Hospitals & Institutions
H.A. World Services
H.A.W.S. H&I Committee
Tradition Nine states, “H.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.”
The purpose of the Hospitals and Institutions Committee is to help carry the message of Heroin Anonymous to those who are still sick and suffering from heroin addiction and are in hospitals and/or institutions. The facilities that may be served will include but are not limited to correctional facilities, treatment facilities, detox centers, sanitariums, halfway houses, sober living homes, and shelters. In any of these facilities, it is important to remember that confinement may be voluntary or not.
In keeping with Tradition Six: “An H.A. group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the H.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose,” we must remember to never have any affiliation with the facilities in which we carry meetings upon successful outreach or invitation. It’s important to recognize the distinction between cooperation and affiliation. Although cooperation with these facilities is encouraged, affiliation must be avoided.
RESOURCES FOR H&I
Contribute to H.A. World Services
If you are a member interested in contributing to H.A. World Services, you may do so via PayPal using the link below. Please be respectful of our 7th Tradition which states, “Every H.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.”
H.A. Responders Program
The Heroin Anonymous Responders Program (H.A.R.P) is designed to help the currently incarcerated addict find a solution to their heroin addiction.
H.A.R.P. ‘s primary purpose is to connect the incarcerated heroin addict to a recovering Heroin Anonymous (H.A.) member within the community who becomes that inmate’s H.A. Responder. H.A. Responders are recovered heroin addicts who voluntarily correspond with inmates by sharing the solution of H.A. ‘s twelve steps as a means to end the suffering of heroin addiction.
H.A. Responders are people who are uniquely useful in helping addicts, as they have recovered from a hopeless state of mind and body through a spiritual program of action, known as the twelve steps of H.A. Their experiences in addiction and recovery equip them to help those still suffering from addiction when no one else can. Upon the inmate’s release, the H.A. Responder assists in connecting them to a local H.A. group. Formerly incarcerated individuals who attend a meeting upon release are more likely to stay sober than those who do not.