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Vancouver Island, Powell River
Multi-Area Newsletter
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Volume 2
Issue 6
Narrative: explanation or interpretation of events in accordance with a particular theory, ideology, or point of view June 2016
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A New Way of Life
Our literature tells us that we become “acceptable, responsible and productive members of … society,” but it also cautions, that “Social acceptability does not equal recovery.” Both statements are
true, but they are not mutually exclusive. We each measure being a productive member of society
in our own way.
Our ideas of success are as individual as we are. We start at different places and our destinations
are just as varied. We know how to do some things very well and other not at all. We may enter
recovery with a career still in place, or it may be that getting a steady place to live is a big step. We
have this in common: We want to be free. We want to feel accepted and respected without pretending to be anything other than who we are. No matter what our accomplishments, the principles by which we live will sustain or destroy us.
We progress in this journey by applying what we learn in recovery to the rest of our lives. Step
Twelve calls this “practicing these principles in all our affairs.” The freedom we are seeking is not
some abstract thing. It’s how we live. Our Basic Text goes on to tell us, “The steps do not end here.
The steps are a anew beginning!” NA offers us the principles that will transform us and the laboratory in which we practice applying these things before we take them into the world.
Living Clean, The Journey Continues, pages 175 & 176
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Answers to last weeks Recovery Word Scramble
1 Balance, 2 Health, 3 Mind, 4 body, 5 spirit, 6 abstinence, 7 consequences, 8 addiction, 10 unmanageable, 11 denial, 12 acceptance, 13 Kiss
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The Eleventh Step
We begin to see more clearly what is real. Through constant contact
with our Higher Power, the answers that we seek come to us. We gain
the ability to do what we once could not. We respect the beliefs of
others. We encourage you to seek strength and guidance according to
your belief.
We are thankful for this step, because we begin to get what is best for
us. Sometimes we prayed for our wants and got trapped once we got
them. We could pray and get something, then have to pray for its removal, because we couldn’t handle it. Hopefully, having learned the
power of prayer and the responsibility prayer brings with it, we can
use the Eleventh Step as a guideline for our daily program.
Basic Text, How it Works , Page 48
Date
Mon
Sat
Wed
Fri
Wed
May
Jun
Name
30
5
22
24
29
#yrs
Brian J
Suzanne
Jennifer G
Ethan M
James M
3
1
3
6
1
Meeting, Location
Fresh Start, Duncan
Saturday Night Live, Victoria
Fresh Start, Duncan
Fresh Start, Duncan
Fresh Start, Duncan
14 Years in Recovery or 5,110 Just for Todays
Meeting
Each Month
Time
Location
Next Mtg
Area
3rd Sunday
12:15 pm 919 Pandora St
May 15
P&P
3rd Sunday
10:30 am 919 Pandora St
May 15
Newsletter
1st Weds
7:00 pm 3100 Tillicum Rd
June 1
PR
1st Thursday
6:30 pm 540 Manchester Rd
June 2
Lit
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Date
Tues
Name
#yrs
May 17 Carole H
5
Meeting, Location
Clean Acres, Black Creek
Wed
18 Kyla
1
Unity Group, Courtenay
Tues
17 Joe
2
Clean Acres, Black Creek
Fri
20 Dale K
30
Port Hardy Group, Port Hardy
Sun
29 Cathy B
8
Grateful Living, Courtenay
23
Port Hardy Group, Port Hardy
Tues
Jun
7
Group
Anniversary
Tues
14 Brent D
36
Clean Acres, Black Creek
Tues
14 Carol E
25
Clean Acres, Black Creek
Tues
14 Mark L
20
Clean Acres, Black Creek
Sat
18 John H
11
7:30 Second Chance Recovery House
647 Birch St. Campbell River,
Women welcome
Tues
26 Tammy P
21
Share & Care, Campbell River
159 Years in Recovery or 58,035 Just for Todays
Meeting
Time
Location
City
Date
Phoneline
6:00 pm
TBA
TBA
PR Meeting
6:30 pm
Eureka Club
Courtenay
May 12
Area
10:15
Halbe Hall
Black Creek
May 15
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
 ORDERING LITERATURE:
 NEEDS SUPPORT:
 OPEN POSITIONS AT AREA:
 MEETING CHANGES:
 CAMPOUT COMMITTEE:
 SCHEDULE IT IN (Sunday July 3)
place your order 1 week prior to area, then pick your order up at area
women’s meeting tuesdays, 7:30 at 625 Georgia St. (school portable)
men’s meeting, sundays, 8:30 am at 290 Bastion St. (upstairs)
secretary, alternate secretary, service guidelines
save our serenity is now opening it’s doors for Saturdays (596 hall)
the only requirement: now meets in room # 9 at georgia ave school,
is now a candle light meeting, and is wheelchair assessable
now meets twice a month - this month may 13 & 27 6:00pm 596 albert
ladysmith will be having their 11th anniversary of food, fun & fellowship
more info next month
Walk Westwood Lake
then have of BBQ’d Smokies!
May 15 at 12:00 pm
Only $5:00 for smokie and a pop
We’ll meet at the far beach
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Sat
Mon
Sun
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May
May
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Name
yrs
Meeting, Location
Ken
Ashley M
Nan S
Jesse T
Mike J
Rod S
Lea-Lah M
Christina W
Raymond W
Richard T
Merv B
Jennifer B
Norm G
Wanda G
Pat D
Jamey A
Gordon H
4
Alive & Well, Parksville
1
Serenity Sisters, Nanaimo
14
Red Road to Recovery, Nanaimo
2
New Beginnings, Nanaimo
22
Just Do It, Nanaimo
5 No Bitchin, more Stepin, Nanaimo
5
Red Road to Recovery, Nanaimo
10
Alive & Well, Parksville
2
New Beginnings, Nanaimo
10
Lost & Found, Parksville
34
Living Clean, Ladysmith
5
New Beginnings, Nanaimo
6
Alive & Well, Parksville
8
Red Road to Recovery, Nanaimo
6
Alive & Well, Parksville
3 No Bitchin, more Stepin, Nanaimo
2
New Beginnings, Nanaimo
139 Years in Recovery or 50,735 Just for Todays
Meeting
Each Month
Time
Location
Next Mtg
Area
2nd Sunday
10:00 am 596 Albert St
June 12
GSR
2nd Sunday
9:30 am
596 Albert St
June 12
Activities
1st Sunday
7:00 pm
596 Albert St
June 8
PR
1st Friday
6:00 pm
596 Albert St
June 3
Campout
2nd & 3rd Friday 6:00 pm
596 Albert St
May 13 & 27
Newsletter
newsletter@cviana.ca for location & details
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