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January, 2015
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Feeling Useless, Obsessed, Humiliated, and Guilty, She
Surrendered
We admitted we are powerless over alcohol
– that our lives had become unmanageable.
Wow, what a statement! My ego and pride
are stung every time I read Step One. I
had to admit that I could not solve or
control my drinking problem and that my
life was run by a mental obsession which
made me feel totally insane.
I did not realize that I had a drinking
problem until the mid-1980s. I was
30-something and having a great time
deep down I had a problem with alcohol
so I stopped drinking for a month while
counting the days with sweet anticipation
of having a drink on day 31.
From the outside my life looked like I was
doing well. I had a good job, car, vacations
and a few drinking buddies. I could stop
drinking from time to time for one or
two weeks but always looked forward to
resuming. When I was pregnant I did
not drink for the entire pregnancy. As
“I am amazed and thankful that I had the
spiritual awakening of Step One. ”
partying while being a professional in
a large corporation. One evening I ran
off the road in a black out and severely
damaged my car. A friend was in the car
with me and fortunately we were not hurt.
This accident made me think I had an
alcohol problem because I could not really
remember how I came to run off the road. I
went to an AA meeting to check it out but
I did not understand what was going on.
I cried during the second meeting I went
to and a very nice guy came to console me.
We started dating immediately and after
a couple of weeks it ended and so did my
meeting attendance. There were not many
meetings in my location and I did not want
to run into him again. However, I knew
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my son grew I would tell myself that I
would quit drinking when he reached first
grade, then second grade, and on and on.
My drinking increased but I still could
somewhat manage my job and home
life. I was mostly responsible at work,
volunteered at my son’s school, attended
my son’s sporting events, went to church,
and drank every night until I went to sleep
(passed out). Every morning while getting
ready for work I would say to myself that I
would not drink in the evening and every
evening I could not wait to start drinking.
On the weekends I would start drinking
in the morning and then binge when I
did not have some obligation. I felt I was
a bad example to my young son but could
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Feeling Useless continued from page 1
not stop drinking. I was feeling useless, obsessed,
humiliated, guilty, and out of control….insane. I knew
I was an alcoholic.
In 2008 I went on a 4th of July binge. A week later
I totally fell apart in my back yard. I was crying and
mentally out of control. I called a friend who lives in
another state and hysterically went on about how messed
up I was. She suggested that I seek some alcohol help.
It was then that I hit my bottom and absolutely did not
want to continue my life with alcohol. Thankfully, I
surrendered and gave myself permission to overrule my
pride and ego to do something different.
I had no idea what this “something different” thing
was going to be. All I knew was that I was done, really
done. My life had become totally unmanageable as a
result of alcohol. I tried to control my drinking and
could not. It sickened me to my core, my heart, my
soul. I hated living this unfulfilled, insane and useless
cycle. I hated myself that I was a bad example to my
son.
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All I really knew about AA was that it was a fact that
it worked for some people. I checked into a 28-day
treatment program where the first three Steps were
addressed. After treatment, I found a sponsor who
guided me through the 12 Steps of AA, and still helps
me immensely. I go to meetings regularly, enjoy the
fellowship and am in service.
I am amazed and thankful that I had the spiritual
awaking of Step One. I call it my spiritual awaking
because while in my back yard I was able for the first
time in my life to be totally honest with myself and
admit I needed help and that I was mentally obsessed
and unstable. My willingness to get help was 180
degrees opposite to my beliefs in the past. I am truly
powerless over alcohol and my life had become insanely
unmanageable.
Once I internalize the truth that I am powerless over
alcohol and that my life will become unmanageable
as a result of alcohol, I can go forward with openness
and willingness to seek solutions to life based upon
AA principals that result in joy, community, peace and
serenity.
Anonymous
A Language Unfamiliar: Powerlessness, Surrender, Serenity and Joy
I was scared and excited at the same time at my very
first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. Before I knew
it, they were speaking a language unfamiliar me;
powerless, surrender, serenity, joy – surely I was in a
room of churchy, “soft” people. I need to fight, struggle,
produce, succeed, achieve, win, have the best time, and
be in first place. This was the vocabulary of my people.
As I listened longer and decided maybe I could benefit
from this A & A deal, I did what they said and got
myself a sponsor. I suggested that since I was a “high
verbal” person that we should probably do these steps
verbally; writing was not necessary. He laughed gently,
but hard. Writing it was, and no typing, no computer.
Pen or pencil was my only option.
I admitted to him I’m powerless over many things,
but a drink?! Come on! I had refused a drink on many
occasions – I didn’t get drunk every single time I took
a drink. Often, yes, but every time, no.
Unmanageable – I’m managing things. True, they’re
not what I want at the moment but I’m managing.
Sorta.
My sponsor in his ever-so-understanding manner
explained things to me.
“Let’s recap your current situation,” he said. “You’re
going to lose your driver’s license for three years, and
because of that you will shortly be losing your job.
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“I suggested that since I was
a ‘high verbal’ person that
we should probably do these
steps verbally; writing was not
necessary.”
Because you’re losing your job, you will be forced to
move your residence, and you’re going to be in jail for
four months.”
Then he asked, “Is this what you want?”
I sheepishly answered no.
“Well,” he said, “I don’t know about you, but I would
consider this powerless and not very manageable. How
does it seem to you?”
I agreed. You see, before I got sober 26 years ago, my
denial was so deep and my reality so distorted, I had
to repeat this often. I recoiled when hearing about
powerless until I revisited that explanation my sponsor
gave me and finally realized that indeed, I was powerless
and my life was unmanageable.
Anonymous
The Powerless Paradox
Every Christmas Eve that we are all together, my wife’s
family plays a game where each person writes down
in secret something he or she wants to accomplish in
the next year. The following year the wishes are read
and everyone tries to guess who wrote what. Some of
the wishes are frivolous or funny, and some are serious
such as lose 20 pounds, or learn a second language.
In almost all cases they are about as binding as a New
Year’s resolution. It’s a good time, but there’s no a
chance in hell of these things ever happening. That’s
how I felt about my alcoholism. I couldn’t wish it away,
promise it away, or hope it away. “Next year I’ll quit,”
I told myself.
Thank God I finally came to the place where the only
thing I could do was admit I was powerless, defeated.
From that place of powerlessness I could find the victory
I sought. Normally you would think powerlessness is
a bad place to be when addressing a life-threatening
illness. Not so, for there is a power greater than myself.
I found that if I would surrender to Him, He would be
more than willing to give me the power not to drink. I
was placed in a space of neutrality – safe and protected.
It doesn’t end there. Walking hand in hand with my
creator, I don’t have to make false promises. I used
to make promises which I never intended to fulfill
because I never had the power in the first place. I’m
gaining a firm grasp on who I am as a person, and who
I am not. I am also getting to better know my abilities.
I don’t have to wish upon a star or make a New Year’s
resolution; I just need to continue to trust in that power
greater than myself. I’m expecting remarkable things
to happen in the future. Powerlessness equals power.
Perhaps this is what the Apostle Paul meant when he
wrote in, “For when I am weak, then I am strong.” (2
Corinthians 12:10) And that makes all the difference.
Patrick R.
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Tradition One – The group must survive or the individual will not
The Two Halves of Step One
The twelve traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous are
a set of guiding principles for our groups to follow
in order to maintain the unity of our fellowship. As
Bill W. writes in the book, Twelve Steps and Twelve
Traditions, “Without unity, the heart of AA would
cease to beat; our world arteries would no longer carry
the life-giving grace of God; His gift to us would
have been spent aimlessly.” (12 & 12, Tradition One,
p.129.)
We hear it at the start of virtually every meeting:
“Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly
followed our path. Those who do not recover are people
who cannot or will not completely give themselves to
this simple program, usually men and women who
are constitutionally incapable of being honest with
themselves.” (Big Book, p. 68) The wording has always
struck me as curious. What does “constitutionally
incapable of being honest” really mean? And what has
that got to do with Step One? Well, it took a slip after
15 years of sobriety to clarify the meaning.
This means that if we AAs do not work together
and hang together, the message of recovery from
alcoholism cannot be carried to the still-suffering
alcoholic, and eventually our fellowship could go the
way of the Washingtonians.*
This can be exceedingly difficult, because of the many
situations that arise in Alcoholics Anonymous that
threaten the welfare of our fellowship. For example,
one night at my home group, I missed the entire
meeting because we had a very, very wet drunk in the
parking lot. He was violent, loud, and obscene. Truth
be told, his exteriors accurately reflected my interiors
when I was new to AA. A couple of group members
and I were trying to calm him down, hoping that he
would be calm down enough to get to emergency
psychiatric services. Unfortunately, he wasn’t in any
condition to be receptive to our efforts. This was in
a church parking lot, on a Monday, and I’m positive
that the church didn’t appreciate having a violent,
screaming drunk on the property. Eventually, one
of the members ended up calling the police, and the
man was taken into custody.
This whole scenario left a bad taste in my mouth. My
heart went out to this poor drunk, whose girlfriend
had brought him to the meeting, desperately seeking
help from Alcoholics Anonymous. I was relatively
new at the time, maybe around eight months sober,
and felt like calling the police was the wrong move
to make, but one of the elder statesmen of our group
pointed out this instance as an example of the first
tradition – that our common welfare comes first.
Had this gentleman hurt himself or someone else,
where would the liability fall? This church had given
our group, and many others, the opportunity to hold
our meeting on their campus. If this drunk had caused
any serious damage, it could have reflected poorly on
the groups, and Alcoholics Anonymous as a whole.
If that had been the case, there may not be a group
for this man to seek help from AA, should he return
in a condition to receive the message. As it says in
our literature, “It becomes plain that the group must
survive or the individual will not.” (12 & 12 Tradition
One, p.130.)
While the 12 traditions are generally applied as
suggestions (not rules) to the groups, each tradition
also has a deep and meaningful connection to our
personal recoveries. Tradition One means that in the
professional environment, I put aside my personal
ambitions in favor of the common welfare of our entire
staff. This means that although certain actions can
be beneficial to me, I need to consider the welfare of
my fellows as a whole, whether it’s the welfare of my
coworkers, family, or friends. This allows me to think
about myself less, and more about others. Because
“My heart went out to this poor
drunk, whose girlfriend had
brought him to the meeting,
desperately seeking help from
Alcoholics Anonymous.”
alcoholism is a disease of malignant self-centeredness,
considering others before my own self-interest seems
counterintuitive, but as I’ve seen in AA, it is absolutely
essential for fulfilling and harmonious conduct in the
greater world.
Noah G.
*The Washingtonian movement was a 19th-century
movement among alcoholics founded in Baltimore in
1840.
I attended my first meeting Dec 13, 1982 and loved
AA from Day One. I identified with everyone and
almost everything they said. The concepts of a “physical
allergy” and “spiritual malady” answered so many
questions I had always had about myself, my feelings
and my actions. I was finally home. I went through
the steps in a sincere and energetic manner and then
launched out on my new sober life with the belief that
as long as I stayed sober, attended meetings regularly
and tried to be a good person I was “good to go.” And
I was ... right up to my slip.
How could this happen? I had a good job, a satisfying
and harmonious family life; I went to meetings all the
time, was GSR and Intergroup Representative for my
home group and had a sponsor that I spoke to (kinda)
regularly. But despite these outward markers of what
most people would consider a solid Program, I was
increasingly restless, irritable and discontented. And
like any good alcoholic I spent a lot of time looking
outside for the cause instead of looking inside. After
several years of this sense of frustration and futility my
slip was almost preordained.
When I got back to the rooms I was blessed to be
approached by a man who told me the cold, hard truth:
that my life was going to continue exactly the way it
had been if I kept running the show. And then he
made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. He said that if I was
willing to work the Steps exactly as they are written
in the Big Book and then immediately start working
with others that I would become a new person. And
that was exactly what I wanted. I was tired of my life
regardless of whether I was drinking or sober and I
needed to be a new person. And it was in the process
of working the steps that I discovered the real meaning
of “constitutionally incapable of being honest” with
myself.
The truth is that I had only taken the first half of
Step One. I had admitted that I was powerless
over alcohol (and drugs) but never really accepted
unmanageability. The problem was that when I
heard the word “unmanageable” I interpreted that as
meaning “unintelligent” or “unaccomplished,” neither
of which applied to me. Like the drunk that holds
on to the memory of when drinking was working for
him, I wanted to hold on to my accomplishments and
successes to justify my belief that I could continue to
call the shots in my life. I finally had to face the fact
that my thinking didn’t work, either drunk or sober.
And I find that my biggest challenge in sobriety today
is not to fall victim to my obsession to control and enjoy
my thinking! The fact is that I still want to run the
show despite the massive evidence that my thinking
doesn’t work very well. And if I am truly honest there
are still many times when I don’t trust God and am
terrified that if I don’t get what I want or need then
I will be miserable, even though that is exactly how I
ended up when I was calling the shots. God may be
all-powerful but He might screw this up!!
As Bill so rightly puts it “the spiritual life is not a
theory, we have to live it.” (Big Book, p. 83) In step
three I made the decision to surrender self-will and to
depend on God for everything. Am I really doing that
today, or am I instead asking God to approve a plan
I have already decided upon? Surrendering self-will is
the hardest thing I have ever had to do and I have to
be vigilant that I am really depending on God instead
of just being grateful. And I have discovered a simple
way to make sure I have taken the second half of Step
One: every morning when I wake up I ask the same
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A Journey in Search of the Truth
Step One – I Thought I Needed Bandages, but What I Really Needed Was
Surgery
three questions:
Step one was the start of my journey in search of
truth. I had been raised to believe that I could be or do
anything I wanted to be or do if I set my mind to it. I
was taught that I had the intelligence to succeed in life
no matter what direction I decided to go. Boy, were my
parents right.
I really wish I could say that each step had an absolutely
profound impact on me, and that after I had taken
the steps with my sponsor, I could cite 12 unique
experiences and flawlessly recite them in step study
meetings. Unfortunately, in Alcoholics Anonymous we
practice a program of rigorous honesty as a way of life,
and any attempts to pontificate about earth-shattering
revelations would be disingenuous at best. The honestto-higher-power truth of my experience with Step One
is that I barely remember doing it.
1.
Am I an alcoholic or not?
2.
Is there a God or not?
3.
Is He running the show today or am I?
Forest W.
I succeeded in functional alcoholism. I perfected that
skill better than most. I was able to maintain that
façade for more than 40 years until my life began to
unravel. I could do my job whether I was hung-over
or not. It became mostly the former. Then I started
drinking in the morning before I came to work, which
eventually led to me going out at lunch and drinking
in my car. Finally it became obvious what I was doing
and I was given an ultimatum – lose your job or quit
drinking.
I had tried several times in the past to quit, even going
through recovery programs, but I could never stay sober.
My longest period of sobriety was three years, and then
I was back at it and twice as much as before. We all
know how that goes. Finally I had to realize that I
could not succeed over alcohol no matter how much
intelligence God bestowed upon me. I could not think
this away. My life had truly become unmanageable.
I had to accept that I, myself, with my supposedly
superior intellect, was powerless over alcohol. No
matter how badly I wanted to quit I couldn’t. And I
was going to lose everything; I was two years away
from retirement. I had worked for almost 45 years and
was letting it slip away because I was powerless. I was
defeated and I had to accept that fact.
I was ready for the next step in my life to begin – my
journey for the truth – and to find out what my Higher
Power had in mind for me to do. Once I did, I was on
my way. I now have 5 ½ years of sobriety.
Anonymous
In Step One, we admit powerlessness over alcohol
and that our lives have become unmanageable. Some
alcoholics have a lot of trouble with admitting complete
defeat because of its ego-deflating implications. My
experience was quite similar – I too had a great deal
of trouble admitting that alcohol was problematic,
particularly because when I had come in, I hadn’t had
a drink in a while. What had originally brought me to
my knees was my indulgence in other substances, and
in the chaos of that lifestyle, drinking didn’t come up
much.
Despite the substance abuse, I ended up in AA, and
was unsure about whether or not I was an alcoholic.
At meetings, I would announce myself as a newcomer,
“Hi, my name is Noah, and I’m an alcoholic,” but that’s
simply because it seemed like the right thing to say. I
also noticed that the “alcoholic-addict” identifiers were
met with disapproving eye-rolls from old-timers, so I
announced myself as alcoholic, not knowing whether
or not I belonged.
Thankfully, a couple of men from my home group
invited me out for coffee one afternoon, and explained
the disease of alcoholism to me. They seemed to be
grilling me, asking me stuff like, “Well, tell me about
your drinking,” and I would haphazardly stutter stories
about drinking myself to oblivion every night after
work, how miserably uncomfortable I was without
a drink in my body, and how a lot of my family and
friends seemed to drink without any consequences.
They explained the insanity that precedes the first
drink, whether it was, “this time it’ll be different,” or
“consequences be damned, I need this drink.” After that
conversation, I was well on my way to understanding
what it truly meant to be powerless over alcohol.
After I had taken the steps, I changed sponsors, and
while my new sponsor did not make me repeat the
steps in every detail, he explained a couple things to me
about Step One that I had never considered. He told
me that Step One was not about being powerless over
people, places, and things, and while he intimated that
I’m probably powerless over nouns, he explained that in
his experience, he won’t give up his job or family for the
first drink, but he will give them up for the second one.
The unmanageability part of Step One didn’t really sink
in until I had been sober for several months. When I
came into our fellowship, I was unemployed, living
with my parents, single, and painfully lonely. That
seemed to be an adequate indicator of unmanageability.
My second sponsor told me that while those were all
unfortunate circumstances of untreated alcoholism,
they did not necessarily suggest the unmanageability
under discussion in the program of AA. He explained
that unmanageability is not based on the deterioration of
our external circumstances, but rather the deterioration
of our internal condition. This is why we see a people
come into AA, ranging from people who have lost
everything to people who have maintained everything
except their emotional and spiritual condition. I had
been trying to bandage my life with addressing the
external circumstances, thinking that if I had a goodpaying job, I could move out of my parents’ house, find
a significant other, and then I wouldn’t be so lonely.
It wasn’t the bandages that I needed, it was surgery –
the crux of my problem was within me, so the solution
had to be a drastic change within me. Thankfully, the
Twelve Steps are all about facilitating a change within
an individual in order to solve the drink problem.
Because the Steps are a way to apply a spiritual solution
to a specific problem, admitting defeat is absolutely
essential. If I still believed that I could manage my
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Editor’s Notes
An Act of Faith
Greetings and a warm welcome to the first issue of The
Coin for 2015.
Editing this publication is an act of faith…faith that
people I’ve arm-wrestled into making a commitment to
write stories will come through, and faith that friends I
don’t know yet will spontaneously send stories to coin@
aasanjose.org. In addition, I’m still learning about the
amount of follow-up I have to do with prospective
writers.
This month we have a group of writers who overcame
extraordinary adversity to get their stories in on time.
These writers endured sleepless nights, long-distance
travel, a car theft, and the stress of moving house. One
person wrote two stories. Their contributions are true
examples of “being willing to go to any length.” (Big
Book, p. 58.) The Coin could not operate without them.
This issue begins our annual journey through the 12
steps which will continue through December. This
month’s step – the first step – reflects the feeling of
powerlessness I feel as I wait for contributions to The
Coin. I can’t control whether anybody contributes
anything. This feeling of being responsible for
producing an issue, and at the same time, being unable
to control what other people do, is stressful. I have to
remind myself of the miracle that God performed in
my life 28 years ago when I admitted I was powerless
over alcohol and my life had become unmanageable.
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That turned out okay, so maybe this will turn out okay,
too. We’ll have The Coin that God wants us to have.
If you are going through the steps again, or for the very
first time, consider writing about it for The Coin. As
we explore the 12 steps, we take on the 12 traditions
as well. I would welcome any stories about the 12
concepts for world service. If you feel like writing about
a particular step and that step is not on the rotation of
topics for several months, write it anyway while you’re
feeling inspired, and I’ll keep it until the right time.
I would like to develop a stable of writers who would
be willing to become regular contributors to The
Coin. You don’t have to be a professional writer. The
willingness and commitment to put pen to paper (or
fingers to keyboard), and turn in your work at an
agreed-upon date, is more important than professional
polish. It does help if you like to write. If it’s an onerous
task, maybe writing isn’t the best form of service for
you to do.
There is now a new page on the aasanjose.org website
under the COIN tab called “Writing for the Coin,”
which may answer additional questions. And you can
always write to me at coin@aasanjose.org.
In the meantime, write me an e-mail and introduce
yourself. I’m thinking of something along the lines of,
“This is who I am; and this is where I am in sobriety.
This is the experience, strength and hope I have to
share. Now, what would you like to do with me?” If
you don’t have a story idea, don’t worry about it. I’ll
give you one!
Writing is a great task for introverts. If you rarely share
at meetings because you’re too shy, it doesn’t mean
you don’t have anything valuable to contribute! Put
the things you would like to share in writing. You can
never predict how what you write will impact another
person. Stories are always published anonymously
unless you give permission for your first name and last
initial to be used. You may also use a pen name.
With warmest thanks,
Marianne G.
Step One continued from page 7
We Don’t All Wear Trench Coats
drinking and my life, I would certainly be doing it.
Luckily, by the time I came into our fellowship, alcohol
had become my master, and I was able to ask for help
and build from that point through forging a relationship
with a higher power. Without the fellowship to guide
me through the program, I would not be able to enjoy
the quality of sobriety that I currently have. Thanks!
I guess I really could have taken Step One when I
was twelve, the day after my first real drunk. I was
in seventh grade at a New Year’s party when I got
so drunk that three friends had to walk me home. I
remember thinking that night how fun it was to have
friends, and how great it was that Danny, the cute guy
I really liked, helped walk me home. Because, prior to
that drunk, I had never felt that way. I didn’t really
have friends, and Danny never noticed me. That was
the first time people bothered to spend time with me
and that I had a good time with them.
Noah G.
Upcoming Topics & Deadlines
Feb. 2015
Deadline Jan 14, 2015
Romance on the AA campus: What have your experiences
been, both good and bad, in getting involved with other
people in recovery?
How has sobriety impacted your ability “to form a true
partnership with another human being?”
(p. 53, 12 & 12)
Step Two, Tradition Two
Second principle: Hope
March 2015
Deadline: Feb 11, 2015
Humor issue: Submit your jokes and funny stories related
to your own sobriety.
When did you start to feel like an AA member?
Step Three, Tradition Three
Third principle: Faith
April 2015
Deadline Mar 18, 2015
Step Four, Tradition Four
The next morning, I was so sick. So sick. I didn’t even
know it was possible to feel as sick as I did. And the
whole time I was throwing up and groaning in bed,
all I could think about was that I couldn’t wait to do
it again. That would have been a good time to take
Step 1.
But I didn’t. Fast forward to age 40, in my second
rehab facility, this time a residential. They were asking
us questions about what we thought an alcoholic
looked like. I saw right through that trick. I was very
smart, you see, and I was going to study my way right
through that rehab. (Hint: that’s not what happened).
I knew they wanted us to say that alcoholics looked like
people in dirty trench coats passed out on Skid Row
clutching paper bags full of liquor. And I knew what
they were really going to say was, in fact, alcoholics
looked just like us, just like everybody in this room.
And that’s what they did say. But it wasn’t until years
later that I could finally look squarely in the mirror
and say, “That’s what an alcoholic looks like. Me. I
am an alcoholic.” That’s when I really took Step One.
Anonymous
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SUNDAY
1
MONDAY
2
TUESDAY
3
CENTRAL OFFICE
CLOSED
4
5
11
6
12
13
ACYPAA BUSINESS
MEETING 12 noon
222 Keyes St., SJ
18
7
8
PI/CPC Meeting: 6pm
Outreach Mtg: 6:30pm
Trinity Church 3151
Union Ave., SJ
Intergroup Mtg: 7:30pm
9
14
16
15
10
8
PI/CPC Workshop
10am, Central Office
ACYPAA BUSINESS
MEETING 12 noon
222 Keyes St., SJ
17
15
Diverter/12th
Steppers Workshop
10am, Central Office
North County
General Service Meeting
7:30pm
19
20
21
so County General
Service Meeting: 7pm
22
28
29
23
24
26
27
H & I Committee
7:00pm 1980 E.
Hamilton Ave.,SJ
22
ACYPAA BUSINESS
MEETING 12 noon
222 Keyes St., SJ
1980 E. Hamilton Ave., SJ
ACYPAA BUSINESS
MEETING 12 noon
222 Keyes St., SJ
10
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
4
5
PI/CPC Meeting: 6pm
Outreach Mtg: 6:30pm
Trinity Church 3151
Union Ave., SJ
Intergroup Mtg: 7:30pm
6
11
13
12
17
bridging The Gap
Meeting: 7:00pm
so County General
Service Meeting: 7pm
23
24
H & I Committee
7:00pm 1980 E.
Hamilton Ave.,SJ
18
30
7
14
PI/CPC Workshop
10am, Central Office
North County
General Service Meeting
7:30pm
16
SATURDAY
Secretary’s Workshop
10am, Central Office
Archives Work Day
11:15am, Central Office
19
20
21
Diverter/12th
Steppers Workshop
10am, Central Office
1980 E. Hamilton Ave., SJ
bridging The Gap
Meeting: 7:00pm
25
9
WEDNESDAY
25
26
27
28
31
Local Events
January 24
March 14
March 28
Switch Hitters - Lip-sync Competition and Party: 7pm - 10pm, Center for Spiritual Living, 1195 Clark Street, San Jose
Agenda Topics Workshop: 12pm - 3pm, The Alano Club of San Jose, 1122 Fair Ave., San Jose
S.C.C. Intergroup Chili Cookoff : 12pm - 3pm, Lincoln Glen Church, 2700 Booksin Ave., San Jose
CALIFORNIA Events
January 10
Feb. 26 - March 1st
The History of Alcoholics Anonymous: 8am - 5pm, The Hope Center, 2275 Morello Ave., Pleasant Hill, CA
ACYPAA XLIII: The Hilton, 300 Almaden Boulevard, San Jose, CA www.2015.ACYPAA.ORG
events Around The Country and Globe
February 20-22
the COIN 10
Please send news and information about your group’s activities
before the end of the month so we can get them in the COIN.
We accept them in any form, but emailing a flyer is best:
aasanjose@comcast.net
Yuma Round Up: AWC Main Campus: 2020 S. Avenue 8E, Yuma, AZ yumaroundup@yahoo.com
the COIN 11
Decemer 2014
Volume 9 | Issue 12
MEETING CHANGES
Telephone Calls Received
During December 2014
Daytime at Central Office......357
Daytime 12 Step Calls.....10
(Evening 12 Step Call information is not available.)
An average of just over 15,000 hits are
made on our website each month!!
I AM RESPONSIBLE…
WHEN ANYONE, ANYWHERE,
REACHES OUT FOR HELP,
I WANT THE HAND OF A.A.
ALWAYS TO BE THERE.
AND FOR THAT: I AM RESPONSIBLE.
To all the members and groups who support us,
WE THANK YOU!
Early Fresh Start: Sat., 10AM, Oak Grove Baptist Church: 479
Blossom Hill Rd., upstairs, San Jose.
Mandarin Alcoholics Anonymous Group: Sun., 11AM, AACI, 2400
Moorpark Ave., Room 202, San Jose. (Starts January 4th)
Happy, Joyous, Free (Transwomen): Fri. 7PM Billy DeFrank LGBT
Center: 938 The Alameda, near Race St., San Jose. (2nd and 4th Fridays
only)
Serenity Speaker Meeting
Sundays at 6:15 p.m.
West Valley Presbyterian Church: 6191 Bollinger Rd., Cupertino
Grapevine Speakers Meeting
Fridays at 8 p.m.
United Presbyterian Church
728 W. Fremont Ave. (at Hollenbeck), Sunnyvale
Second Tradition Group of AA
Saturdays at 8 p.m.
Lincoln Glen Church, 2700 Booksin Ave, San Jose
Remember We Deal With Alcohol
Saturdays at 8 p.m.
St. Mark’s Church
1957 Pruneridge Ave., Santa Clara
Saturday Nite Live Group
Saturday Morning Fellowship
Saturday at 10 a.m.
United Presbyterian Church
Fremont & Hollenbeck, Sunnyvale
the COIN 12
YEARS
CONTRIBUTIONS
BIRTHDAY
Bonnie R.
35
Linda M.
05/30/1979
Linda M.
3
Linda M.
06/28/2011
Anne K.
25
Mary Pat
11/20/1989
Julie S.
38
Aileen B.
12/07/1976
Lori P.
26
Mary F.
12/16/1988
Big Book Study: Sat., 10:30AM, Cornerstone Fellowship Group:
1600 Dell Ave., (2nd Floor), Campbell.
Elfreide S.
32
Aileen B.
12/17/1982
Karen J.
5
Karen J.
12/24/2009
Mary F.
26
Mary F.
12/28/1988
Desi’s In Recovery: Sat., 4PM, Covenant Presbyterian Church: 670
E. Meadow Dr. @ Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto. (Languages used include
most from India and Pakistan)
The Family Afterwards: Wed., 6PM, Los Altos Lutheran Church,
460 S. El Monte, Los Altos (Room 8).
CHANGED
Signs of Sobriety (ASL & English): Mon., 6:30PM, Now meets in
Collins Room at Grace Baptist Church: 484 E. San Fernando St., San Jose.
(entrance off of 10th street)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! 190 YEARS OF SOBRIETY!!
If you would like to participate or honor a friend, please use the birthday forms at
your Meeting or Central Office. Birthdays are listed in recognition of contributions
made to Central Office on a member’s behalf, be it by themselves or a friend, for a
sobriety milestone and will be listed in this section (unless requested otherwise).
Freedom Fellowship: Has moved to: Trinity United Methodist Church,
748 Mercy St., Mountain View. (Monday - Friday meetings only)
Back to Basics: Wed.,12 noon, Gilroy Groups changed name to Serenity
at Noon.
New Live and Let Live: Sun., 4:30PM, Moved from Gloria Dei Lutheran
Church to Alum Rock Covenant Church, 218 Kirk Ave., San Jose.
Open AA: Thurs., 6PM, Alano Club West. Name changed to Good Men
and Women.
As Bill Sees It Book Meeting: Sun., 5PM, We Care Group: Mt. Olive
Lutheran Church, 1989 E. Calaveras Blvd., Milpitas. Time changed to 5PM
from 6PM.
The Survivors: Wed., 7PM, Veteran’s Housing Facility, San Jose. Now a
Step Study.
NO LONGER MEETING
Fridays at 8 p.m.
2634 Union Ave., San Jose
BIRTHDAY CELEBRANT
Morning Reflections: Thurs., 6:45AM, We Care Group: Mt. Olive
Lutheran Church, 1989 E. Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas.
Fireside Drunx’s: Mon., 8PM, Change of Recovery House, 526 Page
St., San Jose.
SPEAKER MEETINGS
Birthday Contributions
NEW
Completely Out of Context: Wed., 6PM, Billy DeFrank LGBT Center:
938 The Alameda, near Race St., San Jose.
Los Gatos Chips: Sat., 6PM, Faith Lutheran Church: 16548 Ferris Ave.,
Los Gatos.
A. A. Needs
Your Help!
We are in need of 12-Step volunteers. If you are available to take 12-Step phone calls
and/or go out on a 12-Step call
(although, never alone!), come to the workshop and sign up!
We are especially in need of
Women 12-Step Volunteers
Every 3rd Saturday of each month
10 AM
Central Office
274 E. Hamilton Ave. Suite D., Campbell
408-374-8511
the COIN 13
PI/CPC Reps Needed
We need more meetings to elect PI/CPC reps, participate in the monthly business meeting and to locate
opportunities for PI/CPC activities.
PI/CPC participates in a wide variety of programs- from
health fairs to school presentations. Find out how you
can get into service by attending one of our committee
meetings or workshops.
•Health Fairs
•Middle and High Schools
•Workshops
•Medical Students
•Parole Meetings
•Recovery Center Professionals
•Community Outreach
•DUI programs
•Business Professionals
•Senior Centers
•Health Professionals
•Colleges & Universities
•Clergy
•Social Services
The PI/CPC committee meeting is held at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 3151 Union Ave., San Jose, on the first
Wednesday of the month at 6 PM.
The PI/CPC Workshop is held at Central Office, 274 E.
Hamilton Ave., Ste. D, Campbell, on the second Saturday of the Month at 10 AM
For more Information call Chris L. at 408-489-0788, or
Central Office at 408-374-8511; email: info@aasanjose.
org.
Intergroup Central Office
of Santa Clara County, Inc.
274 E. Hamilton Ave., Suite D
Campbell, CA 95008
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(any amount, to a maximum of $3000.00 per year, please)
ARE CHEERFULLY RECEIVED AT:
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InterGroup Minutes
December 3, 2014
●
Carol B., Intergroup Chairperson, opened the meeting at 7:30 PM, followed by a Moment
of Silence and the serenity prayer.
● Steve read the definition of Intergroup.
● Paul read the 12 traditions.
● New Intergroup Reps:
○ Paul, As Bill Sees It meeting, Monday 6PM
○ Steve, Saturday Nite Live meeting
○ Katie, Phoenix meeting, Sunday 8PM
● Visitors
○ Lisa
○ Paul
● 7th tradition.
● Birthdays:
○ Judith, 30 yrs.
○ Sandi, 3 yrs.
○ David, 4 yrs.
○ Leanne, 7 yrs.
○ Sherry, 2 yrs.
○ Ron, 33 yrs.
○ Kate, 18 mos.
● Corrections or Additions to the agenda (None)
● Corrections or Additions to the previous months’ minutes--First October, then November
(None/Minutes approved)
● Treasurer’s Report – Joe
The Treasurer’s report for 2014 will be announced at the January meeting; then the
treasurer’s report will be quarterly.
● 56 voting Intergroup representatives in attendance.
Reports
Intergroup Chair, Carol B.
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Holiday potluck tonight; it was fun and very good food. We
need a new coffee person. Gavin will be able to train his replacement. No volunteer could mean no coffee
for our upcoming meetings.
Committee Chairs--please keep reports to two or three minutes and provide one takeaway item for reps to
take back and report to their meeting.
Central Service Board, Ross J.
The Central Service Board met on November 20th. We reviewed the treasurer’s report; our CD
balances are okay. YTD group contributions are about $5k more than last year. We purchased
a CD with our prudent reserve overage. We’re still investigating various options re how to better
communicate with and support groups. Ideas include replacing an aging printer/copier, better
archives displays, maybe offset GSO’s book price increase by covering it at the local level, and
increasing our office support levels. A large TV monitor for the office has already been
approved.
Central Office, Bruce
Central Office has noticed that monthly contributions are down from last year—we still need
your groups’ support. December 6 we will have a tamale party! We have very little information
about Alcathons--getting the information to Central Office is still prudent, even if the COIN has
already been published. We have info for the Serenity First Christmas and New Year’s Day
Alcathons. Saturday Nite Live will have Alcathons but we do not have hours for the events.
PI/CPC, Chris
We’re looking for a new CPC chair--the sobriety requirement is 2 years, and the commitment is
2 years. Workshop is the second Saturday of every month, 10:00 AM at Central Office.
A November event was canceled for lack of volunteers; the takeaway message is PI/CPC can
use meeting reps, support and volunteers. There is a homeless project health fair Dec 13.
12 Step Committee, Bill D.
Tommy O spoke for Bill. 3 new volunteers signed up at the last workshop for both 12 step and
diverter (the 12Step/Diverter workshop is at Central Office the 3rd Saturday of every month at
10:00 AM). Diverter shifts are almost full.
Daytime Coordinator, Mike
Bruce says “we’re covered.”
Nights & Weekends Diverter Coordinator, Tommy O.
The Diverter Coordinator position is open; the sobriety requirement is 2 years.
Outreach Committee, Laura
We have a new outreach committee chair, Laura C: Thank you for the opportunity to serve the
group. My phone is 408/605-8749.
COIN, Marianne
The new issue includes design changes by Colin (designer), who is proud to be a part of the
COIN team. Who has worked the first step? Step 1 or the 1st tradition is the January topic, or
what’s the difference between admitting our powerlessness over alcohol and making a New
Year’s resolution?
Submit your stories in Word format to COIN@aasanjose.org OR to ODAATCOIN@yahoo.com.
Website, Josh
Not much to report other than the web app has brisk traffic. We have a request that a list of
meetings in the database be downloadable from the meetings page.
Activities Committee, Linda.
Linda A. was announced as the new Activities Committee Chair.
Old/Ongoing Business, Carol B.
Now it is motion time for support from Intergroup for the upcoming ACYPAA annual roundup.
John noted upcoming service opportunities for individual groups: a group can host a “marathon
meeting,” in which a group can provide a meeting at the conference to garner some meeting
recognition. Contact 408/595-9882 for details or jferrari93@gmail.com.
ACYPAA is sponsoring a New Year’s event starting at 8:00 PM with a speaker meeting followed
by a dance at 2700 Booksin Ave.
The formal motion: “That the Intergroup Council of AA host a literature table at the ACYPAA
Annual Roundup in San Jose on Feb 27-28 from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM with books for sale at
cost: Alcoholics Anonymous, 12 Steps and 12 Traditions (standard and pocket-sized), Daily
Reflections, and assorted literature.” This involves providing books and staffing the table. The
motion was stated by the recording secretary. Bruce will coordinate table volunteers.
The motion passed.
New Business
Discussion was started about replacing the Lord’s Prayer at the end of the Intergroup meeting
with the Responsibility Statement. It was felt that the Responsibility Statement better reflects
what this body does as a business and service entity. A comment was that traditionally we end
with a prayer, not a statement. Another comment was that The Lord’s Prayer can be perceived
as being exclusive Christian. Discussion was closed.
A suggestion was made that a PA system for Intergroup would be a valuable addition.
Discussion mentioned that some folks are not microphone savvy and a PA system may add
time to the business meeting.
Other Service Committee Reports
Unity Day –
No liaison yet--expected to be filled when that committee starts meeting in the upcoming year.
NCCAA, Dennis
Next NCCAA conference is 3 months away in early March (Foster City).
Hospitals and Institutions, Judith
H&I meets the 4th Tuesday of the month at 7pm at the First Congregational Church of San Jose,
1980 Hamilton Ave. at Leigh, San Jose 95025.
The purpose of H&I is to bring meetings to those who do not have access to meetings by wall or
wire. “A penny a day for sobriety,” and Pink Cans should always be passed separately!
58 meetings are held every week at 28 different Hospitals and Institutions.
A list is provided on the reverse side of the H&I report showing everywhere H&I volunteers are
needed (secretaries or speakers).
This is Judith’s last report to Intergroup for H&I, and we’re really happy to have Sandi as the
new H&I liaison. Sandi’s number is 408/613-0622 (starting in January).
“AA is more than a set of principles; it is a society of alcoholics in action. We must carry the
message else we ourselves can wither and those who haven’t been given the truth may die.”
So grateful; it has been an honor to serve with such an amazing group of people. -Judith
Bridging the Gap, Mike D.
Volunteers should come to the Bridging the Gap meeting held the third Monday of the month at
7:00 PM at First Congregational Church, 1980 Hamilton Avenue, San Jose. Orientation is held
immediately following. We are in need of contacts for the Milpitas, South County and Mountain
View areas. There is also an opening on the committee for a male volunteer coordinator which
requires a 2 year sobriety suggestion – matching a volunteer with a person requesting a
contact.
There are always openings for volunteers! October statistics--3 males and 7 females
successfully bridged. Mike’s phone is 408/313-1424.
North County General Service, Eric
At the last district meeting the district unanimously approved a motion to offer to return
donations to the groups that distributed emergency funding to the district during the district’s
financial crisis earlier in the summer. Whatever funds are not returned and remain in the District
treasury will be distributed as partial travel cost reimbursement to District Officers who travel
long distances to attend business meetings. Thank you for letting me serve for the past two
years; you have enhanced my level of service to Alcoholics Anonymous! - Eric
South County General Service, Paul
Larry for Paul—The elections assembly was held in San Jose. We had the highest attendance
of any assembly ever. Raymundo was elected as our new delegate. All new area officers were
elected. If your groups don’t have a GSR, elect one!
ACYPAA, John
Discussed earlier during Old/Ongoing Business.
Open Forum
The COIN will be assembled Friday for mailing—please join us at Central Office!
Have a Safe and Fun Holiday Season!
Meeting closed at 8:41
INTERGROUP CENTRAL OFFICE OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, INC.
11:16 AM
Profit & Loss
01/27/15
Accrual Basis
December 2014
Dec 14
Ordinary Income/Expense
Income
3030 · Contributions-General
3050 · Group Insurance (Group premium payments)
8010 · Literature Sales
8020 · Meeting Guide Sales
8050 · Activities Committee
8055 · Central Office Events
8060 · Newsletter Subscriptions
Total Income
Cost of Goods Sold
5000 · Cost of Goods Sold
5100 · Cost of Inventory Sold
5150 · Cost of Meeting Directories
5000 · Cost of Goods Sold - Other
Total 5000 · Cost of Goods Sold
Total COGS
Gross Profit
Expense
6010 · Alarm Service
6015 · Activities Committee Expense
6025 · Central Office Events Expense
6030 · Accounting and Legal Fee
6070 · Bank Credit card charges (Credit card costs and fees)
6140 · Conferences - Exec. Dir.
6150 · Unity Day Expense
6160 · Copier Expense
6190 · Depreciation Expense
6220 · Insurance - Worker Compensation
6230 · Insurance - General Liability
6231 · Insurance - CGL Group Umbrella
6240 · Employee HRA Plan
6245 · Internet Access Charges
6320 · Newsletter Expense
6330 · Office Expense
6370 · Office Paper Supply
6380 · Payroll Taxes
6410 · Postage
6430 · PI/CPC
6480 · Rent
6540 · Salaries - Office
6560 · Payroll Expenses
6600 · Signing Services
7010 · Taxes and Licenses
7050 · Telephone
9080 · Sales Tax (Sales tax paid on purchases)
Total Expense
Net Ordinary Income
Other Income/Expense
Other Income
8030 · Interest Income
Total Other Income
Net Other Income
Net Income
Dec 13
Jan - Dec 14
14,640.33
0.00
3,167.93
642.50
0.00
0.00
10.00
13,094.93
615.00
5,038.91
358.50
0.00
139.00
10.00
145,339.77
4,801.00
55,735.41
7,590.67
9,589.33
4,702.00
125.00
18,460.76
19,256.34
227,883.18
2,597.84
735.82
0.00
3,527.59
53.49
4.00
40,432.38
6,020.99
0.00
3,333.66
3,585.08
46,453.37
3,333.66
3,585.08
46,453.37
15,127.10
15,671.26
181,429.81
0.00
0.00
207.83
800.00
92.09
0.00
0.00
113.02
236.00
127.89
0.00
0.00
475.22
49.90
215.00
501.58
0.00
711.38
41.76
0.00
2,153.90
9,299.11
111.40
200.00
0.00
159.10
0.00
0.00
53.00
556.89
0.00
110.74
0.00
0.00
154.93
274.80
-92.90
85.33
-615.27
392.98
54.60
0.00
236.59
0.00
657.11
238.20
43.00
2,090.55
8,589.63
101.00
200.00
0.00
154.84
0.00
828.00
6,434.44
3,912.27
3,425.00
1,352.21
1,322.63
1,500.00
1,915.74
1,138.00
822.59
2,128.80
2,137.00
7,339.13
929.49
1,583.76
2,463.95
1,464.72
7,664.48
1,596.34
329.89
25,783.45
87,772.44
1,281.72
2,300.00
60.00
1,877.38
272.13
15,495.18
13,286.02
169,635.56
-368.08
2,385.24
11,794.25
25.91
23.23
276.42
25.91
23.23
276.42
25.91
23.23
276.42
-342.17
2,408.47
12,070.67
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11:17 AM
INTERGROUP CENTRAL OFFICE OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, INC.
Balance Sheet
01/27/15
Accrual Basis
As of December 31, 2014
Dec 31, 14
ASSETS
Current Assets
Checking/Savings
1010 · Petty Cash
1020 · First Republic Bank (Checking account)
1021 · (PR) First Rep. Bank CD 0429 (12 Mo. CD @ .45%, 08/12/15)
1023 · (PR) First Rep. Bank CD 3228 (12 Mo. CD @ .3%, 02/05/15)
1025 · (PR) First Rep. Bank CD 7266 (12 Mo. CD @ .25%, 01/06/15)
1026 · (PR) First Rep. Bank CD 7619 (12 Mo. CD @ .45%, 06/21/15)
1027 · (PR) First Rep. Bank CD 7681 (10 Mo. CD @ .1%, 07/29/15)
1028 · (OA) First Rep. Bank CD 6955 (12 Mo. CD @ .35%, 08/29/15)
Total Checking/Savings
132.69
4,591.96
17,617.73
16,489.60
20,137.89
15,114.92
15,074.76
20,023.42
109,182.97
Accounts Receivable
1110 · Accounts Rec - Group Deposits
-1,957.87
Total Accounts Receivable
-1,957.87
Other Current Assets
1250 · Literature Inventory
1310 · Prepaid Insurance
1499 · Undeposited Funds
23,735.10
1,583.17
22.90
Total Other Current Assets
25,341.17
Total Current Assets
132,566.27
Fixed Assets
1630 · Office Equipment
1640 · Office Furnishings - Asset
1641 · Less Accumulated Depreciation
1680 · Leasehold Improvements
1681 · Less Accumulated Amortization
31,899.00
7,757.80
-35,837.97
300.00
-300.00
Total Fixed Assets
3,818.83
Other Assets
1860 · Deposits
1,993.85
Total Other Assets
1,993.85
TOTAL ASSETS
LIABILITIES & EQUITY
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Other Current Liabilities
2240 · Sales Tax Payable (due quarterly)
2600 · Unity Day
Total Other Current Liabilities
Total Current Liabilities
Total Liabilities
138,378.95
1,156.42
2,132.30
3,288.72
3,288.72
3,288.72
Equity
2740 · Temporarily Restricted Funds
3900 · Unrestricted Funds
Net Income
10,842.08
112,177.48
12,070.67
Total Equity
135,090.23
TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY
138,378.95
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3:32 PM
01/07/15
Accrual Basis
INTERGROUP CENTRAL OFFICE OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, INC.
Group Contributions
December 2014
Dec 14
Jan - Dec 14
Dec 14
1 INV Early Bird Group 70968
0.00
350.00
1 INV Fremont & Hollenbeck Group 70907
0.00
1,330.00
Easier W ay Group 290
(Fri.)
501.20
1 INV Fremont & Manet Group 70975
0.00
2,450.00
East Valley Group 322
(Fri.)
0.00
1 INV Gilroy Groups 70906
0.00
835.00
Eleventh Step Meditation Mtg 276 (Thur.)
0.00
1 INV Men Seeking Guidance Group
0.00
1,120.00
End of the Line Men’s Group 147 (Tues.)
0.00
1,096.84
14,648.93
Evergreen Group 884 (Thur.)
0.00
Fireside Big Book Study 809 (Tues.)
0.00
Firing Line (The) 404 (Mon.)
0.00
1 INV One Day at a Time 70903
1 INV R and B Group 70972
Early Tuesday Group 119 (Tues.)
0.00
0.00
1,861.29
1 INV Saturday Nite Live Group 70905
140.00
840.00
1 INV Serenity Discussion 210 (W ed.)
0.00
2.27
Free to Be Me SJ (W omen) 736 (Tues.)
0.00
1 INV Serenity First Fellowship 70902
0.00
0.00
Friday Big Book Study 702 (Fri)
0.00
1 INV South County Fellowship 70954
300.00
6,000.00
G Attitude Adjustment
0.00
1 INV Spiritual Progress Group 70979
0.00
2,700.00
G Forged From Adversity Group 70957
1 INV W inchester Fellowship 70960
0.00
25.00
G Higher Power Hour 70952
175.00
350.00
G Men's Basic Study Group
3rd Steppers Book Study (W om) 610 (Thur.)
0.00
445.60
G Milpitas W e Care Group 70934
0.00
4 Directions 855 (Fri.)
0.00
336.00
G Remember W e Deal W ith Alcohol 70938
0.00
A Vision for You W omen’s 802 (Tues.)
0.00
1,280.00
130.20
595.54
G Sunrise Group of Palo Alto 70963
744.91
Alano Club W est
0.00
107.30
G Sunrisers Group/Dennys 70932
598.37
Almaden Valley Discussion 30 (Sun.)
0.00
244.63
G Ten O'Clock High
300.00
Attitude Adjustment SJ 861 (Thur.)
0.00
119.00
G Third Tradition (906)
B.F.E.
0.00
740.16
G Third Tradition W omen's Gp, The 70979
12 Steps at Noon 303 ( Fri.)
A.B.C. W omen's Group 58
(Mon.)
0.00
700.00
70985
G Serenity at Noon (fka Agnew)
0.00
70921
889 (Thur.)
0.00
50.00
Back to Basics Saratoga Noon 151 (Tues.)
0.00
707.00
G W e Care Group
Beginners & Beyond LG 345
(Sat.)
0.00
100.00
G W est Valley Fellowship 70942
Big Book Speakers Group 289 (Fri.)
0.00
992.07
Gay & Lesbian AA Big Book Disc146 (Tues.)
140.00
Big Book Step Study (Men) 325 ( Fri.)
0.00
1,065.00
Gay & Lesbian Sober Experience 896 (Mon.)
0.00
Big Book Study Mlpts 347 (Sat.)
0.00
80.00
Gay & Lesbian Step & Trad GP 221 (Fri.)
0.00
Bill’s Basement 384 (Fri.)
0.00
344.80
Gay Alcoholics Living/Sobriety 742 (W ed.)
0.00
100.00
2,636.00
Gay Grab Bag Solution 41 (Sun.)
0.00
0.00
1,070.00
Gay Living Sober Group
0.00
Bon Air Siding BB Study 202 (W ed.)
0.00
120.00
Gay Men & W omen Together 85
Bowers Fellowship
0.00
457.94
Gay Men’s Freedom 262 (Thur.)
California Ave. Supper Group 715 (Thur.)
508.13
1,464.16
Cambrian Park Men's Group 567 (Thur.)
0.00
420.00
Cambrian Saturday Night (Chips) 376 (Sat)
0.00
1,940.30
Campus Group 234 (Thur.)
0.00
259.20
Grateful Live Group 535
Candlelight Group
0.00
120.00
Happy Destiny (W omen) 109 (Tues.)
0.00
0.00
100.00
Happy, Joyous & Free 650 (Tues.)
0.00
414.00
1,575.00
High Hope (Men's)
239 (Sat.)
0.00
0.00
960.60
HOW Group 71
(Mon.)
835.39
945.39
In the Basement 545 (Sun.)
Courage to Change (W omen) 145 (W ed.)
0.00
129.51
In the Solution
Daily Reflection MH
Birthday Contribution 00951
Boiled Owls (Men's)
816 (W ed)
46
(Sun.)
380 (Sat.)
Change (Sun.)
Character Defect Freedom 201 (Tues)
Chip W inners (Chips) 168 (W ed.)
Chips and Dyps (Chips)
559 (Tues.)
537 (Tues.)
70934
249.03
0.00
0.00
21 (Sun.)
(Mon.)
Gay Reflections on the Solution 841(W ed.)
Get Up and Go (W omen)
187 (Sat.)
Get W ell Group 17 (Sun.)
0.00
0.00
0.00
840.00
0.00
(Mon.)
647 (Sat.)
Inspiration Big Book 195 (W ed.)
0.00
0.00
140.00
0.00
0.00
50.00
Daily Reflections 432 (Thur.)
0.00
140.00
Intergroup Council 80909
Design for Living 200 (Tues.)
0.00
100.00
Invaders Group 44 (Sun.)
0.00
District 40
0.00
165.20
Joy of Living MH
0.00
Just For Today 238 PA (Thur.)
699 (Mon.)
Dr. Bob’s Nightmare 360 (Sun.)
0.00
269.00
Early Bird SJ 244 (Thur.)
0.00
77.00
Early Monday Night 68
0.00
464.49
Lesbians Living the Promises 349 (Fri.)
LGBT Happy Destiny Group 621 (Sat.)
0.00
444.12
Sober Mafia 204 (Sun.)
LGBTQ Gay & Lesbian Topic Disc 516 (Sat.)
0.00
78.00
(Mon.)
Ladies Amethyst AA Study Group 749 (W ed.)
Sober Thoughts 499 (W ed.)
0.00
500.00
0.00
0.00
63.00
0.00
119.00
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INTERGROUP CENTRAL OFFICE OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, INC.
Group Contributions
December 2014
Dec 14
Liquor W as But A Symptom 203 (Thur.)
Living in the Solution MH (W ) 33 (Sat.)
0.00
Jan - Dec 14
445.20
Dec 14
Society of the Second Chance 305 (Tues.)
0.00
Source of Strength (W omen) 501 (Mon.)
0.00
South Valley Men’s 845 (Thur.)
0.00
0.00
70.00
1,216.79
1,216.79
265.00
678.70
South Valley W omen’s Surrender 88 (Mon.)
0.00
Los Altos Big Book 860 (Thurs.)
0.00
329.30
Spiritual Awakening 813 (Tues.)
0.00
Los Altos Group 225 (Thur.)
0.00
355.01
Spiritual Step Study 233 (Sun.)
Los Gatos Chips 413 (Sat.)
0.00
134.04
St. Luke’s Group 113 (Tues.)
0.00
Los Gatos Tuesday Night 110 (Tues.)
0.00
304.50
St. Mark’s Group 270 (Thur.)
0.00
Meditation Meeting LA 39 (Sat.)
0.00
140.00
Starting the Steps 753
0.00
Men's 4th Step Group 320
Living Solutions 728
(Fri.)
Living with Serenity (Chips) 599 (W ed.)
(Fri.)
0.00
25.00
Men's Big Book (Caveman Gp) 659 (Sun.)
0.00
393.00
Step Study (W omen) LG 820 (W ed.)
0.00
Men's Closed AA Mtg. 687 (Sat.)
0.00
716.70
Step/Tradition Study 581
0.00
Men's Group
0.00
867.40
Sundowner's Dinner Mtg (Chips) 768 (W ed.)
0.00
1,610.00
0.00
367.00
292.18
1,227.68
0.00
97 (Mon.)
Men's Honesty Group
26 (Sat.)
Men's Single Problem Study Gp 220 (Thur.)
Step Along (W omen)
(Fri.)
638 (W ed.)
648.49
(Mon.)
Sunshine Group noon 243 (Thur.)
0.00
0.00
105.00
Survivors (The) Step Study 331 (W ed.)
0.00
T.G.I.F. Speaker/Discussion 298 (Fri.)
0.00
290.04
There Is a Solution SJ 217 (Thur.)
0.00
168.00
308.00
Think Tank (Men's)
361 (Sat.)
700.00
0.00
379.02
Third Tradition SJ 511 (Mon.)
0.00
Mountain Miracles 882 (Thur.)
303.10
721.70
Trinity Group
0.00
Mountain View Group
325.00
1,130.00
Midday W omen’s Group
91 (Mon.)
Monday at a Time 208 (Mon.)
Monday Midday Meeting
Monday Night Chip
714 (Mon.)
405 (Mon.)
350 (Sat.)
New Direction 12 x 12 90 (Mon.)
370 (Sat.)
Truly Happy Hour 324 (Fri.)
0.00
0.00
37.10
Tuesday Night Happy Hour 796
0.00
70.00
437.95
Tuesday Night Men's Mtg
0.00
New Steps for Living 20 (Sun.)
0.00
447.30
Tuesday Night Saratoga Group 152 (Tues.)
Newcomers, Oldtimers (W omen) 769 (Sat.)
0.00
101.39
Tuesday Noon Step Study 556 (Tues)
No Bull Big Book 655 (Fri.)
0.00
889.92
Unknown
0.00
Other W ednesday Nite,The (Men) 209 (W ed)
0.00
535.00
Up the Creek-Daily Reflections 745 (Tue.)
0.00
Pass It On Group
0.00
453.02
Veterans of Alcohol 874 (Tues.)
0.00
516.00
8,248.50
Veterans of Alcohol NortH 338 (Tues.)
0.00
Plaza Del Rey Group 52 (Sun.)
0.00
416.00
Villages Group of AA, The 406 (Mon.)
0.00
Positive Outlook Group SJ 368 (Sat.)
0.00
55.07
W aves of Healing
0.00
Principles Before Personalities 155 (Th)
230.00
230.00
W e Are Not Saints 12 & 12 520 (Tues.)
0.00
312.10
W est Valley Fellowship (Chips) 374 (Sat.)
206.50
0.00
218.25
W inchester Mystery Meeting 102 (Tues.)
203.70
0.00
431.74
W isdom to Know
651 (Mon.)
395.50
0.00
738.00
W omen's Brunch
640 (Sat.)
Saratoga Serenity Gp (Chps) 329 (Fri.)
0.00
150.00
W omen's Topic Disc. Group 103 (Tues.)
0.00
Saturday Night Young People (142) PA
0.00
295.30
W omen on the Move 570 (W ed.)
0.00
Second Tradition Group Spkr 721 (Sat.)
Serenity Speaker Meeting 533 (Sun)
0.00
0.00
2,617.93
292.50
W omen Sharing the Solution 519 (Thur.)
W omen to W omen 704 (Sat.)
0.00
0.00
Shared Gift, The (W omen)
0.00
742.50
Silver Serenity 517 (Thurs.)
0.00
215.00
Single Problem Study (Men) 212 (W ed.)
0.00
676.54
Single Problem Topic (Men's) 582 (Mon.)
0.00
790.66
Sisters in Sobriety 548 (Thur.)
0.00
123.87
Sisters Seeking Serenity 858 (W ed.)
0.00
791.00
Sober in the Park 688 (Sun.)
0.00
200.00
New Nooners 808 (Mon.)
418 (Sun.)
Personal 00911
Queer and Sober 671
Recovery Roulette
(Sat.)
326 (Thurs.)
Roots 344 (Sat.)
Saratoga Family Group
328 (Fri.)
61 (Mon.)
525 (Tues.)
526 (Mon.)
0.00
350.00
0.00
0.00
7,085.63
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Accrual Basis
INTERGROUP CENTRAL OFFICE OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, INC.
Group Contributions
December 2014
Jan - Dec 14
1 INV Early Bird Group 70968
1,498.47
1 INV Fremont & Hollenbeck Group 70907
1,488.20
1 INV Fremont & Manet Group 70975
349.50
1 INV Gilroy Groups 70906
105.00
1 INV Men Seeking Guidance Group
156.80
1 INV One Day at a Time 70903
280.00
1 INV R and B Group 70972
80.00
1 INV Saturday Nite Live Group 70905
1,324.33
1 INV Serenity Discussion 210 (W ed.)
122.50
1 INV Serenity First Fellowship 70902
491.00
1 INV South County Fellowship 70954
123.00
1 INV Spiritual Progress Group 70979
1 INV W inchester Fellowship 70960
404.00
1,604.00
12 Steps at Noon 303 ( Fri.)
152.00
3rd Steppers Book Study (W om) 610 (Thur.)
630.00
4 Directions 855 (Fri.)
676.56
A Vision for You W omen’s 802 (Tues.)
1,120.00
A.B.C. W omen's Group 58
4,052.59
(Mon.)
Alano Club W est
5,189.35
Almaden Valley Discussion 30 (Sun.)
Attitude Adjustment SJ 861 (Thur.)
B.F.E.
625.00
50.00
3,223.00
Back to Basics Saratoga Noon 151 (Tues.)
938.00
Beginners & Beyond LG 345
(Sat.)
536.90
Big Book Speakers Group 289 (Fri.)
150.00
Big Book Step Study (Men) 325 ( Fri.)
147.00
Big Book Study Mlpts 347 (Sat.)
Bill’s Basement 384 (Fri.)
Birthday Contribution 00951
Boiled Owls (Men's)
816 (W ed)
Bon Air Siding BB Study 202 (W ed.)
Bowers Fellowship
46
(Sun.)
98.00
173.31
70.00
130.32
1,003.83
252.70
California Ave. Supper Group 715 (Thur.)
60.00
Cambrian Park Men's Group 567 (Thur.)
3,340.00
Cambrian Saturday Night (Chips) 376 (Sat)
Campus Group 234 (Thur.)
Candlelight Group
380 (Sat.)
Change (Sun.)
469.54
110.00
2,234.00
68.00
Character Defect Freedom 201 (Tues)
1,305.00
Chip W inners (Chips) 168 (W ed.)
1,004.00
Chips and Dyps (Chips)
559 (Tues.)
Courage to Change (W omen) 145 (W ed.)
Daily Reflection MH
537 (Tues.)
280.00
455.46
273.08
Daily Reflections 432 (Thur.)
1,127.00
Design for Living 200 (Tues.)
210.00
District 40
110.00
Dr. Bob’s Nightmare 360 (Sun.)
820.50
Early Bird SJ 244 (Thur.)
586.79
Early Monday Night 68
510.00
(Mon.)
LGBT Happy Destiny Group 621 (Sat.)
100.00
LGBTQ Gay & Lesbian Topic Disc 516 (Sat.)
259.00
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Accrual Basis
INTERGROUP CENTRAL OFFICE OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, INC.
Group Contributions
December 2014
Jan - Dec 14
Liquor W as But A Symptom 203 (Thur.)
Living in the Solution MH (W ) 33 (Sat.)
Living Solutions 728
(Fri.)
399.00
25.00
554.40
Living with Serenity (Chips) 599 (W ed.)
Los Altos Big Book 860 (Thurs.)
96.00
925.12
Los Altos Group 225 (Thur.)
2,959.81
Los Gatos Chips 413 (Sat.)
420.00
Los Gatos Tuesday Night 110 (Tues.)
420.00
Meditation Meeting LA 39 (Sat.)
125.00
Men's 4th Step Group 320
251.00
(Fri.)
Men's Big Book (Caveman Gp) 659 (Sun.)
Men's Closed AA Mtg. 687 (Sat.)
Men's Group
97 (Mon.)
Men's Honesty Group
26 (Sat.)
Midday W omen’s Group
91 (Mon.)
Monday at a Time 208 (Mon.)
Monday Night Chip
714 (Mon.)
405 (Mon.)
Mountain Miracles 882 (Thur.)
Mountain View Group
52.38
100.00
Men's Single Problem Study Gp 220 (Thur.)
Monday Midday Meeting
236.42
350 (Sat.)
New Direction 12 x 12 90 (Mon.)
New Nooners 808 (Mon.)
217.00
70.00
110.00
340.69
1,400.00
75.00
85.00
552.23
156.00
1,858.00
New Steps for Living 20 (Sun.)
300.00
Newcomers, Oldtimers (W omen) 769 (Sat.)
630.00
No Bull Big Book 655 (Fri.)
585.07
Other W ednesday Nite,The (Men) 209 (W ed)
150.00
Pass It On Group
130.00
418 (Sun.)
Personal 00911
280.00
Plaza Del Rey Group 52 (Sun.)
751.00
Positive Outlook Group SJ 368 (Sat.)
308.00
Principles Before Personalities 155 (Th)
220.00
Queer and Sober 671
206.50
Recovery Roulette
(Sat.)
326 (Thurs.)
Roots 344 (Sat.)
Saratoga Family Group
203.70
395.50
328 (Fri.)
1,595.69
Saratoga Serenity Gp (Chps) 329 (Fri.)
444.00
Saturday Night Young People (142) PA
545.25
Second Tradition Group Spkr 721 (Sat.)
Serenity Speaker Meeting 533 (Sun)
296.06
492.00
Shared Gift, The (W omen)
61 (Mon.)
85,811.22
Silver Serenity 517 (Thurs.)
Single Problem Study (Men) 212 (W ed.)
Single Problem Topic (Men's) 582 (Mon.)
Sisters in Sobriety 548 (Thur.)
Sisters Seeking Serenity 858 (W ed.)
Sober in the Park 688 (Sun.)
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Santa Clara County Intergroup
Chili cookoff
Lincoln Glen Church
2700 Booksin Ave
San Jose
For more information on how to
register your team or volunteer
Contact Linda 408-489-3103 or
Michael 650-906-4332
Bring your home group for the
annual Serenity chili cookoff
Sat March 28th
12-3pm
12-1PM Chili tasting
1-2PM Chili and Cornbread feast
2-3PM AA Speaker Meeting
$10 Donation suggested
$10 donation
suggested
Bring on the heat
Pack your sombrero and
see if your homegroup can
win
the
bragging
rights!!!