Treatment Committees

• bring the message of hope for recovery to alcoholics in a variety of treatment settings
• demonstrate to administrators and staff “how it works” and are instruments of attraction to the A.A. program
• provide information about A.A., as well as literature and guidelines for setting up A.A. meetings in treatment facilities and outpatient settings

• Send a list of Treatment Committee meetings to all D.C.M.s and to local intergroup/central offices.
• Invite Corrections, Cooperation with the Professional Community, and Public Information Committee liaisons to Treatment Committee meetings.
• Make presentations to treatment facilities or outpatient treatment settings and offer regular presentations to accommodate staff changes.
• Set up Treatment Committee literature displays at district meetings, area meetings, seminars, conventions, etc.
• Create a local Treatment Committee presentation based on the Treatment Committee Workbook and local experience for psychiatric hospitals, assisted living facilities, youth noncorrectional facilities, shelters, sober houses, and a variety of other treatment settings. Use of the DVD Hope: Alcoholics Anonymous or the DVD A.A. Videos for Young People, where appropriate, may be helpful.
• Contact assisted living facilities, to offer A.A. presentations or meetings.
• Contact psychiatric hospitals to offer A.A. presentations or meetings.
• Contact homeless shelters and offer A.A. presentations or meetings.
• Contact sober houses and offer A.A. presentations or meetings.
• Contact outpatient rehabilitation programs and offer A.A. presentations or meetings.
• Contact local Veterans Administration Hospitals or facilities and offer A.A. presentations or meetings.
• Create a Temporary Contact (Bridging the Gap) program.

For more ideas like this, see the Treatment Committee Workbook.