WE ALL
NEED
HELP
Bridging the Gap
Bridging the Gap connects those leaving treatment facilities with members of A.A. in their community. Many of us need help getting to the doors of Alcoholics Anonymous. Connect with A.A. in Area 79 by using the downloadable form or by filling it out online.
EXTENDING
THE HAND
OF A.A.
Treatment committees are formed to coordinate the work of individual A.A. members and groups who are interested in carrying our message of recovery to alcoholics in treatment facilities, and to set up means of “Bridging the Gap” from the facility to an A.A. group in the individual’s community.
TREATMENT
COMMITTEE
The purpose of Treatment Committee is to assist members to carry the message of Alcoholics Anonymous to Treatment Facilities and outpatient settings. The Active Treatment Committee provides information about A.A. as well as literature and guidelines for setting up A.A. meetings in treatment facilitates and outpatient settings.
Treatment settings may include; treatment facilities, hospitals, psychiatric wards, nursing homes, youth non-correctional facilities, shelters, halfway houses, veteran facilities, senior centers, etc.
The Treatment Committee is in contact with District Committee members who will link with members in their district who are willing to extend the hand of A.A. to those released to their community after completion of a treatment facility program.
A79 Resources...
Resources to assist the fellowship with committee work, along with minutes and reports from the ASC and much more can be found in the libraries.
TREATMENT AND
BRIDGING THE
GAP CHAIR
Job Description
The treatment/bridging the gap committee in BC/Yukon Area 79 falls under the responsibility of the treatment and accessibilities chair position, an appointed position on the Area Service Committee (ASC).
The treatment chair for BC/Yukon Area 79 serves the fellowship in a way that directly impacts the lives of many suffering alcoholics. Many new people entering Alcoholics Anonymous today come to us via treatment facilities. The treatment chair works with districts, treatment chairs and Bridging the Gap chairs in the area to reach out to the alcoholics in these facilities. We also cooperate with the administration staff of these facilities in any way we can.
Duties
- Facilitate the Bridging the Gap program in cooperation with district committee members.
- Arrange temporary A.A. contacts when someone leaves a facility.
- Reply to email from people reaching out for help.
- Assist districts, groups and members in carrying the message and organizing meetings in treatment settings, which may include treatment facilities, hospitals, detox centres, psychiatric wards, nursing homes, youth non correctional facilities, shelters, halfway houses, veterans’ facilities, seniors’ centres, etc.
- Stay in touch with district treatment and/or Bridging the Gap chairs and hospital and institution Chairs by way of monthly virtual meetings and phone/email as needed.
- Be available to assist districts in setting up treatment and or bridging the gap or hospital and institution committees through workshops; providing information about treatment, bridging the gap or hospital and institutions to individual members.
- Maintain familiarity with our 12 traditions and the Treatment Workbook’s guidance on working with treatment facilities.
- Duties common to all ASC members available on the ASC page.
