About AA GTA

Helping Alcoholics Find Recovery Throughout the Greater Toronto Area

Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) is a worldwide fellowship of people who share their experience, strength, and hope with one another so they may solve their common problem and help others recover from alcoholism.

The primary purpose of A.A. is simple: to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.

AA GTA serves as a central resource for Alcoholics Anonymous groups and members throughout the Greater Toronto Area. We help connect people seeking help with local meetings, recovery resources, and members of Alcoholics Anonymous who are willing to share their experience.

Whether you are looking for help with a drinking problem, searching for a meeting, helping a family member, or seeking information about A.A., we are here to help you find the resources you need.

What Is Alcoholics Anonymous?

Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who have discovered a way to live without alcohol. Membership is open to anyone who has a desire to stop drinking.

There are no dues or fees for A.A. membership. A.A. is self-supporting through the voluntary contributions of its members and is not affiliated with any religion, political organization, institution, or outside enterprise.

Recovery in A.A. is based on one alcoholic helping another through the shared experience of recovery and the practice of the Twelve Steps.

How AA GTA Serves the Fellowship

AA GTA exists to support local A.A. groups in carrying the message of recovery.

Services may include:

  • Maintaining meeting information for the Greater Toronto Area.
  • Providing information to newcomers and the public.
  • Supporting phone and online help services.
  • Cooperating with professionals and community organizations seeking information about A.A.
  • Sharing information and resources with local groups and service committees.
  • Helping ensure that anyone seeking help can find Alcoholics Anonymous.

AA GTA does not govern A.A. groups. Individual groups remain autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or A.A. as a whole. Our role is one of service and communication.

New to A.A.?

If you think you may have a drinking problem, you are not alone.

Thousands of people throughout the Greater Toronto Area have found recovery through Alcoholics Anonymous. A.A. members understand what it is like to struggle with alcohol because they have experienced it themselves.

If you would like help, start by attending a meeting, calling our help line, or connecting with a local A.A. member.

You never have to face alcoholism alone.

Our Commitment

In keeping with the traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous, AA GTA seeks to carry the message of recovery with humility, responsibility, and respect for the principles that have guided A.A. since its beginning.

Our goal is not to promote A.A., but to make recovery available to anyone who reaches out for help.

GTA Intergroup is the body of Alcoholics Anonymous in The Greater Toronto Area that serves as a forum for discussion and a focus for cooperation and coordination among AA groups in the GTA in carrying the message of Alcoholics Anonymous to the suffering alcoholic.

Prior to GTA Intergroup, individual groups were responsible for Twelve-Step work in hospitals, jails and facilities, and providing information to the public.

There was no local means for members to obtain information, or for the suffering alcoholic to reach out for help. GTA Intergroup helps coordinate work in facilities, provides organized collection and distribution of information, and allows the suffering alcoholic access to the help they want and desperately need through its telephone help line, and more.

Mission

Greater Toronto Area Intergroup is a coordinating body that supports the 12 step work of AA groups in the Toronto area, providing a point of contact between individual groups, our members, the public and the still suffering alcoholic.

What we do

  • Providing live telephone response for member information, and assistance to the suffering alcoholic, seven days a week.
  • Providing meeting facilities for Sub-Committees, and monthly Intergroup meetings for the groups in the GTA.
  • Maintaining and utilizing an active list of volunteers for Twelve-Step work.
  • Maintaining, publishing and distributing up-to-date meeting information, both in print and online.
  • Maintaining the central office, including rent, utilities, office equipment, management and administration staff.
  • Distribution of Conference-Approved Literature across the GTA.
  • Creating, publishing and distributing a monthly newsletter (the Better Times) on recovery in the GTA and abroad.

Where we spend

  • Sponsoring of events, including:
    • Winter Season Open House
    • Information AA Day
    • Ontario Regional Conference
  • Funding of volunteer groups to provide:
    • Twelve-Step work in Treatment and Correctional Facilities
    • Information for the public and professionals
    • Distribution of information to AA members
    • Preservation and Displays of Historical items and information
    • Assistance to members with Special Needs