Alcoholics Anonymous Oregon Area 58
Hospitals Committee
What The Hospitals Committee does:
The committee helps to schedule and bring outside members of Alcoholics Anonymous into meetings at the Oregon State Hospital(s). The main facility is in Salem with a small facility in Portland.
Although AA has no affiliation with the Oregon State Hospital, the hospital has allowed us to supply meetings to assist their patient’s alcoholic recovery for over 50 years. The meetings are independent of staff and any other treatment or conditions of the patients.
Presently we have 14 meetings in different wards in Salem and two in Portland. The meetings provided are of different types, ranging from general discussion, step studies, book studies and speaker meetings. Some wards are all men, some coed and some adolescents. We need 90 or more volunteers a year to fill the needs of the schedule. We offer numerous opportunities for volunteers to assist us in service. Some volunteers commit to one meeting a month, some to a few a year, some as one-time speakers, some as an on-call basis. The hands are reaching out and we need the help of AA always to be there. We need you.
Please look at our attachments:
State Hospital 2006 Schedule and Information (pdf)
Inside Out (a series of Grapevine-like pieces offering experience, strength and hope from patients grateful to be members of AA) - Volume 1:1, Volume 1:2, Volume 1:3, Volume 1:4
The Oregon State Hospital is a wonderful place to carry the message.
I invite you to contact us with any questions by clicking on the email addresses provided.
Contacting Hospitals Committee:
Hospitals Chair: Eric F. hospital@aa-oregon.org
Hospitals Co-Chair: Wayne W. hospital-co@aa-oregon.org
Hospitals Asst Chair: Sandra V. hospital-asst@aa-oregon.org
"Each of us in turn -- that is, the member who gets the most out of the program -- spends a very large amount of time on Twelfth Step work in the early years. That was my case, and perhaps I should not have stayed sober with less work."
Bill W. Letter 1959
