On December 16, 2019, an AA meeting and Public Information outreach was held for US soldiers stationed in Poland. This was a joint effort of the recovery community (Warsaw and Gdansk English-speaking AA groups, Association of Recovering Motorcyclists (ARM) Chapter 18, Elk Polish-speaking AA) working hand-in-hand with the military base staff headquarters and personnel. Since […]
Tag: Public Information
AA Goes Underground in Munich
A Public Information Initiative from Intergroup Bavaria and the Munich Newcomers Group. It all started, as it so often does, when we thought about how we could make AA more visible in Bavaria. Spontaneously, I thought of videos in subways or in other public places. I envisioned large posters on highways or buildings, screen advertising […]
Anonymity Online
Note: see also Online Meeting Safety and Anonymity. Anonymity is often described as the greatest safeguard that AA could ever have to ensure its continued existence and growth. However AA is not a secret society nor are we invisible. So how does anonymity work in actual practice? Anonymity at the personal level provides protection […]
Communicating with Healthcare Professionals
The recent Health Liaison Seminar in York brought up some interesting discussion on how AA members can best communicate with professionals working in the healthcare field. Over two days, members shared some great ideas, and it’s worthwhile expanding on a few of them here. We should begin by sharing what the current impediments are to […]
What Next?
Following our recent attendance at the European Mental Health Conference, the question arises “What Next?”. Dorien wrote an excellent article for the Service News in which she spoke about the warm reception that AA was given by the mental health professionals. We, on our side, were also impressed by their dedication and enthusiasm. There was […]
