A Bridge Between Experience and Expression.
We meet on the 2nd Tuesday of every month — join our Zoom meeting, all are welcome.
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No previous LitCom experience is needed — just curiosity and a willingness to help. To get involved, reach out in the LitCom Discord channel below or through the Helpdesk — and keep an eye out, as PIR® is known to spin up subcommittee emails when a need arises.
The mission of the Literature Committee (LitCom) is to carry the message of recovery in written form by stewarding the clarity, integrity, and unity of Psychedelics in Recovery™ literature, so that the heart of the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions may be expressed faithfully, inclusively, and responsibly for all who seek recovery. Guided by group conscience and loving service, we attend to the written voice of PIR®, trusting that through humility, collaboration, and care, the message of recovery may continue to be shared clearly with those within the Fellowship and those still seeking.
Reach Out To Us In The [🖨┃lit•·⎙·•com│🖇️] Channel Of The PIR® Discord Server:
https://discord.gg/MyprTq8w95
🎫 helpdesk•·⌘·•channel│💼 — PIR®’s helpdesks. Type /techcom, /litcom, /github, /pr or /mod here or anywhere, fill in the short form, and a private thread opens that only you and that team can see. Resolved tickets move to this channel’s Threads → Archived list; tap Reopen if you still need help.
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🎫 Open the PIR® Helpdesk Portal 🖨️ Open the LitCom-Desk
Type a command here or in any channel. A short form opens, and when you submit it, A.L.E.X. opens a private thread that only you and the right team can see. Choose Idea or feedback for suggestions, or Problem or request when something needs fixing. /ticket id:TECH-1 shows a ticket’s status. Service members use the Claim / In progress / Resolved buttons in each thread.
Just have a question? Try /ask first — it answers instantly from PIR®’s own pages. Prefer email? helpdesk@psychedelicsinrecovery.org is A.L.E.X.’s inbox.
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☤ Not medical, dosing or legal advice, and not a crisis line.
🦄 Ask A.L.E.X. 📖 How the desks work
Curious how PIR®’s service story unfolds? The AstroLog Changelog Map charts every step of the journey. 🛠️ Behind the scenes: the litcom-desk-public repo.
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📚 Our committee minutes live in the PIR® AstroLog Changelog — every step of the journey, on the record.
The Written Voice of PIR®
LitCom serves as a steward of Psychedelics in Recovery™’s written voice, ensuring that all published materials reflect PIR®’s Steps, Traditions, Guiding Principles, and shared commitment to safety, inclusivity, unity, and spiritual integrity.
Working in collaboration with the Public Relations and Tech Committees, LitCom reviews, edits, and finalizes written content—including newsletter articles, blog posts, scripts, educational materials, and member-facing resources—so that language remains clear, accessible, compassionate, and aligned with PIR®’s primary purpose: to pursue recovery and help others do the same.
LitCom’s role is not to govern, promote outside issues, or endorse individual opinions, but to help preserve coherence, humility, and consistency across PIR® literature while honoring both lived experience and group conscience. Through careful attention to tone, clarity, and alignment, LitCom helps ensure that PIR®’s message of recovery is carried responsibly, respectfully, and in accordance with our shared principles.
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Get Involved
Want to serve on the Literature Committee?
Service is a meaningful way to give back to PIR®’s mission and support the sharing of recovery resources in the world.
Typical contributions include:
- Writing and editing copy
- Editing and managing content
- No prior literature experience required — just a desire to serve and a willingness to support PIR®’s service vision with care.
Reach Out To Us In The [🕯️┃lit•·⎎·•com│🖍️] Channel Of The PIR® Discord Server: https://discord.gg/MyprTq8w95
Guiding Insight for Our Work
The Psychedelics in Recovery™ Literature Committee is guided by these words from A.A.
co-founder Bill W., who described the influence of recovery literature as “incalculable”:
“Suppose, for instance, that during the last twenty-five years A.A. had never published any standard literature … no books, no pamphlets. We need little imagination to see that by now our message would be hopelessly garbled. Our relations with medicine and religion would have become a shambles. To alcoholics generally we would today be a joke and the public would have thought us a riddle. Without its literature, A.A. would certainly have bogged down in a welter of controversy and disunity.”— The A.A. Grapevine, May 1964; The Language of the Heart, p. 348
This reminder grounds LitCom’s service in humility, responsibility, and unity.
We are not a marketing team — we are a service committee, rooted in the Twelve Step ethos of honesty, humility, and service. Our work reflects PIR’s values: to carry the message, uphold anonymity, and support recovery journeys.
Literature Committee Responsibilities
The Literature Committee’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following areas of service:
- •Review, Editing, and Refinement of Written Material: Reviewing drafts for clarity, consistency, tone, accuracy, and alignment with PIR®’s
Steps, Traditions, Guiding Principles, and Safety Guidelines. - Alignment With PIR® Core Literature: Ensuring all published materials remain consistent with PIR®’s Preamble, Steps, Traditions, Integration language, FAQs, and other Conference-approved texts.
- Compassionate and Inclusive Language Stewardship: Supporting language that is respectful, non-stigmatizing, spiritually inclusive, and
mindful of the diversity of recovery paths within the Fellowship. - Finalization and Readiness for Publication: Preparing written materials for dissemination following curation and production coordination with the Public Relations Committee.
- Consistency Across Platforms: Helping maintain a coherent written voice across newsletters, blogs, scripts, websites, and other official PIR® member materials.
- Inter-Committee Collaboration Working in relationship with other committees including but not limited to Public Relations Committee, Tech Committee
- Honoring PIR® Unity and Primary Purpose
- Attending carefully to language that could unintentionally drift into endorsement,
outside issues, or misrepresentation of PIR® as a fellowship.