AREA 16 TREATMENT FACILITIES - BRIDGE THE GAP-TREATMENT

 

The Bridge the Gap Committee of Area 16 (Georgia) is made up of Alcoholics Anonymous members from across the state. The program provides ALCOHOLICS with a contact, prior to their release, who will help them make the transition from A.A. meetings on the inside to A.A. in the community.

We believe that the most important time in an alcoholic’s recovery is the first 24 to 48 hours after his or her release. It is our collective experience in A.A. that sobriety is vital to staying out of treatment in the future. Regular attendance at A.A. meetings is vital to sobriety and should begin the day the alcoholic is released. It is no different for those of us in A.A. who has not been in treatment facilities.

Neither Bridge the Gap nor Alcoholics Anonymous provides housing, food, clothing, job, money or other welfare or social services. The role of the volunteer is to take the newly released alcoholic to an A.A. meeting on the outside. (Male contacts will be assigned to male alcoholics, females to females.) Our primary purpose is to stay sober, and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety.

HOW BRIDGE THE GAP WORKS

  1. The Alcoholic requests a Bridge the Gap application, and fills out the information form.
  2. The Alcoholic mails the application to Bridge the Gap.
  3. The Bridge the Gap coordinator will make contact with an A.A. volunteer in the area where the Alcoholic will be released, providing him or her with the Alcoholic’s information.
  4. If time allows, the volunteer will contact the Alcoholic by mail, and provide the Alcoholic with information on A.A. in the community where he or she will be released.
  5. It is the Alcoholic’s responsibility to notify the A.A. volunteer upon release, using the information that the volunteer has provided to the Alcoholic.

 

 

IF YOUR RELEASE DATE HAS BEEN FIXED, AND IS LESS THAN 6 MONTHS AWAY,

Complete this form and mail it today. Please fill out the form completely.

 

If your post-release home will be in Georgia, send this form to:

Bridge the Gap-Treatment

P.O. Box 7325

Macon, GA 31209

If your post-release home will be in a state OTHER than Georgia, send this form to:

A.A. General Services Office, Treatment Desk

P.O. Box 459, Grand Central Station,

New York, NY 10163

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Area 16 Bridge the Gap-Treatment               P.O. Box 7325               Macon, GA 31209

 

Alcoholic REQUEST FORM

 

Your First and Last Name: ________________________________ Male: _____or Female: _____

 

Town_________________________________ Expected Release Date: ____________________

 

Current Mailing Address: _________________________________________________________

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Address and/or Phone number After Release: _________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________