Hospitals & Institutions Committee
This Committee takes meetings into rehab and other facilities established to help people to recover from alcoholism. The committee designates members of the community to commit to chairing a meeting in one of these facilities. It also takes meetings to the jails and institutions which house criminals. Many of these individuals are in their predicament because of alcohol. If you would like to help “pass the message” of recovery through the twelve steps of AA by chairing a regular institution meeting, please come join us!
H & I Committee Volunteers must have at least 1 year of continuous sobriety. However, all members of AA are welcome to join us at our monthly committee meeting.
eMail H&I hichair@dist4gsaa.org
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO CARRY THE AA MESSAGE TO THESE FACILITIES
H & I Volunteer Pamphlet >> CLICK HERE
Correctional Volunteer Opportunities
Manatee County Jail
To volunteer please contact the the appropriate coordinator for the Manatee County Jail. Download an application and work with the coordinator.
Sarasota County Jail
To volunteer please contact the the appropriate coordinator for the SC Jail area of interest listed at the bottom of this page.
Treatment Volunteer Opportunities
A.A. Treatment Committee Workbook
Bridging the Gap
From the Bridging the Gap pamphlet published by AA:
“Part of Bridging the Gap between a treatment program and A.A. is the Temporary Contact Program, which is designed to help the alcoholic in an alcoholism treatment program make that transition. As you know, one of the more “slippery” places in the journey to sobriety is between the door of the facility and the nearest A.A. group or meeting. Some of us can tell you that, even though we heard of A.A. in treatment, we were too fearful to go. A.A. experience suggests that attending meetings regularly is critical. In order to bridge the gap, A.A. members have volunteered to be temporary contacts and introduce newcomers to Alcoholics Anonymous.”
If you would like to volunteer as a Bridge in our community or would to speak with someone about going to a meeting, please call 941-529-1775 or email hibtgap@dist4gsaa.com
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Link to the A.A. Bridging the Gap pamphlet
H & I eMail Links
H &I Committee Coordinators:
Bridge The Gap (hibtgap@dist4gsaa.org)
MC Jail Pod General Population Female
MC Jail Pod General Population Male
Centerstone Residential & Detox
SC Jail General Population Female