Alcoholics Anonymous Oregon Area 58

 

After a long delay, AA meetings have resumed at the Oregon State Hospital!

Our roster is short with only 14 cleared volunteers and we need more volunteers. Sobriety requirement is a minimum of 6 months and everyone must fill out and submit clearance forms that include a criminal background check. They must also take a TB Test and attend an orientation conducted by the hospital once they have cleared.

The State Hospital has asked the Oregon Area Hospital Committee to find 4 volunteers for a timeslot of the volunteers’ choosing. The commitment is once a month, but all teams are given rosters of all cleared volunteers and substitutions from the ‘cleared volunteer list’ are acceptable. No less than 2 AA Volunteers can come nor more than 6 AA volunteers at one time.

A major change is that we will no longer be going into actual wards. Our teams will be directed to ‘the Gym’ in Bldg. 50 or into ‘the Mall’ in the Transitional living compound, and an all ward invitation goes out for patients to attend. Patients will be accompanied by staff of the hospital (a maximum of 2 patients per staff person) who will attend the meeting as well.  Meeting will have a rotating format of Speaker meeting, Panel Discussion or Break-Outs into 4 smaller more traditional AA meetings.

As of August 30, 2010 there are 2 meetings being taken into the Oregon State Hospital in Salem. The first is a last Monday of the month from 8-9PM. The other is the 2nd Saturday of the month from 7-8PM that begins on Sept. 11, 2010.

There are also cleared volunteers interested in starting up meetings on a Wednesday from 9-11 at the Mall and another on a Sunday with timing to be determined.

Also our Area Chair will be accepting resumes at the September Assembly for the following open positions on our Committee: Co-Chair and Assistant Chair.

Sign up now and join a team to bring the AA Message into the State Hospital!

Contacting Hospitals Committee:

Hospitals Chair: Suzanne B. hospital@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