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.
PI/CPC/Treatment/Special Needs Committee
Beginning January 2013 the PI/CPC and the Treatment/Special Needs Committees are joining forces!
Please help support this committee by participating and announcing our new format and combined meeting time in your home groups. We look forward to the opportunity to work with you in service.
Unless otherwise specified PI/CPC/Treatment/Special Needs meets on the first
Sunday of each month at 1 P.M.
Meetings are open to any other district in the Atlanta area that would like to participate, as well as to any AA member who wishes to join.
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Public Information/
Cooperation with the Professional Community
(PI/CPC)
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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Courthouse Orientation
Organized by Districts 16C & 16D
Held the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each Month
@7:00 p.m.
at the Gwinnett Justice & Administration Center Cafeteria
75 Langley Drive
Lawrencville, GA.
Courthouse orientation is a service provided to educate court-ordered individuals about A.A., specifically what A.A. is, where it can be found, and what it can and cannot do. Service volunteers read from a script, provide open meeting schedules and A.A. approved literature, briefly share their individual recovery experiences, and answer questions. Each month's orientation is overseen by one of the Home Groups in Districts 16C & 16D.
For a copy of the Courthouse Orientation Script click here.
The Friendship Group is responsible for the May 2013 Courthouse Orientation.
For more information, please contact picpc@gwinnettaa.org.
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PI/CPC
Volunteer Drive
Hosted by Districts 16C
& 16D
Get Involved.....Spread
the Word....There is hope for Recovery!
The PI/CPC Volunteer Drive was held Sunday, October 14, 2012 at the Gwinnett
Room in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Attendees from inside and outside
Gwinnett County were treated to presentations detailing all of the outreach
activities in which Districts 16C & 16D participate, including non-AA talks
held at DUI schools, Victim Impact Programs, and local college campuses.
Participants also learned about our Court Orientation Program and the many ways
our Ad Hoc Committee reaches out to the professional community. A
fantastic sample DUI non-AA talk was given, questions were answered, and
several interested volunteers signed up to serve our community.
A special thank you to the committee members who organized this wonderful event
and to our Area 16 PI/CPC Chairperson for his attendance.
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The next meeting will be on June 2nd @ 1:00 P.M. at the Gwinnett Room.
(Treatment/Special Needs is now meeting with PI/CPC on the 1st Sunday of each month at 1 P.M.)
Treatment/Special Needs volunteers carry the message of recovery to treatment centers, hospitals, extended living centers, and similar institutions where those who desire to stop drinking may want an AA meeting. We believe in singleness of purpose, and we provide services to both outside facilities and AA groups who wish to carry the message.
Working closely with PI/CPC, Treatment/Special Needs 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! We are looking for as many individuals as possible 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 service is right for you.
For more information please e-mail: treatment@gwinnettaa.org
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The next Annual Area 16 Treatment Facilities Committee Workshop for individuals
who would like to carry the message into treatment facilities is:
TBA
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Special Needs/Accessibility
Treatment/Special Needs 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.
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.
Please help us identify meaningful areas of support for the Districts' special needs population by completing the survey below:
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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
Gwinnett County Jail Volunteer Application Form
and
Waiver of Liability and Consent to Records Check 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
June 2nd @ 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:
May 25, 2013
at
State Office (GSSA)
145 First Street (Lower Level)
Macon, GA 31201
Training is free.
for more information please e-mail:
service@gwinnettaa.org
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Corrections Workshop
Hosted by Districts 16C & 16D
The AA District 16C/D Workshop was held Saturday, Novemver 10, 2012 at the Gwinnett Room in Lawrenceville, GA. Participants learned about Bridging the Gap, including how to volunteer for corrections correspondence service and how to be approved to take meetings into prison facilities. Highlighting the event for many who have already been serving in the corrections community was the panel of previous inmates who are now active in AA. Volunteers were touched to hear the impact that their bringing meetings into the Gwinnett County Detention Center has had on the lives of these former inmates. Their testimonies spoke volumes to the fact that these meetings are getting results!
To learn more about the Area 16 Bridge the Gap Program or to volunteer, please see below.
Your time and service is very important to those who only get to one meeting a week - if they're lucky. This is a very rewarding opportunity for service!
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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.
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| 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