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CO-OPERATION WITH THE PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY
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Members of Alcoholics Anonymous are anonymous,
but the organization is not. Committees are established at the Provincial /
District / City levels to inform the public where AA can be found.
The Cooperation with the Professional Community Committee was
established to act as a resource for; and to cooperate with, those who contact
the alcoholic in their daily work.
We are not in competition with any professional person.
We have our own separate function.
AA's position in the field of alcoholism has been often reaffirmed by AA's
General Service Conference:
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AA's Position in the Field
of Alcoholism |
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Alcoholics Anonymous is a worldwide
fellowship of men and women who help each other to maintain sobriety and
whom offer to share their recovery experiences freely with others who may
have a drinking problem. The AA program consists basically of Twelve Steps designed for personal
recovery from alcoholism. The fellowship functions through approximately 97,000 groups in more
than 144 countries. Some 2,000,000 alcoholics have achieved
sobriety in AA, but members recognize that their program is not always effective
with all alcoholics and that some may require professional counseling or
treatment.
AA is concerned solely with the personal recovery and continued sobriety of
individual alcoholics who turn to the fellowship for help. The movement does not
engage in the fields of research or medical or psychiatric treatment, and does
not endorse any causes, although AA members may participate in such activities
as individuals.
The movement has adopted a policy of co-operation but non-affiliation with
organizations concerned with the problem of alcoholism.
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Cooperation with the
Professional Community Committee |
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Alcoholics Anonymous is
self-supported through its own groups and members and declines contributions
from outside sources. |
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AA members preserve anonymity at the level of press,
film, broadcast and electronic media. We simply have a message of hope and recovery for
those alcoholics who wish to listen. The program of recovery is one that works
for the millions of people that have wanted it.
The professional can help alcoholics who want it - by education, counseling
and rehabilitative treatment, and can also be of aid through making the
community aware of, and care about, the millions still suffering from the
progressive illness that AA has helped us arrest.
The 1998 survey of North American AA members indicate that more that
one-third of AA's surveyed credited a member of the professional community
for getting them into our fellowship.
The 1998 survey indicated that 34% of our membership came from
treatment and or rehabilitation facilities. AA through the years has been
truly grateful for the guidance and inspiration of many non-alcoholics.
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This committee cooperates
with the professional by providing information on Alcoholics Anonymous through:
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Providing
speakers for information sessions on AA |
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Meeting informally with groups of professionals |
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Providing literature and audio/visual materials to
professional staffs |
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Providing literature and audio/visual materials
for patients/clients |
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Providing a link to AA groups in the community for
patients/clients |
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Attending open AA meetings or local Round-ups with
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Open communications and friendly cooperation between AA and professionals can
mean that more still-suffering alcoholics may also experience the joy of living
sober.
Together we can do what none of us could accomplish alone.
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Suggested
reading*:
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How AA Members Cooperate
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If You Are A Professional
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AA in your Community
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About AA
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This is AA
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* Pamphlets can be obtained at
almost any AA meeting or by contacting a Central Office near you. |
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Send an email to the CPC
Chair by addressing it to cpcchair @ area78.org. |
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