Service Work

Volunteers are needed for the Hot Line at the AA of Greater Detroit Office. If you have at least one year of continuous sobriety and are willing to do some very rewarding work service work, out Hot Line may be the right place for you.

Volunteers man the Hot Line telephones at the office on alternate weeks.

Monday – Friday: One shift

• 5 pm – 10 pm

Weekends: Three shifts

• 10 am – 2 pm
• 2 pm – 6 pm
• 6 pm – 10 pm

Call the office between 9 am and 5 pm to get scheduled for a train with the Hot Line Coordinators.

Women needed to attend and speak at the monthly meeting at Clearview Women’s Facility at Sacred Heart in Memphis, MI.

Meeting

Volunteer led closed meeting:

• First Tuesday of the month, 7 – 8 pm

Open speaker meeting

• Last Sunday of the month, 7 – 8 pm

Meetings are closed to the women and the volunteers.

We are actively seeking compassionate individuals to host AA meetings within the facility. By volunteering your time and sharing the message of recovery, you can make a profound difference in the lives of those struggling with addiction behind bars. Your support not only helps individuals in their journey to sobriety but also contributes to the larger goal of building a healthier, safer community. Join us in bringing the message of recovery to those who need it most – your participation matters.

We are actively seeking compassionate individuals to host AA meetings within the facility. By volunteering your time and sharing the message of recovery, you can make a profound difference in the lives of those struggling with addiction behind bars. Your support not only helps individuals in their journey to sobriety but also contributes to the larger goal of building a healthier, safer community. Join us in bringing the message of recovery to those who need it most – your participation matters.

As a General Service Representative (G.S.R.), the G.S.R. is responsible for linking one’s Home Group with the whole of A.A. The G.S.R. is asked to serve a two year term (rotation). A group will also typically have an Alternate G.S.R. to help the G.S.R. Having an Alternate is of great assistance in the G.S.R.’s work. The G.S.R. will be asked to keep one’s Home Group informed of all District and Area activities and information along with “passing on” the information incoming from General Service Office (G.S.O.).

The District Committee Member (D.C.M) is an essential link between the group G.S.R. and the Area Delegate to the General Service Conference. As leader of the District Committee made up of all General Service Representatives (G.S.R.) in the district, the D.C.M. is exposed to the group conscience of that district. As a member of the Area Committee, he or she is able to pass on the district’s thinking to the committee.

The D.C.M. carries the collective conscience of the Groups to the Area Committee.

The Secretary records and distributes minutes of the district meetings, keeps mailing lists up to date and sends out district mailings, reports all updates of new and existing groups to the Area Registrar.

The Treasurer keeps financial records for the district and reports regularly at the district meetings.

Cooperating with nonalcoholic professionals is an effective way to carry the message to the sick alcoholic. Such people often meet the alcoholic in places where A.A. is not present. Through professionals, alcoholics may be reached who might otherwise never find the program, or they may be reached sooner with the help of informed non-A.A.s.

Public Information (P.I.) in Alcoholics Anonymous means carrying the message of recovery to the still-suffering alcoholic by informing the general public about the A.A. program. We carry the message by getting in touch with and responding to the media, schools, industry, and other organizations which can report on the nature and purpose of A.A. and what it can do for alcoholics

The Corrections committee is to carry the message of Alcoholics Anonymous to the alcoholic who is confined. The activities of this committee are based on and governed by the Twelve Traditions of A.A. The purpose of this committee is fulfilled in two ways: (1) Taking A.A. meetings into correctional facilities within the district, and (2) Providing G.S.O. conference – approved A.A. literature to inmates. The material in these Guidelines has come from the experience and “growing pains” of A.A. correctional facilities committees.

The Grapevine Chair recruits, trains, and motivates volunteers to go to meetings and carry the message of the Grapevine. The Grapevine Chair creates a Grapevine display to set up at district meetings and events to share the message of what it has to offer. Provides subscription forms and the like to allow more people to enjoy the Grapevine. Typically, the time required for this work would be approximately 1 hour per month, not including time spent at District business meetings.

The L.C.M. Chair recruits, trains, and motivates volunteers to carry the message of the District and its available services to those meetings and groups that do not have a G.S.R. The L.C.M. Chair also assists those groups and meetings that want to become autonomous to do so. Please know that it is not the intent for the L.C.M. and volunteers to become the G.S.R.’s for those meeting. Rather it may be suggested how the group can get connected to A.A. as a whole by having their own G.S.R. If no group member
would like to be G.S.R., it may be suggested that the group elect a main contact.

The T.F Chair has one purpose: to help A.A. members carry the message of Alcoholics Anonymous into Hospital and Treatment Facilities. Additionally, the “Bridge the Gap” committee assists when recovering alcoholics are released from treatment by taking them to a variety of  AA meetings, introduce them to other members of AA, and share the message about sponsorship and a home group.

The Webmaster should have a good working knowledge of computers and the internet. The Webmaster will coordinate with the other committee members to include the DCM, Secretary, Workshop Chair, and District Committee Chairs.

The Newsletter Committee Chair is responsible for gaining all the information about events, meeting needs, and future events in and outside the district. The newsletter is intended to support local events, conferences, and meetings in and outside the district. Typically the newsletter follows a guideline of publishing a step per month along with providing a grapevine newsletter on the back of the newsletter related to that step. District and meeting needs can also be published in the newsletter along with general information relevant to AA that may help those who read it.