A.A. in Eastern North Carolina can support professionals
Cooperation with the Professional Community (CPC) is an objective of A.A., and has been since our beginnings. We are always seeking to strengthen and expand our communication with you. This helps us to work more effectively with you in achieving our common purpose: to help the alcoholic who still suffers. We are dedicated to helping professionals who work with alcoholics.
About A.A.
For Professionals…
A.A.’s primary purpose, as stated in our Preamble, is: “to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.”
Alcoholics Anonymous is a nonprofit, self-supporting, entirely independent fellowship — “not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution.” Yet A.A. is in a position to serve as a resource to you through its policy of “cooperation but not affiliation” with the professional community.
We can serve as a source of personal experience with alcoholism as an ongoing support system for recovering alcoholics.
Reprinted from (If You are A Professional…, page 3), with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
What is A.A.?
Alcoholics Anonymous® is a fellowship of people who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.
- The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for A.A. membership; we are self-supporting through our own contributions.
- A.A. is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy; neither endorses nor opposes any causes.
- Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.
Copyright © by AA Grapevine, Inc.; reprinted with permission.
What can A.A. do for you…
Meetings
Volunteer AA members bring AA meetings into Treatment Centers / Rehabs, Detox units, Jails and Prisons in Eastern NC.
Contact us about bringing meetings into your facility.
Literature
Pamphlets and meeting schedules can be provided for those who may be interested in learning more about AA.
We stock pamphlet racks in public places. Contact us if you would like pamphlets at your location.
Presentations
CPC Members are available to speak in person or via Zoom, at schools, local businesses, parole / probation offices, DUI classes, health fairs, art festivals, churches, civic groups, community centers, medical centers, treatment facilities and anywhere the A.A. message can be useful.
What we don’t do…
A.A. does not:
Furnish initial motivation for alcoholics to recover; solicit members; engage in or sponsor research; keep attendance records or case histories; join “councils” or social agencies (although A.A. members, groups and service offices frequently cooperate with them); follow up or try to control its members; make medical or psychological diagnoses or prognoses; provide detox, rehabilitation or nursing services, hospitalization, drugs, or any medical or psychiatric treatment; offer religious services or host/sponsor retreats; engage in education about alcohol; provide housing, food, clothing, jobs, money or any other welfare or social services; provide domestic or vocational counseling; accept any money for its services or any contributions from non-A.A. sources; provide letters of reference to parole boards, lawyers, court officials, social agencies, employers, etc.
Does AA Work?
Does Alcoholics Anonymous Work?
This short video is a synopsis of the study “Does AA Work” published in March of 2020.
Harvard, Stanford, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addictions worked together to determine the effectiveness of AA.
The review was published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc., was not a participant in this study.
A.A. Wants to Work With You!
Cooperation with the professional community is an objective of A.A., and has been since our beginnings. We are always seeking to strengthen and expand our communication with you, and we welcome your comments and suggestions. They help us to work more effectively with you in achieving our common purpose: to help the alcoholic who still suffers.