Panel 72 Committee Chair: Linnea M.
E-mail: Treatment@LongBeachAA.org
Treatment Facilities Workbook
Bridging the Gap
Committee Chair Responsibilities:
- Attend at least 6 Area Treatment Facilities meetings per year and report to the district on activities.
- Form, maintain, and facilitate a District 4 Treatment Facilities Committee made up of GSRs and interested members.
- Encourage GSRs to promote Treatment Facilities “Bridging the Gap” program with their groups.
- Send letters to all treatment facilities in the district explaining what A.A. does and does not do. (The video “Hope: Alcoholics Anonymous” has been a useful tool for both staff and patients.)
- Coordinate with H & I and facility administration, to take A.A. meetings into facilities within the district.
- Encourage group participation for them to have a representative on the T.F. committee.
- Coordinate temporary group member contact information for inpatients being released.
- Arrange purchase and distribution of literature for these groups and meetings.
- Seek to understand, respect, and adhere to all treatment facility regulations in the district.
- Make information about A.A.’s function and purpose available to treatment staff.