Solano County
Southern Solano County, California - Vallejo, Benicia & Crockett
Central Office Contact
(707) 745-8822 • 159 East D Street, Benicia, CA 94510

Email: aasolanosouth@att.net

 Central Office Hotline    Central Office Staffing    What is Central Office?
    
A.A. Preamble     Statement of Purpose    
24/7 Central Office Hotline: 707-745-8822
If you are wanting help and need to talk to someone who's been there, please call anytime, day or night. If the office is closed you will be redirected to an answering service that keeps a list of contact people who will get right back to you.

A.A. Preamble

Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking.

There are no dues or fees for A.A. membership; we are self-supporting through our own contributions. A.A. is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy; neither endorses nor opposes any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.

Central Office Staffing

Our Central Office location at 159 East D Street, Benicia, CA, is kept well supplied with approved books, pamphlets and other literature. Ideally, this office is open weekdays from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, and Saturday 10:00 am - 1:00 pm.

Volunteer staff persons sell books and answer the phone, often being the first contact with A.A. a prospective member may have. We are unable to keep the office open if volunteers are not available to fill the shifts. The morning shift is from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm; the afternoon shift from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm. 
See Central Office Newsletter for openings.

The Central Office Service Committee

The Central Office Service Committee meets at 7:30 pm on the first Wednesday of the month at Kaiser CDRP, located at 800 Sereno Drive, Room K, Vallejo, CA. Representatives from our area meetings and the various Central Office Committee Positions meet to discuss issues to ensure the hand of A.A. remains outstretched to members of our community. The range of meetings and individual commitments in our area is outstanding.

In the spirit of rotation, service positions are available beginning each July 1. The sobriety requirement for all positions is one year continuous sobriety. The term for all positions is one year. Please attend the next Central Office Service Committee meeting should you be interested in one of these enriching commitments.
WHAT IS CENTRAL OFFICE?

When a suffering alcoholic calls AA, Central Office is who answers.

The Central Office for District 09, Southern Solano County is located at

159 East D Street, Benicia, CA 94510

Open Monday through Friday 9am - 3pm, Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Phone: 707-745-8822


THE CENTRAL OFFICE:

  • Maintains a 24 hour “help call” answering service.
  • Maintains a 12–Step list and sends AA members on 12–Step calls.
  • Is where people can phone for meeting and event information.
  • Purchases and stores AA literature for groups or individuals to purchase.
  • Maintains an informative website.
  • Creates and Prints meeting schedules.
  • Creates and publishes a Monthly Newsletter.

How Can My Group Get Involved?

  • A Representative from your home-group attends the Monthly Business Meeting that takes place at 7:30 on the 1st Wednesday of each month at the Kaiser CDRP, 800 Sereno Ave, 2nd Floor, Suite K, Vallejo, CA.
  • Individual members can volunteer to answer phones at Central Office. One year sobriety or more required.
  • Fill out the 12th Step list form at Central Office and become available for 12th step calls.
  • Split your group’s 7th tradition collection as suggested in the pamphlet,
  • “Self Support: Where Money and Spirituality Mix” (after the group’s expenses are met.)

District 09 Solano South Central Office
Statement of Purpose


Solano South, A Central Office was formed by the A.A. Groups within Southern Solano County for the express purpose of establishing a means through which the Groups, their members and the general public could be
more effectively served than could be done by the Groups individually.


The services Central Office provides include, but are not limited to:

  • Maintaining a supply of approved books and literature.
  • Assigning “Twelve Step” calls on a geographical basis to members who have volunteered for that service.
  • Publishing a Directory of local A.A. meetings.
  • Serving as a hub for communications between local, regional, national and international groups.
  • Maintaining postings of announcements for activities and events in A.A.
  • Dispensing local information through newsletters and maintaining a website with a meeting directory & incidental changes in schedules between directory printings, an on-line copy of the Big Book, and provide links to other A.A. sites.
  • Maintaining a listing in telephone directories.
  • Handling or forwarding requests for information about A.A. and recovery from alcoholism.
  • Developing and sponsoring social affairs to help maintain a sense of unity.
  • Furnish speakers for A.A. groups and non-A.A. organizations.

These activities are supported by the voluntary contributions of the Groups within the Intergroup area. An accounting of funds received and expenditures made is rendered at each monthly intergroup meeting and held for review by members in the intergroup office.

Every registered A.A. Group in Southern Solano County is automatically a member of this body entitled to representation and a vote at each intergroup meeting.

Any A.A. member is welcome as a guest at all intergroup meetings.


Originally adopted December, 1980. Updated October, 2003. Adopted with revisions, November, 2003

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