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PI/CPC CommitteePublic Information |
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Like all of A.A., the primary purpose of members involved with public information service is to carry the A.A. message to the alcoholic who still suffers. Working together, members of local Public Information committees convey A.A. information to the general public, including the media. Cooperation With The Proffesional CommunityBy 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, A.A. 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. These committees would like to encourage more AA members to get involved. As an AA member, your help is needed in service. Interested? Contact: Dustin R. or dist14picpc@yahoo.com Committee Officers
Dustin R. -- Chair |