A.A. Bridging the Gap Program

If you are interested in learning more about a temporary contact for yourself or you are a community professional looking to help someone in your facility, please fill out the Temporary Request Form

or email us at: bridgingthegap@area34aa.org
This will put you in touch with our Area 34 Bridging the Gap Coordinator.

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Bridging The Gap Pamphlet
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Bridging the Gap
Procedures

1. A confined person with a drinking problem is eligible for this program when they are within days to three months of being released.

2. They fill out a form giving their name, age, gender, and release date along with a phone number and address where released if possible; a general location if not.

3. Bridging the Gap Coordinator will match them with a suitable temporary contact, taking into consideration age, gender, and destination.

4. After selection, the temporary contact will confirm the request with he new member.

5. The new member and the temporary contact will then make arrangements to meet after the release date and attend their first A.A. meeting together.

What do A.A. members do?(temporary contacts)

1. Offer experience, Strength, and Hope.

2. Being available immediately after leaving a facility.

3. Taking the person to an Alcoholic Anonymous meeting.

4. Offering ride(s) to and from A.A. meetings.

5. Introduces the individual to other sober members.

6. Provide them with literature and meeting schedules.

Suggestions for Bridging the Gap Volunteer
Do's & Don't's

How it all comes
together

Area 34 is comprised of 18 geographical Districts
(local communities)
who coordinate Bridging the Gap collectively to A.A. as a whole.

These Districts respond to the needs of A.A. members who are in facilities within their local vicinity.

They cooperate with each other to accommodate requests throughout the UNITY of Alcoholics Anonymous communication pathways.

A.A.'S Bridging the Gap Program is designed to assist new members after their release from a hospital, treatment facility, or a correctional institution.

In A.A., this service is commonly referred to as
Bridging the Gap Program.