What is Bridging the Gap?

Bridging the Gap is a temporary contact program for individuals getting out of treatment or other facilities. A separate program, “Contact upon release” has been created for those leaving correctional facilities.* The concept behind “Bridging the Gap” (BTG) is as old as Alcoholics Anonymous itself — one drunk talking to another, each reinforcing the other’s understanding that they can find a way to face life sober, and build meaningful relationships without alcohol. In order to bridge the gap, A.A. members have volunteered to be temporary contacts and introduce newcomers to Alcoholics Anonymous.

How to get involved as an AA member

If you would like to help in this very important Twelfth Step work, please complete this form and give it to your group’s general service representative (GSR), or email it to your area Treatment Chairperson.

treatment@aa-cedarrapids.org

Volunteer form here

For those needing to be Bridged

If you are in a treatment program and want to stop drinking (or stay stopped), Alcoholics Anonymous wants to help. Bridging the Gap is especially helpful for those who have not been to A.A. or who don’t have strong A.A. connections in the town or city where they will be living after treatment. Many of us have been where you are now and know that the program of A.A. and its fellowship can do for you what it had done for us and countless others.

Bridging the Gap form for Treatment Facilities here