A Day In The Life Of SCV Central Office
By Judy F., info@aascv.org
Hi, I’m Judy and I’m an alcoholic as well as your special worker at your local Santa Clarita Valley Central Office.
It’s Monday, March 23rd of 2026 and the office was opened at 10:00am to the ringing of the phone. Someone calling in looking for Spanish meetings in Santa Clarita. He is temporarily working in the area and looking for meetings to go to while here. Because our local meeting directory is current I was able to direct him to the Spanish speaking meetings at the Rafter’s location every evening at 8:00pm.
Another call came in from someone wanting to make a contribution to Alcoholics Anonymous because he was feeling especially grateful for his sobriety today. I was able to provide him with a couple options for his contribution– he said he wanted to keep it local since it is our office that assists in carrying the message here in Santa Clarita. In our conversation I was able to learn a little about this individual who was nine years sober and pretty much housebound. I’m sending him a directory via mail and offered some suggestions as to local transportation for disabled individuals. I just know when he gets to a meeting people will step up and offer him the transportation needed because that’s just what we do.
I will be getting ready for our Intergroup Meeting tonight. Once a month (4th Monday at 7:00pm) individuals representing meetings here in Santa Clarita give of their time to come and find out what is happening at Central Office, provide their input as to our financial status, literature we carry, what we can be doing better to carry the message to the alcoholic who still suffers. These trusted servants carry the message from central office back to their groups. At the next month’s meeting these IGRs (Intergroup Reps) bring back input and questions from the reports provided. Each meeting here in Santa Clarita can send a representative to Intergroup. We look to these reps for feed back as to the particular needs of the AA fellowship here in Santa Clarita. About 10% of the meetings have representatives.
An order of books from New York was delivered. And I want to shout out to the people who are of service that help make that happen. I order the books, that’s the easy part. They have to make it up those stairs, that’s the hard part. Delivery is made to a sober member who has access to a warehouse for the shipment. Then they are brought to the office to replenish our supply. This is part of the “village” that keeps your local central office running.
People wander in and out all day to purchase literature and chips for meetings. It’s great when a newcomer comes in and they are looking to purchase their first copy of the Big Book and the 12 & 12 because their sponsor suggested they have a copy of both.
I’m not quite sure where I wanted to go with this article as it is now, Wednesday, March 25th and I’m late in getting it to the newsletter team for production.
Whether you are aware of it or not, Central Office is an important link, not only for the AA fellowship here in Santa Clarita but also with GSO in New York. Information on new literature comes directly to Central Office, which then passes it on to your Intergroup Rep, who then brings it to the individual meetings. The financial status of GSO is passed down to Central Office and then can be shared with meetings within their area.
CPC Committees (Cooperation With The Professional Committee) can be set up within your Intergroups. Those committees can then work on carrying the message of Alcoholics Anonymous to the professionals within the community. Literature has been created just for committees as this and available through your local central office.
I have been blessed over the last few years to be your special worker at SCV Central Office. This position has afforded me the opportunity to meet and talk with more people then I could have at any AA meeting. I have learned so much more about Alcoholics Anonymous as a whole – between the history and the organization – I believe it has grounded me more in the importance of our primary purpose and that I am truly responsible “when anyone, anywhere reaches out for help I want the hand of AA to always be there And For That I Am Responsible”.