The General Service Conference approved literature we purchase with money donated by members of Alcoholics Anonymous is dispersed to the various Valleywide H&I Coordinators to distribute to the various hospitals, treatment centers, jails, and prisons throughout the Valley to confined alcoholics. If you chair an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in a hospital or institution where the attendees are confined you will coordinate with your respective coordinator to get books inside.
Used and new Grapevine issues can be donated by homegroups and will go to confined alcoholics. Non-General Service Conference Approved Literature will not be distributed by this committee in keeping with the Traditions.
Currently, we make a literature order every 2 months and distribute up to 1/2 of in stock literature each month over a 2 month period in an attempt to ensure literature will be available for distribution to the Valleywide H&I Coordinators each month. For September and October we spent $9,263.40 purchasing literature from the General Service Office in New York.
After distribution to the coordinators last month we had this left over in stock; 1 case of Big Books, 0 cases of 12X12s, 8 cases of Spanish Big Books, 0 cases of Spanish 12X12s, 5 cases of Pocket Abridged Big Books, 4 cases of Spanish Pocket 12X12s, 6.5 cases of Large Print Abridged Big Books, and 21 cases of AA in Prison.
This month, from GSO, we ordered 58 cases of literature; 42 cases of Big Books,
5 cases Pocket Big Books, 10 cases of pocket size 12X12s, and 1 case of It Sure Beats Sitting in a Cell Pamphlets:
| Case Qty. | Per Book | Cost | Cases | Total | |||
| Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) (B-30) | 20 | $7.46 | $149.20 | 42 | $6,266.40 | ||
| AA – Pocket-size (B-35) | 40 | $4.10 | $164.00 | 5 | $820.00 | ||
| 12X12 Pocket-size (B-17) | 40 | $5.33 | $213.20 | 10 | $2,132.00 | ||
| It Sure Beats Sitting in a Cell (P33) | 250 | $0.18 | $45.00 | 1 | $45.00 | ||
| Total | $9,263.40 | ||||||
Additionally, we went ahead and got some of the free pamphlets: 200 of Where Do I Go From Here, 20 of Carrying the Message into Correctional Facilities, 20 of Primary Purpose Cards, 20 of Problems other than Alcohol Excerpt, 20 of A Message To Teenagers, 20 of Information on AA, and 20 of AA At a Glance. I have wanted to do this for a while and am looking forward to input from the Coordinators of the Hospitals and Institutions.
The best way to reach me is by a telephone voice call concerning any questions or comments. Also, Valleywide H&I does have a Steering Committee that will consider any and all topics of potential importance.
In service,
Aaron B. 480-202-8993, Literature Coordinator,
Valleywide H&I, PO Box 80126, Phoenix, AZ 85060-0126