Employers
According to the Actis’s report «Societal costs of alcohol use», alcohol use and abuse cost Norwegian society between 80 and 100 billion kroner per year.
As an employer or colleague, it can be difficult to know what to do when you suspect that an employee has an alcohol problem. You want to help – but without overstepping.
The alcoholic is often a highly skilled worker when sober. Their job is the last thing they want to lose. Replacing a good employee comes at a cost. That is why it is a win-win for both parties if the employer can help the alcoholic achieve sobriety.
About us
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of people 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 AA membership. We are self-supporting through our own contributions. AA is not affiliated with any sect, religious denomination, political agency, organisation or institution. AA will not engage in any controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any cause. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.
Is AA religious?
No, AA is not religious, but AA's 12 steps to recovery are based on spiritual principles in the sense that they focus on inner change and personal growth, rather than on religious dogmas or medical treatment.
What AA does not do
- Does not keep membership lists or any other form of archive
- Does not participate in or contribute to alcohol research
- Does not affiliate with any other outside enterprises, although AA members, groups, or the General Service Office may cooperate with them
- Does not follow up or check up on its members
- Does not interfere in medical or psychiatric matters
- Does not provide nursing services, places in detoxification clinics or treatment facilities
- Does not provide housing, food, clothing, employment, money or any other form of welfare or social services
We recommend you:
- Watch the film ""The Road to AA"" (6 mins)
- Watch the film ""Nuggets"(5 min)
- 12 questions to help you decide whether you might have a problem with your own drinking
- Read More about the disease of alcoholism
- Downloadable leaflets:
- AA in a nutshell
- How should anonymity be understood?
- The problem drinker in the workplace
- AA in the community
- Hvordan skal anonymiteten forstås?
- Kvinner i AA
- Young people and AA
- If you’d like us to visit, please contact us at post@aarogaland.no