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The District 1 & 2 Web Site

This site is maintained by District 1 & 2 of the A.A. General Service Committee of Eastern Massachusetts (Area 30) for the purpose of providing information pertinent to G.S.R.'s, committee members, officers and other interested A.A.'s within the Districts. The site is maintained by members of the District 1 & 2 Web Site Committee.

About Us

Districts 1 & 2 comprise Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Elizabethan Islands and Nantucket. The towns that fall within Districts 1 and 2 are (from Upper Cape to Lower Cape): Falmouth, Bourne, Mashpee, Sandwich, Barnstable, Yarmouth, Dennis, Harwich, Orleans, Eastham, Chatham, Brewster, Wellfleet, Truro, Provincetown, the islands of Martha's Vineyard, Cuttyhunk and Nantucket.

A District is a geographical division within an Area that provides an opportunity for the groups in that vicinity to have a voice in matters affecting other groups and A.A. as a whole. Each District has a District Committee that is made up of representatives from its many AA groups. These representatives are called General Service Representatives or G.S.R.s. Each group may elect a G.S.R. who will attend the District meetings and Area assemblies in order to represent the group and vote the group's conscience. The District Committee elects a representative -- a District Committee Member, or D.C.M., who is an experienced G.S.R., to serve as an essential link between the group G.S.R. and the Area Delegate. As a member of the area committee, the D.C.M. is able to pass on the District's thinking to the delegate an the committee. In Massachusetts there are 26 districts in Eastern Mass. Area (Area 30).

Declaration of Unity
This we owe to A.A.'s future:
To place our common welfare first;
To keep our fellowship united.
For on A.A. unity depend our lives,
And the lives of those to come
Reprinted from The A.A. Service Manual, (c)1999, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.

Preamble of Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women
who share their experience, strength and hope with each other
that they may solve their common problem
and help others to recover from Alcoholism.
The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking.
There are no dues or fees for A.A. membership;
we are self supporting through our own contributions.
A.A. is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics,
organization, or institution;
does not wish to engage in any controversy,
neither endorses or opposes any causes.
Our Primary Purpose is to stay sober
and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.
From the October, 2001 Grapevine. Reprinted with permission of The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

Responsibility Pledge
"I am responsible ...
When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help,
I want the hand of A.A. always to be there.
And for that, I am responsible."
Reprinted from Pamphlet P-1, This Is A.A., page 24, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc