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Wed Night AA Meeting; Chapter 11 - A Vision for You

Good Evening,
This Wednesday will be the last meeting of 2014. As we would like to start with something new next year, we will be focusing our reading this week on Chapter 11- A Vision for You. However, if you would like to read and discuss anything on Chapter 10 - To The Employer, please feel free.
Last Wednesday we had 20 people at the meeting; The only other meeting with so many people was Greg's Eulogy.... A Vision for You I think is a fitting read to close out a year which has seen the Wednesday Night Big Book Group work through so many changes (changing meeting venues, losing our original patron)  and still grow and reach out to the still sick & suffering alcoholic.

I know for myself, imaging a life without booze or mood enhancing drugs seemed lifeless, dull, and boring... Little did I know that this program would slowly but surely bring back the sound, color, and joyful conviviality I had been chasing after for so long.  

Also, because this will be the last time we meet this year, we will be needing to make a decision on what reading material we will be diving into next. The suggestion so far has been "Being Sober & Becoming Happy" written by Dr.John A. MacDougall who is the director of Spiritual Guidance at Hazelden. You can find a description of the book here on Amazon's website. One of our members has generously donated a number of books to make them available for everyone. If anyone has any other suggestions please let me know and we will hopefully make a final decision next week during the announcements.
Happy reading,
David t.

Group Feedback:

David I like the John Mc Dougal book so fine with me...if this doesn't resonate with all I like the book, "The Steps We Took" by John McQ. I would be more than happy to make a purchase of 20 of these for the group or to help with more of the John Mc Dougal book. I came on a great book you can get on Amazon ( Kindle) called "The Sponsor's 12 Step Manual A Guide to Teaching and Learning the Program of AA" by John F. great for using with a sponsee.
I love this reading and the last two paragraphs of the "Vision for You" are amazing words!
Russ


2014 Meeting Dates

01/29/14  Speaker Meeting <Shane B>
02/26/14  Speaker Meeting <Fred D>
03/26/14  Speaker Meeting <Pete T>
04/30/14  Speaker Meeting <Clive T>
05/28/14  Speaker Meeting <Todd P>
07/30/14 Speaker Meeting <Dave W>
08/27/14 Speaker Meeting <Edwin H>

09/03/14 Preface & Foreword to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Editions
09/10/14 The Doctor's Opinion
09/17/14 Chapter 1 - Bill's Story
09/24/14 Speaker Meeting <Larry H>

10/1/14  Chapter 2 - There is a Solution
10/8/14 Chapter 3 - More About Alcoholism
10/15/14 Chapter 4 - We Agnostics
10/22/14 Chapter 5 - How It Works
10/29/14 Speaker Meeting <David t.>

11/5/14 Chapter 6 - Into Action
11/12/14 Chapter 7- Working with Others
11/18/14 Eulogy for Greg Fischer
11/26/14 Speaker Meeting <Roy M>
12/3/14 Chapter 8 - To Wives
12/10/14  Chapter 9 - The Family Afterward
12/17/14 Chapter 11 - A Vision for You
12/24/14 ~X-Mas~
12/31/14 ~New Years~
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