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About Us
Worcester Area Intergroup is an Alcoholics Anonymous intergroup serving the still sick alcoholic and AA community in central and metrowest Massachusetts.
Note: Due to Covid-19, the office is closed until further notice.
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WAI Services
WAI provides services and resources to the still-sick alcoholic and local AA community, including:
» 24-hour hotline (HALTline)
» AA meeting lists (Printed Lists and Online Listing)
» An office open to the public (WAI Office Hours)
» An inventory of materials (Bookstore, Order Form)
» A calendar of local AA events (Online Calendar)
» A newsletter & electronic publication (The Beacon)
» AA service volunteers (Service Volunteers)
» A confidential 12th step call list (Signup Form)
» A bookie-to-bookie exchange (BookieXchange)
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Supporting WAI
WAI is funded by AA members and groups via AA literature sales and contributions.
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Worcester Area Intergroup, Inc.
100 Grove Street Suite 314
Worcester MA 01605
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To support WAI on a recurring basis: see the "Faithful Fivers form".
Worcester Area Towns & Villages
WAI Membership, Officers & Service Positions
WAI is overseen by two committees, a Steering Committee and a Delegates Committee which together comprise the membership of WAI. Both committees meet on the 2nd Thursday each month. All interested A.A.s and intergroup delegates are invited and encouraged to attend the monthly WAI committee meetings (for directions: click here).
The Steering Committee — the officers of WAI — consists of a chairperson, secretary, treasurer and their alternates, the office manager, and four trustees. The Steering Committee oversees the daily operations and finances of WAI. The Delegates Committee consists of the intergroup delegates from local AA groups. The Delegates Committee votes on all matters beyond the scope of the Steering Committee. At the delegates committee meeting WAI service committee chairpersons give reports, and all attendees can ask questions or share ideas, information, or concerns.
WAI officers, staff, and service positions, with email links, are shown below. For more information on WAI and its operations, see the document WAI Guidelines.
A.A. General Service Structure and Intergroups
The AA service structure is often depicted as an " inverted triangle." At the bottom are two corporate entities: A.A. World Services Inc. (AAWS) and A.A. Grapevine Inc. (GV), which are governed by a General Service Board which in turn is governed by area delegates voting at the General Service Conference.
North America is geographically partitioned into Regions, which are further divided into Areas, which in turn are divided into Districts and within each district – at the top of the triangle – are the A.A. groups.
An A.A. Intergroup (or Central Office) is a committee or organization that exists to serve the local A.A. community. Intergroups often have a 24-hour hotline, an office, and service committees and resources to support AA's primary purpose: to help the sick and suffering alcoholic.
Intergroups and central offices have existed since the early days of A.A. and operate independently of A.A.’s general service structure. Many intergroups are incorporated, nonprofit entities governed by charters or bylaws and elected officers and delegates, and may employ paid staff members.
An Intergroup Committee is mainly composed of Delegates from local AA groups. Each AA group can elect a delegate to represent them at Intergroup committee meetings. A delegate is an A.A. group’s link to an Intergroup, equivalent to the General Service Reps (GSRs) that represents a group at the AA District and Area assemblies. A district committee may also have an Intergroup delegate, or Intergroup Liaison, that serves as a conduit between an AA district and the intergroup. An intergroup, in turn, may have an Area Liaison to represent the intergroup at area assemblies and committee meetings.
In addition to WAI, within Massachusetts' two areas—Eastern Mass (Area 30) and Western Mass (Area 31)—are the Eastern Mass Central Service Office in Boston, the Western Mass Intergroup Office in Holyoke, the Berkshire Intergroup Office, the Cape Cod Intergroup Office, the Martha's Vineyard Intergroup, and the Nantucket Intergroup.
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