
| Aug 1 | Friday | 8:30 PM | 19th Street speaker |
| Aug 1-3 | weekend | PA State AA Convention in Carlisle* | |
| Aug 2 | Saturday | 8:00 PM | Hershey Group Speaker Jay C from the 40th Street Group |
| Aug 3 | Sunday | 8:00 PM | Bridge Street speaker Keven C from 40th Street |
| Aug 6 | Wednesday | 7:00PM | Middletown Into Action speaker Shelley H from Marionville, PA |
| Aug 7 | Thursday | 6:45 PM | Harrisburg Area Intergroup business meeting |
| Aug 8 | Friday | 8:30 PM | 19th Street speaker |
| Aug 10 | Sunday | 8:00 PM | Bridge Street speaker Jim H from the Lambda Group |
| Aug 11 | Monday | 6:30 PM | General Service District # 36 business meeting |
| Aug 13 | Wednesday | 7:00 PM | Middletown Into Action speaker Charlotte F from Boiling Springs |
| Aug 15 | Friday | 8:30 PM | 19th Street speaker |
| Aug 15-17 | weekend | Sunlight of the Spirit Conference in York* | |
| Aug 17 | Sunday | 8:00 PM | Bridge Street speaker Jim H from the Lambda Group |
| Aug 20 | Wednesday | 7:00 PM | Middletown Into Action speaker Caroline C from Lebanon |
| Aug 22 | Friday | 8:30 PM | 19th Street speaker |
| Aug 24 | Sunday | 8:00 PM | Bridge Street speaker Bill G from the Lambda Group |
| Aug 27 | Wednesday | 7:00 PM | Middletown Into Action speaker Lori W |
| Aug 30 | Friday | 8:30 PM | 19th Street Anniversary Night |
Looking Ahead
| Sep 6 | Saturday | 8:00 PM | Hershey Group Speaker Bob S from the Hershey Nooner |
| Oct 18 | Saturday | 10 till 2 | District # 36 Traditions Workshop |
| Sep 11 | Thursday | Fellowship House will become a NON-SMOKING building | |
| Nov 7,8,9 | weekend | 50th Annual EPGSA Assembly and Convention - Poconos* | |
| Nov 7,8,9 | weekend | Pockets of Enthusiasm in Virginia Beach* | |
| July | 2008 | TBD | Al-Anon International Convention in Pittsburgh |
| July | 2010 | TBD | AA International Convention in San Antonio |
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11/7-9/08
50th Annual Eastern
Pa Assembly &
Conv Flyer and
Registration
Around Our Town
If
you happened to be
traveling on
Linglestown Road
towards the River
from the Square, and
you turned right at
the Stauffers of
Kissel Hill just a
little before 6:30PM
on a Friday evening,
you just might
happen upon about a
dozen people standing in front
of the Bethany
Church of the
Nazarene, right
behind Stauffers,
waiting for the new Some
Are Sicker Than
Others meeting
to start.
Not long ago, a
local resident who
had recently started
attending the
Bethany Church was
talking to the
minister, who
said they had
a beautiful new
church and he hoped
that it would get a
lot of use. The idea
sprang to life to
start an AA meeting
handy to those
wanting a meeting in
the area. So, Dan
got permission to
start the meeting
which had its
initial meeting on
July 11, 2008, and
attendance has been
running at about a
dozen so far.
Several shared that
they wanted a
meeting where the
sharing would be
rigorously honest.
Drop in on them
sometime, I was glad
I did.
Thanks to Don S for sharing this.
6:30PM – Some Are Sicker Than Others – Bethany Church of the Nazarene, 1605 Parkway West, Linglestown – "OD,NS"
June 1 Mini-Assembly - Area #59
The Mini-Assembly for Area 59 was held in State College on June 1st. Mini-Assemblies are held so that the delegate can give a report from the annual General Service Conference that they attended in New York City in April. The 58th General Service Conference was dubbed "The Conference that Wouldn't End" because some of the voting and discussions lasted well after midnight (this is usually not the case!) The conference included delegates from the US and Canada Regions (there were 93 in attendance this year), 19 trustees, and non-trustee directors along with General Service Office/Grapevine staff. Some of the discussions and floor actions:
Discuss
ways in which AA can
continue to be a
resource to the
legal/criminal
justice system
Conference
Committee
Considerations:
- Consider placement
of the C.P.C
Workbook on G.S.O's
A.A. Web Site
- Stressed the
importance of
one-on-one contact
with professionals
- Utilize
professionals who
are friends of A.A.
at local A.A. events
Discuss
the benefits and
liabilities of
funding the General
Service Office of AA
solely by the
voluntary
contributions of
A.A. members and
A.A. groups and that
profits from
literature sales
will no longer be
used to fund our
General Service
Office.
Conference
Advisory Action:
- The action is
basically this -
that trustees'
Finance and
Budgetary Committee
gather input from
the Fellowship and
forward this info to
the 2009 Conference
Committee on
Finance.
A
request that
the Grapevine
take out the section
on medical, legal
and social aspects
of alcoholism
(informally known as
the "Grey
Pages").
-No
action was
taken. This
means the Grey Pages
will remain in the
Grapevine until next
General Service
Conference next
year.
Consider
ways to increase
awareness of the
Grapevine and La
Vina's roles in the
Fellowship today
Conference
Committee
Considerations
- That delegates
challenge each of
their areas to
increase circulation
of the Grapevine by
at least 100
subscriptions.
(our delegate serves
Eastern PA, so
that's like 2
subscriptions a
district, very
minimal)
- That groups put
copies of the
magazine in grocery
stores, laundromats,
and other public
places where they
might help
alcoholics
- That groups hold
Grapevine or La Vina
meetings
- That districts buy
subscriptions for
local libraries
Consider
proposed text for a
new section in the
"Understanding
Anonymity"
pamphlet on
posthumous anonymity
(this
would include
stronger language to
alert family members
of our policy of
anonymity after an
A.A. member dies).
The action was to
recommit this to the
Public Information
Committee for
further discussion.
Consider
a request that a
wall poster with
information about
Alcoholics Anonymous
be created for
placement in school
guidance counselor
offices.
Conference Advisory
Action - Motion
Passed
- It was recommended
that a wall poster
for young people
would be developed
and brought back to
the 2009 Conference
Committee on Public
Information.
Discuss the possible
development of
Conference-approved
literature and/or
service material to
stimulate A.A.
members' interest in
Treatment Facilities
Twelfth Step work.
Motion Passed
Thanks to Lisa K from the BBSG for contributing this report on our delegates activities on our behalf.
PENNSCYPAA XX
The 20th State Conference of Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous was held Friday, July 11th through Sunday, July 13th in Harrisburg at the Holiday Inn East. "Shoulder to shoulder on our common journey" was our slogan. It was a weekend filled with unity, recovery and festivity. There were three speakers who all delivered amazing stories of their own experience, strength, and hope. They included our Friday night speaker : Jimmy C. from Atlanta, GA; Saturday night speaker: Brenda J. from Tampa, FL; & Sunday morning speaker : Brian D; from right here in Central PA. There were also two panels which included a "Young Old-timers" and "Working the Steps". Four local speakers were on each of the panels. If you were looking to go to a meeting over the weekend, you didn't have to look far because there was a meeting every hour. Other activities that were incorporated into the weekend were Monte Carlo night, a banquet, the Saturday night dance, swimming at the pool, and shopping at the "Just for Today" shop. The weekend was a true celebration of sobriety among those of us who are "young at heart". If you were not able to attend PENNSCYPAA XX this year, be sure not to miss this extraordinary function next year. PENNSCYPAA XXI will be held in Pittsburgh next year. Further details will be given and you can stay up to date by visiting http://www.pennscypaa-advisory.org/. On behalf of the host committee we would like to thank Intergroup, District, and all the local homegroups for their generous contributions. Most of all we would like to thank those of you who supported us, and were there for us throughout this past year - "We love you lots and lots and lots and WHOLE bunches!"
Thanks to Ashley F of the Middletown Trudgers for sharing this.
15th Annual Pennsylvania AA Convention
The
15th
Pennsylvania AA
Convention called
"Working
Together, Sharing
Together" will
be held
in Carlisle
August 1, 2, &
3, and includes
participation by
Al-Anon Family
Groups. The event
will be held at the
Hotel Carlisle, 1700
Harrisburg Pike (Rt.
11), Carlisle. The
Friday Nite speaker
will be Stan W from
Philadelphia; Fran S
from Cresson PA,
will speak Saturday
Nite. There will be
other speakers,
around the clock
Alcothon meetings,
workshops, pool
party, and Saturday
Banquet. There is a
$20 registration fee
for the event.
Sunlight
The Sunlight of
the Spirit
Conference will
be here before you
know it and is again
sold out. The
conference
will be on the
weekend of August 15
- 17 and will begin
with speaker Dave
L from
Wilkes-Barre at
8:00PM on Friday.
Saturday gets
started with Billy
N from Spring
Lake Heights, NJ, at
9AM and things keep
moving with Donna
E-H from Huntley
MT, at 11:00AM.
There is ample time
for you to join new
or old friends for
lunch and
fellowship, before June
G from Los
Angeles tells her
story at 4:00, and
then Sandy B
from Tampa, gives
the evening talk,
starting at 8:00PM.
An Ice Cream Social
will close out the
evening formally,
but surely there
will be meetings in
rooms around the
hotel for
overnighters before
bed. Sunday morning
wraps up the
Convention with Sean
A of Vancouver,
BC at 9:30AM. Don't
forget to stick
around to pick up
your CDs if you
ordered them. The
registration fee of
$20 pays the costs
of the hotel, the
amenities provided,
and travel expenses
and accommodations
for some of the
guest speakers, and
is certainly a small
price for such an
inspiring weekend.
I
am grateful for this
minute.
My eternity may be
in it.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Since the beginning of my sobriety, a little over 5 years ago I have been traveling for my sobriety. A lot of my friends also travel all over the place to go to meetings, but why? Before explaining why I travel to meetings, let me tell you what some other fellow A.A.s had to say when asked why they travel.
“A lot of different reasons, being asked to speak, going to see other friends or because I know there is a message of hope there, and I need to be refilled.” Jamie F. York, Pa
“Because I traveled to drink. I went everywhere to get drunk!” Patti B. York, Pa
“To do what is asked of me in Alcoholics Anonymous, to hear something different …can’t get well rounded sobriety staying in York” Steve R. York, Pa
“Because my sponsor tells me to and if my sponsor tells me to do something I do it because I want what she has.” Tiffany R. York, Pa
“I will go to any lengths to get what I needed, I like diversity, and fear boredom.” Lindsay M. York, Pa
So why do I travel to meetings? Well my answer includes some of the reasons that our friends have stated but I have to say, the main reason I travel is because of what I found that first night when I traveled what seemed way too far for a meeting.
A young man in my area kept telling me about this great meeting in Baltimore, Md. I was living in Hanover, Pa, at the time, which meant an hour drive. I was barely sober, hating life and meetings were definitely not my favorite pastime. After avoiding the offer to go for several weeks, I finally agreed. I showed up at the place we were meeting, angry and miserable (my usual disposition at the time) with little idea that something would happen that night that would change my life!
This meeting was different than any other meeting I had ever been to. I couldn’t put my finger on it, but there was something there. I sat through the readings, just looking around. The meeting was packed; over a hundred people were there. They asked if anyone was new to the meeting; I don’t think I raised my hand but a handful of people did. They were from Alexandria, Va, York, Pa, and other parts of Md. I myself was from over an hour away too. Why were all these people driving so far to get to this meeting? In hindsight, I have to say that I think they were all there because they were seeking.
The message that I got there that night was amazing. It is actually the first time I remember hearing what a speaker was saying. I don’t think it was just the speaker though. I think I was attracted to the meeting’s message. For me, the message is more than just a story, it is about a solution and that is what this meeting was offering! I left that meeting with a smile on my face and hope in my heart. Yes, the drive was well worth it! I went back the next week and made it my home group. For the next 2 years I didn’t miss my home group for anything. So, you ask why I travel; because it saved my life. After that experience I was willing to go to any lengths for my sobriety.
Thanks to Jessica M for contributing this article.
If
you wish to travel
far and fast, travel
light;
take off all your
selfishness, and
fear.
Traditions Checklist*
TRADITION EIGHT:
Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but its service centers may employ special workers.Printed by permission. THE AA GRAPEVINE INC., PO BOX 1980, GRAND CENTRAL STATION, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10163-1980
*The
Traditions Checklist
Questions were
originally published
in the AA Grapevine
in conjunction with
a series on the
Twelve Traditions
that began in
November 1969, and
ran through
September
1971. Sobriety
News prints the
Checklist for the
number of the
month that
corresponds to the
number of the
Tradition that it
deals with, because
of the prohibitive
length of all
twelve. It is
important that we be
aware of the Twelve
Traditions in our
lives of recovery,
because they help
assure that AA will
continue to be here
for us, and for
others who want it.
12 Concepts
Illustrated
Reprinted by permission from the publication The Twelve Concepts Illustrated, The Sobriety News will provide a link to the Concept each month, which corresponds to the number of the month; because we so seldom are exposed to these very important concepts of relationships, whether it be between levels of the AA organization, other employees we work with or members of a family. Click on the Concept below for the full text.
The
Conference
recognizes that the
Charter and the
Bylaws of the
General Service
Board are legal
instruments: that
the Trustees are
thereby fully
empowered to manage
and conduct all of
the world service
affairs of
Alcoholics
Anonymous. It is
further understood
that the Conference
Charter itself is
not a legal
document: that it
relies instead upon
the force of
tradition and the
power of the A. A.
purse for its final
effectiveness.
There is a new Open Discussion meeting on Friday nights at 6:30 PM in Linglestown, right behind the Stauffers of Kissel Hill on Linglestown Road, at the Bethany Church of the Nazarene. The group's name is Some are Sicker Than Others, see the article above "Around Our Town"
The Women's Nooner at Hershey, 500 W. Chocolate Ave, at the Church of the Redeemer, which used to meet on Mondays at Noon has stopped meeting due to a lack of regular participation.
The Palmyra Group has started a Monday 7:00PM Big Book meeting at the Chestnut Street, Palmyra address and their Thursday meeting continues as a closed discussion.
Corrections were made to the schedules removing the handicapped designation for the 40th Street Group, and adding it for the Hershey Group meetings at the Derry Presbyterian.
Pearl
of the Month
c.
2001 AAWS, Alcoholics
Anonymous, p.
552
With permission,
Alcoholics Anonymous
World Services, Inc.
Faith dares the soul
to go beyond what
the eyes can see.
July Intergroup Meeting
The
July 3, 2008 meeting
was called to order
at 6:48 p.m.
Meeting was opened
with the Serenity
Prayer.
MEETING MINUTES:
Last month’s
meeting minutes were
read and accepted.
CHAIRPERSON'S
REPORT: John P. read
a letter from an AA
thanking HAI.
TREASURER'S REPORT:
Joyce reported a mix
up with phone bulls.
Closing balance
5/31/08 was
$4,342.87. See
printed report.
CENTRAL OFFICE: No
report. Chairperson
is needed. Office
duties were
discussed. Phone
goes to Hershey in
July, 4th&Bridge
in August, 19th
St. in September,
Middletown in
November.
MEETING SCHEDULES:
Albert reported the
removal of handicap
accessible
designation from 40th
Street meetings.
Handicap accessible
was added to Hershey
Group.
LITERATURE: Richard
reported on May
literature figures
and will have June
and July at next
meeting. $834.35
sold. $270.10
purchased. Total
inventory $2394.92.
CORRECTIONS AND
INSTITUTIONS:
DAUPHIN COUNTY MEN’S:
Harry reported
meetings going well.
Recent lockdown
interfered with
several prison
meetings.
DAUPHIN COUNTY WOMEN’S:
Karen reported
meetings going well.
Two more volunteers
makes 12 women on
the schedule.
CUMBERLAND
COUNTY WOMEN’S: No
report.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
MEN’S: No report.
CAMP HILL MEN’S:
No report.
SOBRIETY NEWS:
Albert reported.
July SN now
available online and
as hard copy. OOTD
Anniversary Brunch
at Negley Park 9 am
Sunday July 27.
Pennscypaa
convention weekend
of July 11-13. $25
fee for all weekend
activities. Holiday
Inn East off
Eisenhower Blvd.
ACTIVITIES
COMMITTEE: Tom
reported. Everything
is getting lined up
for the Intergroup
Picnic. Flyer is
available and
tickets are printed
and ready for sale
and are still $5.
Picnic is scheduled
for Saturday August
23 at New Cumberland
Borough Park, noon
till whenever,
speaker meeting
starting 3:30pm.
UNITY COMMITTEE:
AmiJo reported. Ask
your
homegroup who will
be Unity Committee
contact person. Ami
will create a list
of names/numbers.
Will concentrate on
the fellowship side
of Intergroup,
traveling to
different meetings
in and out of the
area, meeting for
dinner and
fellowship
regularly.
ARCHIVE COMMITTEE:
No report.
DISTRICT 36: Karen
reported. 50th
Anniversary of Area
59 General Service
Convention at Split
Rock in the Poconos
November 7-9, 2008.
Voting year for GSR’s.
District 36 hosting
a Traditions
Workshop October 18,
with speakers,
traditions play,
panel of Area
Officers for Q&A
and free lunch. More
details forthcoming.
CUMBERLAND VALLEY
INTERGROUP: No
report.
AL-ANON: No report.
OLD BUSINESS: 1.
Discussion about the
issue of the content
of Sobriety News.
Reps voted in favor
of content of SN to
be decided upon by
SN editor and any
staff, in accordance
with SN statement of
purpose. 2.
Pennscypaa donation
request resulted in
reps voting in favor
of $750 HAI
donation, with the
understanding that a
portion of any
leftover money will
be donated back to
HAI.
NEW BUSINESS: Letter
of thanks read by
John P.
Meeting Adjourned at
7:30 pm with the
Lord’s Prayer.
District # 36 General Service
The July 14 meeting of the District # 36 General Service Representatives concentrated on planning an October 18 Traditions Workshop to be held at the Trinity United Methodist Church at 4th and Bridge Sts. in New Cumberland. It is planned that the event will begin at 10:00 AM with a person yet to be determined to speak on the Traditions. At 11 o'clock Bob H will speak about the Traditions as they relate to the Group. A half hour lunch will be provided at Noon, followed by the "Traditions Play". At 1:00 PM until the conclusion of the event will be a Questions and Answers Panel with Sheila D, Hugh H and Dave A, all officers of our Area # 59. The Traditions were designed to assure that AA will remain viable in the future and not fall into petty divisiveness and resentments which would destroy it from within, which is why they are so important to all of us.
Of course there was a discussion of Concept Seven, which Bill crafted to create a balance of power between the General Service Conference and the General Service Board. The Concept states. "The Conference recognizes that the Charter and the Bylaws of the General Service Board are legal instruments: that the Trustees are thereby fully empowered to manage and conduct all of the world service affairs of Alcoholics Anonymous. It is further understood that the Conference Charter itself is not a legal document: that it relies instead upon the force of tradition and the power of the A. A. purse for its final effectiveness." Although the Conference is advisory only, it does represent AA as a whole and thereby controls whether its member Groups contribute to World Services. This balance has apparently worked well as cooperation between the two entities has never required the Conference to exercise the power of the purse.
Thanks to Vivian F of the Middletown Trudgers for sharing this report.
Anecdotage
After Bill's meeting with Ebby T and subsequent visit to a meeting of the Oxford Group, Bill couldn't stay sober and had a three day bout with drinking and decided to give this new formula for sobriety a try. He deposited himself for the last time at the Towne's Hospital.
"I was not in too awful a condition. In three or four days I was free of what little sedative they gave me, but I was very depressed. I was still choking on the God business. Bright and early one morning friend Ebby showed up and stood in the doorway, smiling broadly. I didn't see what was so funny. Then I had a suspicion: maybe this is the day he is going to evangelize me; maybe he is going to pour on the sweetness and light. But no, he made me wait until I asked him. "Well," said I, "what is your neat little formula once more?" In perfectly good humor, he handed it out again: You admit you are licked; you get honest with yourself; you talk it out with somebody else; you
make restitution to the people you have harmed; you try to give of yourself without stint, with no demand for reward; and you pray to whatever God you think there is, even as an experiment. It was as simple and yet as mysterious as that. After some small talk he was gone.Suddenly the room lit up with a great white light. I was caught up into an ecstasy which there are no words to describe. It seemed to me, in the mind's eye, that I was on a mountain and that a wind not of air but of spirit was blowing. And then it burst upon me that I was a free man. Slowly the ecstasy subsided. I lay on the bed, but now for a time I was in another world, a new world of consciousness. All about me and through me there was a wonderful feeling of Presence, and I thought to myself, "So this is the God of the preachers!" A great peace stole over me and I thought, “No matter how wrong things seem to be, they are still all right. Things are all right with God and His world."
Then, little by little, I began to be frightened. My modern education crawled back and said to me, "You are hallucinating. You had better get the doctor." Dr. Silkworth asked me a lot of questions. After a while he said, "No, Bill, you are not crazy. There has been some basic psychological or spiritual event here. I've read about these things in the books. Sometimes spiritual experiences do release people from alcoholism." Immensely relieved, I fell again to wondering what actually had happened."2
2 Nearly every A.A. has a spiritual experience that quite transforms his outlook and attitudes. Ordinarily, such occurrences are gradual and may take place over periods of months or even years. A considerable number of A.A.'s, including Bill, who have had the sudden variety of spiritual experience see no great difference so far as the practical result is concerned between their quick illumination and the slower, more typical kinds of spiritual awakening.
Reprinted by permission of AA World Services from, Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, pp62 and 63.
Donations
Harrisburg
Area
Intergroup
District 36
1251 S. 19th
St.
PO Box 5325
Harrisburg, PA.
17104
Harrisburg, PA.
17110
Also, the addresses for contributions to Area 59 and GSO are
Eastern
PA General Service
Area
59
General Service
Office
2 Kathleen
Ct.
Box #459
Havertown , PA
19083
Grand Central
Station, New York,
NY 10163
We're not a Glum Lot
A man died and went to Heaven. St Peter asked: 'What denomination are you?' The man said: 'I don't belong here, I don't go to church.' St Peter said: 'Well, we don't make mistakes, you belong here alright. Lets just walk around and you can see if you'd like to stay'.
So
they walked down a
long hall, and St
Peter opened a door,
and there were all
these pews with
people
kneeling
and praying and
crossing themselves.
'Who are they?'
asked the man.
'Those are
Catholics', answered
St Peter. 'Well, I
don't want to stay
here', said the man
as they continued
walking down the
hall.
St
Peter opened the
next door, and there
were pews with
people sitting in
them staring
straight ahead. 'Who
are they?' asked the
man. 'Those are
Protestants',
answered St Peter.
'Well, I don't want
to stay here', said
the man as they
continued down the
hall.
The next room they
went to, smelled
like coffee as soon
as the door opened.
The man looked
inside and there
were all these
people laughing and
hugging one another.
He watched them form
a circle and recite
the Serenity Prayer.
The man said: 'I
like these people;
who are they?'
St
Peter shrugged his
shoulders and said;
'I don't know, they
won't tell us.'
Thanks to Joyce T from 19th Street for contributing this.
This
Month in AA History
1879 - Robert Holbrook Smith (Dr, Bob) was born on August 8th in St. Johnsbury, VT.>
1917 - Bill W (age 22) took his first drink. It was a Bronx Cocktail (gin, dry and sweet vermouth, and OJ). He got thoroughly dunk, passed out, threw up and was miserably sick the next day.
1941 - It was announced that a regular Thursday 8:30PM meeting would be established and held in the Blue Room of the Hotel New Governor Café dinning room in Harrisburg. In early 1940 Roger B had started holding infrequent meetings in the Harrisburg area
1947 - The original Harrisburg AA group relocated to 2nd & Chestnut in Harrisburg. It was known as the Harrisburg Group and was 50 members strong. This was the only meeting between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
1950 - The Harrisburg Group having grown to 100 commemorated its 10th Anniversary by holding an open public meeting at the State Forum. They invited the Dept. of Health, Dept. of Properties and Supplies, GSO and the Harrisburg Evening News.
1974 - Pine St. Group held its first meeting in the basement of the Pine St. Presbyterian Church at 3rd and Pine Sts. in Harrisburg
1981 - The Mechanicsburg Serenity Group held its first meeting.
Thanks
to Jim F for
contributing this.
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