Please remember to attend the monthly service meeting. 2nd Wednesday at 6 pm
Upcoming Service Opportunities
Thanks to all those who helped with the ASADS Conference!
If this is your first step into Alcoholics Anonymous service work,
or if you have been active before, we need your help. You are an important
part of our primary purpose: carrying the message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
The AA Service Manual says on the very first page:
“Our twelfth Step – carrying the message – is the basic service that the
AA Fellowship gives; this is our principal aim and the main reason for our
existence. Therefore, AA is more than a set of principles, it is a society of
alcoholics in action.”
An AA service is anything whatever that helps us to reach a fellow sufferer –
ranging all the way from the 12th Step itself, to a phone call and a cup of coffee, and to AA’s General Service Office for national and international action. This forms the third side of our triangle: our Third Legacy of Service.
Those people who are active in service work in their groups, districts, and at
area level have found that it is essential for their sobriety and growth in AA, and many believe that it has enhanced their recovery more than any other part of the AA program.
AA learned a long time ago that forming specific committees to address our
service needs was the best way to ensure that we do the best job of carrying the AA message. Some of these standing committees are:
§ Public Information (PI)
§ Cooperation with the Professional Community
§ Treatment Facilities
§ Corrections
§ Literature
There are others, but these are the ones that we are targeting as being the most essential for us locally. Available from GSO are workbooks for each committee which include information about the types of things committees have found helpful, and ideas for goals and practices that work. Although even the newest of newcomers is encouraged to participate in service committee work, there are guidelines and suggestions about how to work within the traditions of AA.
It has been said that “getting into the middle of AA is the best way not to fall off” and this is the best way to do that, so welcome!
If you would like more information about getting involved in service work, please attend our regular monthly meeting held the second Wednesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. If you have any questions, please send mail to:
tuscgroup@tuscaloosaaa.org