Dear Friend in the Professional Community:
This letter comes to you from Alcoholics Anonymous, not as a request for anything, but as an offer of A.A. services through you to your patients, clients, students, congregation members or any other person who may have an alcohol problem with whom you come in contact through your work. Because of your involvement, you are in a unique position to have contact with what we call the “still-suffering alcoholic.”
The purpose of our A.A. Committee for Cooperation with the Professional Community is to be “friendly with our friends” in all walks of life, so that the A.A. message of personal recovery can reach more of those who need and desire our help.
Simply stated, Alcoholics Anonymous is a worldwide fellowship of more than two million men and women who help each other maintain sobriety and who offer to share their recovery experience with others. Anyone who thinks he or she has a drinking problem is welcome at an A.A. meeting.
Much more information about A.A. is available in A.A. literature. In addition, there are many resources available on this site, as well as at http://www.aa.org, the official website of Alcoholics Anonymous in the United States and Canada.
You can also contact our CPC Committee by email. We would be happy to speak with you or to your organization about the program of Alcoholics Anonymous and how we work to help alcoholics, to accompany you or members of your organization to an Open Meeting* of Alcoholics Anonymous, or to provide you with additional A.A. literature, including A.A. meeting information you may provide to any potential alcoholic you might come in contact with.
We welcome the opportunity to speak with you and, if possible, work with you to reach alcoholics who might benefit from our program of recovery.
Sincerely,
CPC Committee,
District 8, Area 1
Alcoholics Anonymous