Service
* "Our Twelfth Step — carrying the message — is the basic service that the A.A. Fellowship gives; this is our principal aim and the main reason for our existence. Therefore, A.A. 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 A.A. 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 A.A.’s General Service Office for national and international action. The sum total of all these services is 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."
** "A.A. as such ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve."
Hence, an A.A. 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 A.A.’s General Service Office for national and international action. The sum total of all these services is 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."
** "A.A. as such ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve."
We are District 16B (four county area), which is part of Area 16 (the State of Georgia).
Area 17 is State of Georgia's Spanish Linguistic Service Area
Area 17 is State of Georgia's Spanish Linguistic Service Area
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Georgia District 16B Service Committees exist to inform, encourage, and support individuals and groups in carrying the message of recovery to the still-suffering alcoholic.
Service Committee meetings are held monthly and are open to A.A. members who either currently represent an active A.A. group or wish to learn more about A.A. Service.
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* Reprinted from A.A.'s Legacy of Service, page 3, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
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