GSO York produce a quarterly Service News which is packed full of great stuff that they do in conjunction with AA groups and other organisations to carry the message and support the work of recovery from alcohol addiction. Here is the latest Edition:
If you are new to AA or are searching for the answers to a ‘drinking problem’, the link below is to an online version of our AA ‘Big Book’ which has all the answers we need and you can carry it around in your pocket. Read it anywhere you have a spare moment. Great for long journeys on trains, planes, boats and waiting rooms. If you have headphones, you can listen to or watch it being read.
The national Website Meeting Finder maintains a list of almost 400 online meetings which are independent of any intergroup or region. About half in the UK and the rest in most West European Countries. To access the list use this link BUT before clicking the link read the note below:
https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/AA-Meetings/Find-a-Meeting/
Sobriety Chips -‘Chips’ for short, are awarded by any group tagged with ‘Chips’.
If a member wishes, chips are awarded from a newcomer’s first 24 hours and then for each sober year therafter from 1 Year to 60 Years.
For the 2024 Annual Report of the General Service Board please click here:
AA Service News, Autumn 2025, please click here:
PI Newsletter, Autumn 2025, please click here:
YP Newsletter, Autumn 2025, please click here:
AA Service Handbook 2024, please click here:
AA Structure Handbook 2024, please click here:
Young Persons Online Workshops 2025, please click here:
AA Literature Order Form:
The helpline is available to all and serves a variety of needs, but its primary purpose is to carry AA’s message of recovery to those still suffering from active alcoholism.
Additionally it can provide help, support and information in the following areas;
The AA Helpline always requires people who are willing to be telephone responders. The Helpline is covered by 4 Intergroup areas, Devon Central, South Devon, Plymouth and Cornwall.
The telephone shifts are either a morning, 8.30am-1pm, afternoon, 1pm-6pm or evening,6pm-10pm once every 3 weeks. The requirements for a prospective responder are as follow:
For those new to the DCIG Website or the Internet in general, the Devon Central ECLO offers a 30 minute workshop on Zoom to help introduce you to the site – both content and function. Please email dcigeclo@gmail.com for a date and time.
AA is a world wide movement of many tens of thousands of local groups of recovering alcoholics which began 85 years ago. In the intervening years the AA program has saved millions of alcoholic lives and prevented great damage to the lives of their families and the wider community. AA has its origins in a meeting between two old friends in New York towards the end of 1934. One was Bill W and the other was Ebby T. They both lived in New York and had been friends from school days in Vermont. They were also long time drinking partners. At that time, Bill had all but given up hope of freeing himself from alcohol when Ebby came to visit with a self evident message of hope and a sober life. Bill was amazed by his friend’s recovery story and his new sober state. Within days Bill had his last drink which was nothing short of a miracle, after years of fruitless attempts to stop. Six months later, in May of 1935 Bill was in Akron where, in order to save his hard won new sober state, he was asked to meet a fellow sufferer Dr Bob S. Thus, with that same message of hope and the prospect of a sober life, in early June of 1935 AA, got under way. The first AA group was in Akron, started by both men in 1935 . Bill W returned to New York to carry on his work in that city which is where AA’s world headquarters is based.
Here in the UK our General Service Office (GSO) in York has a much fuller history of early AA and
the establishment of AA in the UK
Today aa.org is the official website for the organisation in the US and provides a rich resource for the rest of AA around the world. For more history, information and help, just click the link: aa.org.
The chit (confirmation of attendance) system is a scheme providing members with proof of attendance at a particular AA meeting, (issued by a group officer).
These can be given by the member to any agency (probation officers/offender managers, social services, health, employment, professional disciplinary bodies, courts/legal representatives or any other body) requesting proof of attendance, showing commitment to recovery.
Initially endorsed by the 1987 AA General Service Conference in co-operation with Probationary Services, the chit system was extended at the 2017 General Service Conference to include any other agency requiring confirmation of attendance. As the member voluntarily “self-reports” their attendance, group anonymity is preserved. Chits only confirm attendance and do not verify sobriety.
Chat Now Online Responder Service
Just click the link above for all details or mail your interest.
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