If you’re a professional working with alcoholics, or deal with issues around alcoholism, here you’ll find AA resources that support your important work.

如果您係從事同酗酒者相關嘅專業工作，或者需要處理同酗酒問題有關嘅事務，呢度有適合你嘅戒酒匿名會（A.A.）資源，可以支援你嘅重要工作。

Alcohol is a powerful drug that kills.  If you are someone who wants to help problem drinkers in your line of work, or you’re a dedicated professional working to support the many people who drink at levels that pose a risk to their health, we want to help you.

酒精係一種足以致命嘅強效藥物。無論你係工作中想幫助問題飲酒者，定係專門協助健康受酗酒威脅人士嘅專業人士，我哋都樂意為你提供支援。

People who think they have a drinking problem are welcome to attend any A.A. meeting. They can sit and listen and learn more about recovery. Or they can share about themselves. It's completely up to them. Everyone is welcome. You don’t have to pay anything to attend.

自覺有酗酒問題嘅人士，歡迎參加任何一場 A.A. 會議。你可以靜坐聆聽、了解戒酒歷程，亦可以分享自身經歷，一切隨心而行。所有參與者均受到歡迎，會議完全免費。

Professionals are welcome to observe open A.A. meetings to learn more about what happens in A.A.

專業人士亦歡迎參觀 A.A. 公開會議，深入了解我哋嘅運作模式。

Here you’ll find services from AA members that are designed to help professionals in sectors such as healthcare, employment, the armed services, prison, probation, and social services. 

呢度提供由 A.A. 會員設計嘅專業服務，專門協助醫療保健、就業輔導、軍隊服務、監獄、感化管教及社會服務等界別嘅專業人員。

Alcoholics Anonymous is an informal society of more than 2,000,000 recovered alcoholics worldwide. We meet in local groups, which range in size from a handful in some localities to many hundreds in larger communities whether in-person or virtually. 

We are people who have discovered, and admitted, that we cannot control alcohol. We have but one primary purpose: to stay sober ourselves and to help others who may turn to us for help in achieving sobriety. 

We are not reformers, and we’re not allied with any group, cause, or religious denomination. We have no wish to “dry up” the world. We don’t recruit new members, but we do welcome them. We don’t impose our experience with problem drinking on others, but we do share it when we’re asked to do so. 

We don’t think we are the only people who have the answer to problem drinking. We know that the A.A. program works for us, and we have seen it work for many who wanted to quit drinking. Through A.A., we’ve learned a number of things about alcoholism and about ourselves.

A.A. strives to be inclusive, and never exclusive. As a Fellowship we seek to support the wellbeing of all members as we evolve toward greater diversity, equity, and inclusivity. A.A. members include those with varying abilities, sexual identities, races, ethnicities, gender identities, religions, or no religion, languages, neighborhoods, socioeconomic backgrounds, and ages. 

Any person who is seeking help with a drinking problem can call themselves a member. A person is a member if they say they are a member. It’s that simple.

匿名戒酒會 (Alcoholics Anonymous，簡稱 A.A.) 係一個非正式嘅團體，由超過 2,000,000 名已經戒酒成功嘅人士組成，遍佈全球。我哋喺本地小組中聚會，每個小組人數由幾個人到幾百人唔等，視乎地區大小，可以面對面聚會，亦可以透過網上形式參與。

我哋係一班已經發現並承認自己無法控制飲酒嘅人。我哋只有一個主要目的：保持自己清醒，並幫助其他希望戒酒嘅人達到清醒。

我哋唔係改革者，亦唔與任何團體、運動或者宗教派系有聯繫。我哋無意圖令全世界「戒酒」，亦唔會主動招募新成員，但我哋歡迎佢哋加入。我哋唔會將自己嘅酗酒經歷強加於人，但如果有人請求，我哋會樂意分享。

我哋唔認為自己係解決酗酒問題嘅唯一方法。我哋知道 A.A. 嘅計劃對我哋有效，亦見證過好多希望戒酒嘅人通過呢個計劃成功做到。透過 A.A.，我哋學到咗好多關於酗酒同自己嘅嘢。

戒酒匿名會（A.A.）致力兼容並蓄，絕不設限。作為一個團體，我哋在邁向更廣闊嘅多元共融、公平公正嘅過程中，始終以全體會員福祉為依歸。A.A.會員涵蓋不同能力狀況、性取向、種族族裔、性別認同、宗教背景（包括無宗教信仰）、語言習慣、地區分佈、社經階層與年齡階段嘅人士。

任何尋求解決酗酒問題者，皆可自稱為會員——只要你認同自己係A.A.會員，你就已經係會員。就係咁簡單。

呢條來自史丹福大學嘅影片，介紹咗喺Cochrane系統性評論數據庫發表嘅多項研究，分析有關匿名戒酒會 (Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A.) 嘅成果。

呢次全面分析嘅結果顯示，匿名戒酒會係對酗酒人士最有效嘅方法。

喺香港，匿名戒酒會透過我哋嘅 HIPI（醫院、機構及公眾資訊）委員會，為醫護專業人士提供支援。如需聯絡，請電郵至：hkaapublicinformation@gmail.com 

A.A. wants to work with you

Cooperation with the professional community is an objective of A.A., and has been since our beginnings. We are always seeking to strengthen and expand our communication with you, and we welcome your comments and suggestions. They help us to work more effectively with you in achieving our common purpose: to help the alcoholic who still suffers.

Professionals who work with alcoholics share a common purpose with Alcoholics Anonymous: to help the alcoholic stop drinking and lead a healthy, productive life. Alcoholics Anonymous is a nonprofit, self supporting, entirely independent fellowship — “not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organisation or institution.” Yet A.A. is in a position to serve as a resource to you through its policy of “cooperation but not affiliation” with the professional community.

We can serve as a source of personal experience with alcoholism as an ongoing support system for recovering alcoholics.

Examples of Cooperation Initiative in Hong Kong

A.A. in Hong Kong assists various organisation such as Kerry, HKCEM and CUHK by providing speakers (A.A. members) for local events who share their personal experiences, organising attendance at open meetings, or presentation sessions.  

A.A. in Hong Kong provides support to healthcare professionals via our HIPI (Hospital, Institutions, Public Information) committee. To get in touch, email us at hkaapublicinformation@gmail.com 

Important points to note

In accordance with Tradition 11 (Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films.), A.A. does not recruit members yet welcomes anyone. We maintain personal anonymity of all our members. 

Tradition 10 (Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy.) also ensure A.A. has no opinion on outside issues. 

What AA does NOT do

A.A. does not: Furnish initial motivation for alcoholics to recover; solicit members; engage in or sponsor research; keep attendance records or case histories; join “councils” or social agencies (although A.A. members, groups and service offices frequently cooperate with them); follow up or try to control its members; make medical or psychological diagnoses or prognoses; provide detox, rehabilitation or nursing services, hospitalisation, drugs, or any medical or psychiatric treatment; offer religious services or host/sponsor retreats; engage in education about alcohol; provide housing, food, clothing, jobs, money or any other welfare or social services; provide domestic or vocational counseling; accept any money for its services or any contributions from non-A.A. sources; provide letters of reference to parole boards, lawyers, court officials, social agencies, employers, etc.

匿名戒酒會 (A.A.) 希望與你合作

自成立以來，A.A. 一直以與專業界別合作為目標。我哋一直尋求加強同擴展與你嘅溝通，並歡迎你嘅意見同建議，幫助我哋更有效地與你合作，以實現共同嘅目標：幫助仍受酗酒問題困擾嘅人士。

與酗酒人士合作嘅專業人士同 A.A. 有共同嘅目標：幫助酗酒人士停止飲酒，過上健康、積極嘅生活。A.A. 係一個非牟利、自我支持、完全獨立嘅團契——「唔與任何教派、宗教、政治、組織或機構結盟」。然而，A.A. 透過「合作但唔隸屬」嘅政策，可以為專業界別提供資源，成為一個有關酗酒個人經歷及復康支援系統嘅來源。

香港 A.A. 合作項目嘅例子

喺香港，A.A. 協助多個機構，例如嘉里集團 (Kerry)、香港急症科醫學會 (HKCEM) 同香港中文大學 (CUHK)，透過安排 A.A. 成員作為講者，分享佢哋嘅個人經歷；協助舉辦公開聚會；或者提供簡報會議。

A.A. 喺香港亦透過醫院、機構及公眾資訊委員會 (HIPI)，為醫護專業人士提供支援。如需聯絡，請電郵至：hkaapublicinformation@gmail.com

重要事項

根據 傳統第十一條（「我哋嘅公眾關係政策係吸引而非推廣；我哋需要喺報章、電台同影片層面保持個人匿名性。」），A.A. 唔會主動招募成員，但歡迎任何人士加入。我哋亦會確保所有成員嘅個人身份保持匿名。

同時，傳統第十條（「匿名戒酒會對外界事務冇任何意見，因此 A.A. 嘅名義永遠唔應捲入公眾爭議。」）確保 A.A. 對外界事務保持中立。

A.A. 不會做的事情

A.A. 唔會：

為酗酒人士提供初步動力去康復；招募成員；參與或資助研究；保留出席記錄或個案資料；

加入「委員會」或社會機構（雖然 A.A. 成員、小組同服務辦公室經常與佢哋合作）；

跟進或控制成員；作出醫療或心理診斷及預測；提供排毒、康復或護理服務、住院安排、藥物治療或任何醫療或精神治療；

主辦宗教服務或靜修營；提供酒精教育；提供住房、食物、衣物、工作、金錢或其他福利或社會服務；

提供家庭或職業輔導；為假釋委員會、律師、法庭官員、社會機構、僱主等提供推薦信。

A.A. 唔會接受任何服務費用，亦唔會接受來自非 A.A. 來源嘅捐款。

A.A. as a Resource for the Health Care Professional | AA作為醫療專業人員的資源

If You Are a Professional...Alcoholics Anonymous Wants to Work With You | 如果您是專業人士……匿名戒酒會希望與您合作

An Open Letter to Health Care Professionals | 致醫療專業人員的公開信

Preamble, 12 steps, 12 traditions and the serenity prayer | A.A. 嘅讀物