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THINGS TO DO AND PLACES TO GO Third Weekenders Camping Potrero County Park
Where: 24800 Potrero Park Drive, Potrero
When: September 20 - 22
Contact: Bill H: holmes.family.8925@gmail.com
Three Legacies Workshop Where: Church, 3295 Meade Ave., North Park
When: Friday, July 26, 6:00 - 7:15 pm Contact: Central Office 619-265-8762
Emotional Sobriety Workshop Where: Recovery Home, 270 C Street, Chula Vista
When: Saturday, July 27, 8:00 - 11:00 am Contact: Richard R. at dcm_08@area8aa.org
The "We Do Recover" Group's 2nd Anniversary Potluck & Meeting
Where: Community Center, 6244 El Cajon Blvd., #22, College When: August 7, Potluck at 11:30 am; Meeting at 12:00 N Contact: Central Office 619-265-8762
Sponsorship Workshop
Where: Church (Main Hall), 5050 Milton St., San Diego
When: Saturday, August 10, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Contact: dcm_05@area8aa.org
Mental Health Issues in AA Workshop
Where: Alliant University, 9783 Ave of the Nations, San Diego When: Saturday, August 17, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Contact: dcm_14@area8aa.org
Group and District Treasurers Workshop Where: Recovery Center, 9940 River St., Lakeside When: Saturday, August 24, 1:00 - 4:00 pm Contact: dcm_11@area8aa.org
Emotional Sobriety Workshop Where: Church, 6556 Park Ridge Blvd., San Carlos
When: Saturday, October 12, 1:00 - 4:00 pm Contact: dcm_12@area8aa.org
2020 International Convention Where: Detroit, Michigan
When: July 2-5, 2020
Contact: Central Office 619-265-8762
Came to Believe, Chapter 9; Spiritual Progress page 93 "Destinations"
"Only Twelve Steps. In a day when we are exposed to fantastic statistics, a mere dozen steps doesn't seem to rate much. But what is involved in the Twelve Steps makes a great difference.
I can remember how thrilled my wife and I were when we saw each of our twins take the first step at eleven months. Soon, it was two steps, then three, then four, and in no time at all there was no way of counting the steps they had taken. They were free - free to go on and on.
That first step is very important, whether it is the first step of a beloved child learning to walk - or the First Step, taken by a man on his way to a new life. Looking into my little ones' faces, I can see the same qualities that we need for the Twelve Steps of A.A.: daring, to stake everything on the attempt; a sense of direction, to be followed with no swerving, no detour; decision, to move forward without hesitation or reservation; determination, to make it all the way. Destination: a full life, a free life, a serene life." Albany, Australia
Reprinted with permission from A.A.W.S.
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Step One; page 24
"Who wishes to be rigorously honest and tolerant? Who wants to confess his faults to another and make restitution for harm done? Who cares anything about a Higher Power, let alone meditation and prayer? Who wants to sacrifice time and energy in trying to carry A.A.'s message to the next sufferer? No, the average alcoholic, self-centered in the extreme, doesn't care for this prospect - unless he has to do these things in order to stay alive himself.
Under the lash of alcoholism, we are driven to A.A. and there we discover the fatal nature of our situation. Then, and only then, do we become as open-minded to conviction and as willing to listen as the dying can be. We stand ready to do anything which will lift the merciless obsession from us."
Reprinted with permission from A.A.W.S.
Big Book page 60
"Do not be discouraged. No one among us has been able to maintain anything like perfect adherence to these principles. We are not saints. The point is, that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines."
Reprinted with permission from A.A.W.S.
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