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Volunteer Opportunities

877-228-2672 or 877-AATAMPA.

"PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE SHOWS THAT NOTHING WILL SO MUCH INSURE IMMUNITY FROM DRINKING AS INTENSIVE WORK WITH OTHER ALCOHOLICS."               

(Alcoholics Anonymous Page 89)

ASK HIM IN YOUR MORNING MEDITATION WHAT YOU CAN DO EACH DAY FOR THE MAN WHO IS STILL SICK (Alcoholics Anonymous Page 164)

"OUR PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO STAY SOBER AND HELP OTHER ALCOHOLICS TO ACHIEVE SOBRIETY"  (AA Preamble)

HERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO CARRY THE AA MESSAGE AND STAY SOBER

DETOX MEETINGS

ACTS - Adult Addictions Receiving Facility

3107 North 50^th StreetTampa, Florida(813) 367-2315 x 205 and

Town & Country Detox

6001 Webb RoadTampa, Florida

These facilities provide a week or less of medical attention and housing for males and females in Hillsborough County who "volunteered" to DETOX. Attendance at these AA meetings is voluntary and rewarding to all those who participate. Those who do attend are either brand new to AA or may have been attempting to do some controlled drinking experiments. Meetings tend to focus on the first three steps and identification with the disease of Alcoholism (The Doctor’s Opinion, first four chapters of the Big Book, speaker, etc.). One-on-one sponsorship is typically not practical while they are at this facility due to the brief residency.

Days and Times for the ACTS - Adult Addictions Receiving Facility Meetings

Day and Time for the Town and Country Detox Meeting

To participate in these rewarding service opportunities,

No formal clearance, orientation or length of sobriety is required…

just a desire to share your Experience, Strength & Hope with another Alcoholic!

Men’s Jail Meetings

Orient Road Jail
1201 Orient Road, Tampa, FL 33619
(813) 247-8300

Falkenburg Road Jail
520 North Falkenburg Road, Tampa, FL 33619
(813) 247-0234

These facilities provides short-term correctional housing/programs for inmates in Hillsborough County. These AA meetings are all voluntary and rewarding to all those who participate. Most of the inmates who attend these meetings have been to AA meetings on the outside but now find themselves inside for various reasons. One-on-one sponsorship is not allowed at either of these facilities. Meetings formats are typically the same as those on the outside (Big Book Study, Speaker, Step Study, etc.).

Days and Times for Orient Road Jail

Days and Times for Falkenburg Road Jail

Men’s "Mandatory" Jail Meetings

Falkenburg Road Jail

520 North Falkenburg Road, Tampa, FL 33619

WOMEN'S JAIL MEETINGS

Days and Times for Orient Road Jail

Days and Times for Falkenburg Road Jail

If you currently hold a clearance (a PV#) from the Hillsborough County Jail system, you are ready to volunteer at either of these institutions. All new volunteers must attend a mandatory jail orientation that will be offered at Orient Road Jail.  These sessions are held quarterly  in January, April July, and October. If you are interested in attending orientation; you must pre-register.

TREATMENT MEETINGS

DACCO (Women’s)

7402 N 56th St. Suite 700    Tampa, FL  

Safe Place

3012 Central Ave   Tampa, FL  

Chrysalis House (Women’s)

5904 S Switzer Ave, Tampa, FL 33611

BayLife

5707 North 22nd Street, Tampa, FL

DACCO (SPEAKER)

3650 N 50th Street, Tampa, FL

Northside Mental Health Center

12512 Bruce B Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL

New Beginnings

1402 Chilkoot, Tampa, FL

     Salvation Army (Speaker)

13815 N Salvation Army Lane, Tampa, FL

Salvation Army (Speaker)

Downtown, Tampa, FL

These facilities provide short-term housing for males and females in Hillsborough County who are actively participating in a drug or alcohol treatment environment. Attendance at these AA meetings may be either voluntary or mandatory, but it is still rewarding to all those who participate. Those who do attend from the facilities are either brand new to AA or newly sober. Meetings tend to focus on the first three steps and identification with the disease of Alcoholism (The doctor’s opinion, First four chapters of the Big Book, speaker, open discussion, etc.). Most of these facilities encourage their “patients” to find a sponsor from the outside while they are still in a structured environment.

Women’s Prison Meetings

Hillsborough Correctional Institution

11150 County Road 672

Riverview, FL 33569
(813) 671-5022

This facility is one of the pioneers for "faith based" prisons in Florida and the US. Inmates are encouraged to seek a spiritual solution to their problems. The AA meetings are voluntary and very rewarding to those who participate, whether they are from the inside or outside. Although the facility houses only female inmates, it will allow both male and female guest speakers to attend and share their Experience, Strength and Hope. What really makes this facility unique is that it allows for one-on-one sponsorship of an inmate from AA women on the outside. This provides the inmates with a real chance to "get sober" by working the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous while still behind bars.

Days and Times for the Hillsborough Correctional Institution

If you currently hold a clearance from the State of Florida Prisons system, you may be ready to volunteer

All new volunteers must attend a mandatory State of Florida Prison Orientation that is offered locally only one or two times a year. If you are interested in attending orientation;contact us and make sure we have your contact information, that way we can notify you when the next orientation is scheduled.

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