“If you’re a member of the professional
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Area 10 C.P.C. Committee Meeting Information
We will be holding monthly meetings on the first Saturday of every month from 1:00 pm - 3:00pm, at the Alano Club in Wheatridge, 5510 W 44th Street, rear, upstairs.
Purpose The
"Cooperation with the Professional Community" Committee
Is responsible for
providing information about A.A. to the professionals that
have contact with alcoholics through their profession.
Information is provided about what A.A. does and does not do.The
committee members are available to contact and discuss
with local professionals (in this case, Area 10 Colorado),
how to effectively cooperate so that A.A.
can carry the message to the still suffering alcoholic.
By action of the General Service Board, January
1970, the trustees' Committee on Cooperation With the
Professional Community (C.P.C) - a spin off from the Public Information
Committee - was developed. A similar Conference committee was
formed the following year. Since that time, AA members
in local areas have been responding to local need by
establishing C.P.C. committees.
A.A. is considered by many professionals
to be a valuable resource for alcoholics who want help.
When there is a good working relationship between A.A.
members in the community and paid alcoholism workers,
the sick alcoholic is the winner - he or she gets the
help needed from both.
We are not in competition with these non
A.A.s; we have our separate functions. A.A. is not in
the business of education, research, medicine, counseling,
treatment, prevention, or funding. We simply have a message
to carry about a program of recovery for alcoholics
- a program that works for hundreds of thousands who
want it.
The professional can help the alcoholic
want it - by education, counseling, and rehabilitative
treatment - and can also be of aid through making the
community aware of and care about the millions still
suffering from the progressive illness of alcoholism.
Members of this committee
provide information about A.A. to those who
have contact with alcoholics through their profession.
This group includes health care professionals, educators,
members of the clergy, lawyers, social workers, union
leaders, and industrial managers, as well as those working
in the field of alcoholism. Information is provided about
where we are, what we are, what we can do, and what we
cannot do.
GETTING STARTED One of the best
ways to start your C.P.C. Twelfth Step work is to read
the C.P.C. Workbook, which is a bounty of information
gathered from A.A.'s past experience in C.P.C. work.
C.P.C. KIT AND PAMPHLETS The C.P.C. Kit contains information on all
aspects of C.P.C. service, including the C.P.C. Workbook.
The Kit also includes a history of C.P.C. since
its beginnings, Guidelines,
literature catalog & order form, pamphlets and copies
of Box 4-5-9 (which may include a section on C.P.C.
news) and About A.A.,
our newsletter for professionals along with a sample
sign-up card. It is suggested that the basic "text" for
C.P.C. committee members is the Conference approved pamphlet..."How
A.A. Members Cooperate With Professionals." Most C.P.C.
committees have found it helpful for each member to have
a personal copy of the Cooperation With the Professional
Community Workbook. G.S.O. (the General Service Office)
furnishes a C.P.C. Kit to the area committee chairperson
at no charge. Additional Kits and Workbooks may be purchased.
A.A. ® Guidelines
from G.S.O., Box 459, Grand Central Station, New York,
NY 10163 A.A. Guidelines are
compiled from the shared experience of A.A. members
in various service areas. They also reflect guidance
given through the Twelve Traditions and the General Service
Conference (U.S. and Canada). In keeping with our Tradition
of autonomy, except in matters affecting other groups
or A.A. as a whole, most decisions are made by the group
conscience of the members involved. The purpose of these
Guidelines is to assist in reaching an informed group
conscience. Cooperation With the Professional Community
C.P.C. IN ACTION One suggestion is to work with one group of
professionals at a time. When a list of professionals
has been compiled, members of the C.P.C. committee would
make an initial contact (by letter, phone or face-to-face),
and offer to come and talk about what A.A. can and cannot
do. You might also offer to take a professional or student
to an open A.A. meeting in your area or provide A.A.
literature describ ing our A.A. program of recovery,
stressing our eagerness to act as a resource to the recovering
alcoholic.
PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES The Area C.P.C. committee may request
to be placed on the mailing list with community, state or area
professional agencies. Specific suggestions and information about
exhibiting at professional meetings is available from GSO.
PRESENTATIONS See the C.P.C. Workbook for suggestions on
presentations you might give in your community. Most
C.P.C. committee members will be informed on A.A. and
its history, and are able to give an accurate and positive
impression of Alcoholics Anonymous. We stress our primary
purpose, and Traditions of non affiliation, self-support
and anonymity. Please keep in touch with us so that we
may share your activities with others.
LITERATURE The Conference-approved Literature
and Other Service Material catalog has a section on C.P.C.
specific items. There is also a catalog for Special
Needs, and much of the literature is also available in
Spanish and French.
BASIC C.P.C. LITERATURE For C.P.C. Committee
Members Speaking at Non- A.A. Meetings
How A.A. Members Cooperate. . . C.P.C. Workbook
A Member's-Eye View of A.A. Understanding Anonymity
Let's Be Friendly With Our Friends Information on Alcoholics Anonymous
Three Talks to Medical Societies by Bill W. A.A. Membership
Survey
For Professionals Understanding Anonymity Let's Be Friendly With Our Friends
If You Are a Professional. . . A.A. as a Resource
for the Members of the Clergy Ask About A.A. Health Care Professional
Problems Other Than Alcohol A.A. Membership Survey Is There
an Alcoholic in the Workplace? A Message to Correctional This
Is A.A. Facilities Professionals A.A. In Your Community Information on Alcoholics Anonymous
For more detailed information view and
print the C.P.C Guidelines by clicking on the link below: Download
the C.P.C. Guidelines
For more information, or if you are a
professional looking for an AA Presentation, click on
the following link: The
Area 10 C.P.C Chair
* Links to CPC meeting lists, CPC literature,
and other information will be available when we reach Phase II
of our website development.
