Arizona Area 03: Service Structure, Meetings, Events, and Contributions

Arizona Area 03 is the Alcoholics Anonymous general service area covering Arizona, and its website (area03.org) is the central hub for three things: finding AA meetings and immediate help, understanding the area's service structure (assemblies, districts, committees, and roles like GSR, DCM, and DCMC), and handling group business such as contributions and event registration. If you're looking for a meeting or help with a drinking problem right now, start with the "Need Help Now?" section or the AA Meetings page. If you're in service — a GSR, DCM, DCMC, or committee member — the Business, Documents, and Forms sections are where you'll spend most of your time.

What Area 03 Is and How It Fits the AA Service Structure

In AA's general service structure, the "area" is the service body that links local groups and districts to the General Service Conference. Arizona Area 03 is that body for Arizona. Its site describes the area's service structure as including:

• Upcoming Area 03 service assemblies — the area's business meetings
• District information — the districts that make up the area
• Area 03 committees — standing committees such as CPC, Corrections, Grapevine/La Viña, Literature, Public Information, Remote Communities, Spanish, Treatment, and Website
• Delegate reports — reports from the area's delegate to the General Service Conference
• PRAASA reports — reports from the Pacific Region Alcoholics Anonymous Service Assembly
• Newsletters, handbooks, and forms — working documents for the area

The site explicitly frames this section as "resources for DCMC's, DCM's and GSR's" — the district committee member coordinators, district committee members, and general service representatives who carry group and district business into the area.

The service roles you'll see referenced

If you're new to service, the Area 03 Handbooks and Forms pages are the practical starting points; the site groups these under "Documents."

Finding Meetings and Getting Help

The site's front page leads with a "Need Help Now?" section aimed at anyone looking for help with a drinking problem. It points to two routes:

1. Telephone hotlines — the site says you can talk to a recovering alcoholic in your local area by calling one of the area's many telephone hotlines.
2. Learning about AA — the site offers an explanation of what the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous is and is not, and how it works.

For meetings, the site has a dedicated AA Meetings page in its main navigation, and the site's own description states it provides "information on AA, Arizona AA meetings and information pertinent to members in service in Arizona Area 03." The site's keywords reference meetings across the state, including Phoenix, Mesa, Tempe, Flagstaff, and Gilbert — useful as a hint that the meetings listing covers multiple Arizona cities rather than a single metro.

Practical path: if you need help today, use the hotline route first; if you're planning ahead, go to the AA Meetings page and look for listings near your city.

Assemblies, Events, and the Area Calendar

Area 03's business happens at assemblies, and the site lists them as distinct pages:

• Pre-Conference Assembly
• Post-Conference Assembly
• August Assembly
• November Assembly

The site also notes that November Assembly online registration opens October 1, and there is a 2026–2027 Group Panel Assignments page — relevant if your group is filling a service position for that panel cycle.

Beyond area business, the Events Calendar covers "various AA events going on around Arizona including Area Services, Intergroup, Round-Ups and other Home Group and Special Events." Examples currently listed on the site:

Flyers are offered in English and, for the Corrections Conference, in Spanish as well. If you're organizing a group trip or need to plan travel, the calendar is the single place to check rather than the individual committee pages.

Group Contributions: How to Give

Area 03 collects group contributions through two channels shown on the site:

By mail — checks payable to Arizona Area Committee, sent to the address the site flags as new for 2026–2027:

Arizona Area Committee 3661 N. Campbell Ave #605 Tucson, AZ 85719

The site specifically asks groups to update their records with this address, so if your group has an older address on file, correct it.

Online — the site has a "Contribute Online" section under "Area 03 Group Contributions." The site's payment platform listing shows PayPal as the mechanism for online contributions.

Note that the site presents these as group contributions — the framing is group-level support for area services, not individual donations. If you're a group treasurer, confirm with your group conscience before sending, and use the current Tucson address rather than any older one.

Where to Go for What

The site also includes a Login and a CONTRAST option in its header, and a Website Guidelines page under Documents — the latter is worth reading if your group or district maintains any part of the area's web presence.