Use the links on the left to find meetings, locations, directions, newsletters, and events. Central Office Volunteers! Volunteers are needed to answer telephones during business hours. A volunteer must have at least six months continuous sobriety. Call to see where you can help keep this important service available to other Alcoholics in need. What is a Central Office? A central office is an A.A. service office that involves partnership among groups in a community - Just as groups themselves are partnerships of individuals. A central office is established to carry out certain functions common to all the groups - functions which are best handled by a centralized office - and usually maintained, supervised, and supported by these groups in their general interest. It exists to aid the groups in their common purpose of carrying the A.A. message to the alcoholic who still suffers.