What is IREYPAA ?
IREYPAA stands for the All-Ireland Convention of Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous. IREYPAA was founded for the purpose of providing a setting for an annual convention in Alcoholics Anonymous.
Very simply it is just an A.A. convention. It is not a separate fellowship.
The IREYPAA convention is open to ALL who suffer from alcoholism.
IREYPA’s primary purpose is to provide a setting where members of Alcoholics Anonymous can come together to attend meetings and
hear speakers carry the vital lifesaving message of AA. We welcome attendance from any member of Alcoholics Anonymous.
The number of young people suffering from alcoholism who turn to AA for help is growing. IREYPAA is and will remain committed to carrying AA’s message of recovery to alcoholics of all ages. The annual IREYPAA convention offers the opportunity for AA members from Ireland and abroad to join in harmonious celebration by sharing their experience, strength, and hope. AA members who attend an IREYPAA Convention often return home better prepared to give & participate in all parts of AA service.
In the spirit of co-operation with all of AA, IREYPAA provides visible evidence that large numbers of young people are achieving a lasting and comfortable sobriety in Alcoholics Anonymous. The 12 Steps, The 12 Traditions and The 12 Concepts, are The Three Legacies of AA – Recovery, Unity & Service – and are the guiding foundations of IREYPAA as an AA event, just as they are throughout all of AA.
As further testament to Young Peoples’ events like IREYPAA, Bill W. noted at the 1960 World AA Convention that the age of new members was much lower than when he and Dr. Bob founded AA 25 years earlier. In a letter to the International Conference of Young People in AA, (ICYPAA) dated June 15, 1969, Bill wrote “….. in recent years I have found nothing for greater inspiration than the knowledge that AA of tomorrow will be safe, and certainly magnificent, in the keeping of you who are the younger generation of AA today.”
Bill W’s statement, together with decades of Young People in AA events across the world, reassures us that IREYPAA will continue to carry the life-giving message of Alcoholics Anonymous. Remember always to look after AA, because you may be looking after it for your kids someday.
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