Harbor Area Central Office
Long Beach, California
Harbor Area Central Office
The Harbor Area Central Office is the public service office located in Area 9, Districts 2 & 4. The paid staff address service requests from groups, individual members and the interested public. They maintains a current stock of A.A. literature for sale to groups and individuals, receive contributions, and assists with maintaining a directory of active meetings.
In accord with the Twelve Traditions, inquiries received by telephone or in person from members of A.A., alcoholics who are still suffering, family members and/or concerned friends who are suffering, are handled by Central Office volunteers. These volunteers work during the normal office hours from 9:00 am -5:00 pm Monday through Friday. When the office is closed incoming calls are forwarded directly to local volunteers’ telephones, thus providing 24 hour a day coverage. The volunteers answer questions about alcoholism, recovery, meeting times and locations, and the program of Alcoholics Anonymous. In some cases, it may become necessary for the volunteers to arrange for a sober alcoholic to visit a problem drinker who requests help.
We are here to help spread the message of AA. If you have questions, please contact us.
Trust God
If I admit to the God of my understanding that I am powerless over alcohol and then surrender any difficulties I have, then I no longer come from a place of fear, but of trust.
Clean House
To the best of my ability, I strive to be rigorously honest with others and myself.
Help Others
A beautiful way of making peace with the world around me and inspiring others. It’s paying it forward.
Activity Centers Within Central Office
Harbor Area Sub-Committees
Action and Responsibility
The Action and Responsibility Chair is an elected position which visit with registered groups and discusses the importance of participating on the Service Committee. For the complete job description and duties please click below.
After Hours Phone Chair
The Harbor Area Service Committee After Hours Telephone Committee Chairman is elected each year to select and chair a committee whose responsibility is to answer calls coming in to Alcoholics Anonymous during the hours the Central Office is closed. For the complete job description see below.
Archives Chair
The Harbor Area Archives Committee Chairman is elected each year to select and chair a committee whose responsibility is to promote the importance of, acquire new material for and maintain the Archives for Alcoholics Anonymous in the Harbor Area. The Harbor Area Archives Committee actively seeks historical information regarding the beginnings of A.A. in the Harbor Area and background information of the various groups and meetings that are, or have been, in existence. For the complete job description see below.
General Service Representative Liaison
The Harbor Area Central Office Group Representative Chairman serves as the liaison to the Central Office Group Representatives. For the complete description please see below.
Hospitals & Institutions Committee Liaison
A standing committee of the Harbor Area Service Committee. This
committee is self-regulating. Administers and conducts panels for
the hospitals, detox, rehab, and sober living facilities along
with psychiatric institutions in the Harbor Area that desire in
person AA meetings.
Program Chair
The Harbor Area Service Committee Program Committee Chairman is elected to select and chair a committee whose responsibility is to conduct fund raising events to help raise funds to finance the operation of the Harbor Area Central Office. For the complete description please click here.
Public Information Chair
The Harbor Area Service Committee Public Information Committee Chairman is elected to select and chair a committee whose responsibility entails informing the “non-Alcoholics Anonymous community” in regard to A.A.’s purpose on behalf of the Harbor Area Service Committee. For the detailed job description please click here.
Twelve Step Work / In Office Phones Chair
The Harbor Area Service Committee Twelve Step Work Committee Chairman is elected each year to assist in the operation of the Harbor Area Central Office. To obtain scheduled volunteers to answer phones at Harbor Area Central Office. For a complete job description please click here.
Website Chair Liaison
The Harbor Area Website Chairman is elected each year and is responsible for the content of the Central Office website, subject to review by the Harbor Area Service Board and the Harbor Area Service Committee. For a complete and detailed job description please click here.
Central Office Manager
The Harbor Area Central Office adheres to the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous. Therefore, the Central Office Manager must understand the Traditions thoroughly in order to maintain this adherence. . For a complete and detailed job description please click here.
Central Office Staff
The Harbor Area Central Office adheres to the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous. Therefore, the Central Office Staff must understand the Traditions thoroughly in order to maintain this adherence. For a complete and detailed job description please click here.
Representative Registrar
The Harbor Area Service Representative Registrar serves as a liaison to group representation. For a complete and detailed job description please click here.
Volunteer Leadership
Harbor Area Service Board
THE HARBOR AREA SERVICE BOARD – The Harbor Area Service Board; (Board) members, are Trusted Servants of the Harbor Area Service Committee. They provide the liaisons between the Service Committee and the Harbor Area Central Office (Central Office) and keeps the Service Committees informed of any office needs. Their services include the staffing of the Central Office and the general administration and operations of the office. The Board consists of five members who serve on a rotating basis for a period of five years. On January first of each year, the Chairman (Chair One) is retired, the remaining chairmen then move up one chair (chair two becomes chair one, etc.) and a new Chair Five is elected by the Central Office Group Representative’s to the Service Committee in December of each year.