Service in AA

AA’s Legacy of Service by Bill W.

Our Twelfth Step, carrying the message, is the basic service that the 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. We must carry the message, else we ourselves can wither and those who haven't been given the truth may die. Hence, an AA service is anything whatever that helps us to reach a fellow sufferer, ranging all the way from the Twelfth Step itself to a ten-cent phone call and a cup of coffee, and to AA's General Service Office for national and international action. The sum total of all these services our Third Legacy of Service. Services include meeting places, hospital co-operation, and intergroup offices; they mean pamphlets, books, and good publicity of almost every description. They call for committees, delegates, trustees and conferences. And, not to be forgotten, they need voluntary money contributions from within the Fellowship.

What Are General Services?

The newcomer soon learns about the importance of Twelfth Step work - service to another alcoholic which helps both giver and receiver to stay sober. The member then sees such work broadened to include Central Office or Intergroup service and institutional committee service. Finally, General Services. What are they? Bill W tells how General Services grew to fill a need beyond the reach of individual, Group, Central Office and Intergroup. Today, the term General Services is applied to all kinds of activities within the Conference structure, carried on by Area Committees, Area Delegates, Trustees and GSO staff. Usually the services affect the Fellowship as a whole. Almost always, they are part of AA's distinctive unity which allows the Movement to function so well.

Service Structure in Queensland

Map of Areas A, B & C in North-Eastern Region (Qld).

More detailed description of the Roles in the Service Structure is in the Australian Service Manual which can be found on the NOAA website: www.aa.org.au

Service Opportunities

Your Group: Secretary, Treasurer, CSO Rep, GSR, Literature, Public Information (PI), Greeting, Prison Meetings, Treatment Facilities and Events.
Your District: PI / CPC, Prison Meetings and Events.
Your CSO: 12-Step Phones, PI at Schools, Your Pathfinder Magazine, Treatment Facilities and Events.

For Contact Details or Position Descriptions speak to your Group Secretary or call Brisbane CSO on 07 3255 9962