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 to new members from being recognised as alcoholics, and […]
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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 […]
First Meeting of Young People’s Project
A video conceived and developed by the Young Peoples Project has been published and is available for viewing on YouTube. You can see it here! Background on the Young People’s Project An invitation was put out “Calling all younger members…”, in the Summer 2014 edition of AA Service News and on the GSO York website via […]
[UPDATE] Netherlands Intergroup Evaluates Google AdWords campaign
[Editor’s Note: This is an update on the Google AdWords Campaign initiated in October 2013 and reported in the ArenA newsletter on December 13, 2013. Click on http://alcoholics-anonymous.eu/arena/?p=143 to access the original article.] From October 2013 until January 2014, Intergroup The Netherlands conducted a trial Google AdWords campaign, targeted at people with a drinking problem […]
