The Service Center assists the groups in the service area (generally Contra Costa County, California) to meet our common primary purpose: to stay sober and help the next sufferer to achieve sobriety. 
The Service Center provides:
- 24-hour AA Hot Line and 12 Step List to “carry the message”
- The Communique: your monthly newsletter keeping you informed – published monthly
- Alcoholics Anonymous publications for sale (Big Book, etc.) See Price Sheet
- Free pamphlets (to all service area AA Groups)
- Newcomer’s packet (see description below)
- Meeting Database and downloadable meeting schedules, updated monthly
- All-Groups’ Speaker Meeting & Birthday Celebration, held monthly
- Public information speakers
- Secretary, Treasurer, and other service positions’ workshops
- Organizing special events including Service Center Anniversary Celebrations, Traditions Breakfasts, Golf Tournaments, New Year’s Events as feasible under gradually-relaxing Covid restrictions
- Streaming audio (see below) and audio rental library with over 800 recorded A.A. speakers
- Answers to inquiries from individuals and outside agencies about Alcoholics Anonymous
- Record-keeping and information source for A.A. Groups
- Cooperation with General Service
- A welcoming and safe place for all alcoholics to come for help and to be with others in recovery
Related entities serving the Contra Costa County area:
- Hospitals & Institutions Committee of Northern California: bringing meetings and literature to those who cannot leave their facility. The activity of this entity is much restricted by Covid safety protocols at this time.
- Bridging the Gap (Committee of the Norther California Coastal District 06): helping those recently-released to find support for their sobriety in our fellowship.
Audio Library
Click for a list of audio files available to stream from our Audio Library
Service Center Forms
Please help us keep our records (and web site) up to date.
- New Meeting Application (PDF) or (Word doc)
- Meeting Change (PDF)
- Change of Secretary (PDF)
- Intergroup Representative Change (PDF)
Newcomer Packets
The Newcomer Packet contains information useful to the newcomer or anyone curious about Alcoholics Anonymous, including:
- Handi-card (AA Preamble, 12 Steps, 12 Traditions, Serenity Prayer)
- AA at a glance (leaflet)
- Alcoholics Anonymous: A Guide for the Beginner (leaflet)
- Information on Alcoholics Anonymous (Pamphlet F-2)
- Is AA For You? (Pamphlet P-3)
- A Newcomer Asks (Pamphlet P-24)
- This Is A.A.: An Introduction to the AA Recovery Program (Pamphlet P-1)
Newcomer packets are available at the Service Center for $1.00 each.