Temecula Valley Intergroup 24 Hour Hotline invites your group to participate

"I am responsible, when anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help I want the hand of A.A. always to be there. And for that: I am responsible."

Possibly the most important job that Intergroup does is maintain the 24 Hour Hotline.  This phone line allows the hand of A.A. to always be there to anyone who needs Alcoholics Anonymous' critical help, meeting information or to speak with another alcoholic.  During working hours the phones are staffed by Temecula Valley Central Office Volunteers from 10am - 5:30pm Monday thru Friday and 9am - 12pm on Saturdays.  When the Central Office is closed the phone is answered by volunteer A.A. Groups who divert the calls to their home phones.

Most Groups that have volunteered find that by sharing their experience, strength and hope, they not only get to help a fellow alcoholic, but they also empower their own sobriety.

Any A.A. Group within our service area can participate.  It is asked that your group identify a single representative who then becomes the liaison and coordinator between the hotline committee and the group.  The group Rep would be responsible for informing the group of scheduled days, and ensuring the phone is being forwarded to a sober member who is prepared to answer the phone and provide assistance when needed. It is suggested that your group representative have a year of sobriety, a working knowledge of the 12 Steps and an understanding of the 12 Traditions.  The group can determine the requirements for its members who answer the phones.  It's a great experience. It gives you a chance to be personally (though anonymously) helpful to others. It's fun to welcome a visitor who called to ask about where local meetings are. Many calls are routine questions, but now and then you get to try to allay the fears and awaken the hope of a suffering alcoholic, while telling him or her an AA member will contact him or her soon.

 

If you have a home group and would like it to be of service then discuss it at your next business meeting, during the break or as an AA Announcement.

 

“For us, if we neglect those who are still sick, there is unremitting danger to our own lives and sanity.  Under these compulsions of self preservation, duty and love, it is not strange that our society has concluded that it has but one high mission to carry the AA message to those who don’t know there is a way out.” Pg 151 of the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.