OPEN LETTER
Of the INTERNATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF RUSSIAN – SPEAKING OF GROUPS ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
to AA groups, Committees, Intergroups, Regional and Central Committees, AA Conferences and the individual AA members.
Dear friends!
We are pleased to inform you that in accordance with the A.A. ® Service Manual/Twelve Concepts for World Services, A.A. ® Guidelines for Central or Intergroup Offices, and A.A. ® Guidelines for Internet Issued by the Alcoholics Anonymous General Services Office USA and Canada (G.S.O.) in New York, AA members representing 23 countries in which AA meetings in Russian are conducted on regular basis, but no local Russian-language Service structure is available, decided to create the “Union of Russian-Speaking Alcoholics Anonymous “, subsequently renamed to “International Assembly of Russian-Speaking groups of Alcoholics Anonymous” .
Our primary purpose is to help Russian-speaking groups of Alcoholics Anonymous to carry its message of recovery to alcoholics who still suffer.
We ask for your assistance and support!
If you know a Russian-speaking alcoholics who need help, who have difficulties attending meetings in your country, who do not know where to buy the Big Book in Russian or who want to start a new meeting, please give them our Contact information.
Help us to help them!