia
Training is free.
for more information please e-mail:
service@gwinnettaa.org
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Corrections Workshops
Bridge the Gap Conferences
Hosted by Districts 16C & 16D
The next Bridge the Gap Conference will be held February 25, 2012
The Gwinnett Room
191 Plainview Drive
Lawrenceville, GA 30045
For more information, please e-mail: corrections@gwinnettaa.org
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Area 16 Bridge the Gap Program
for Corrections and Treatment Facilities
The Bridge the Gap Committee of Area 16 Correctional Facilities and Treatment Facilities Committee is made up of Alcoholics Anonymous members across the state that are dedicated to carrying the A.A. message to people who are seeking sobriety but are unable to participate at the community level. Specifically, Bridge the Gap provides a way for recovering alcoholics to make contacts with AA members in the area in which they will be living after their release from a correctional facilitiy or a treatment facility.
The most important time in an alcoholic's recovery is the first 24 to 48 hours after his or her release. Many of these alcoholics being released from facilities are simply looking for an A.A. on the outside that is willing to share their experience, strength and hope through correspondence or is willing to make them feel at home in their A.A. community.
If you would like to volunteer for Bridge the Gap or be a Correspondent to an inmate or alcoholic in a treatment facility, please click on the appropriate voluteer form below.
If you are an inmate in a correctional facility or an alcoholic in a treatment facility and have a fixed release date less than six months away, please click on the approriate request form below.
Bridge the Gap & Correspondence Volunteer Form (Corrections)
click here
Bridge the Gap & Correspondence Inmate Request Form (Corrections)
click here
Bridge the Gap & Correspondence Volunteer Form (Treatment Facility)
click here
Bridge the Gap & Correspondence Request Form (Treatment Facility)
click here
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Questions, comments, or
to publish service opportunities
e-mail:
webmaster@gwinnettaa.org