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SCOTTISH LIFE (GA)
Scottish National News Volume 13 Issue 2 February 2016
When Anyone, Anywhere, At Any Time, Reaches Out For Help, I Want the Hand of GA and Gam-Anon Always To Be There;
And For That I Am Responsible. EDITORIAL
24 HOUR HELPLINE 0370 050 8881
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Gamblers Anonymous Scotland G.A. Service Office, St Columbkiilles Halls, Room 3, 2 Kirkwood Street, Rutherglen, G73 2SL Office Hours 10am-5pm Tel. 0141 353 3223
G.A. SCOTLAND WEBSITE www.gascotland.org
Gamblers Anonymous Scotland Website Members Pages
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Hello Fellowship, There has been a good response to the magazine this month with some new and returning members taking their time to contribute. I hope this will continue in the coming months as the nights get lighter. Please think of some members who, due to ill health, may not get to as many meetings as they would like. The magazine can take your therapy to them just when it’s needed most. Many thanks and a Happy New Day to you all-Pam
SCOTTISH CONVENTION Salutation Hotel, Perth 29th Sep – 1st Oct 2017
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Useful Numbers as of 01/06/2014
Citizens Advice Scotland Debt Advice Centre
Aberdeen 01224 569 750 Aberdeen 01224 523 738
Dumfries 0300 303 4321 Dumfries 0800 019 1278
Dundee 01382 307 494 Dundee 01382 431 167
Edinburgh 01315 548 144 Edinburgh 0131 200 2360
Falkirk 01324 626070 Falkirk 01324 506735 Glasgow 0141 552 5556 Glasgow 0808 801 1011
Inverness 0844 4994 111 Highland 0800 090 1004 Perth 01738 450580(1) Perth 01738 450580 Saltcoats 01294 467 848 Saltcoats 08001383328 What to take with you to the Citizens Advice Bureau www.cas.org.uk/bureaux You should not delay seeking advice even if you haven't got all the information listed below. In some cases there may be only a limited time in which to take certain action. It is important that the adviser who deals with your problem has as much information about your case as possible. (It may take longer to deal with your case if you cannot provide the relevant information)
Debt/money problems x Details of your income x Details of all those that you owe money to (creditors) x Copy of original agreements x Copy of any court papers x Proof of income x Wage slips/benefit/tax credit details x Details of household expenditure/bills (food, utilities, etc.) x Copy of the latest correspondence you have received
Housing problems x Tenancy agreement/letters from your landlord (for rented accommodation) x Mortgage details (if applicable) x Title deeds (for owner occupiers) x Proof of income x Wage slips/benefit/tax credit details
HELP NEEDED We have members in outlying areas that cannot get to a meeting. Contact with a group or individual can be sporadic for these people. Do you have time for a five minute chat via phone or Skype? If you are willing to give this a try call the office on 0141 353 3223.
G.A. Scotland Website Members Pages
Username member Password r3cov3ry
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***REMEMBER GAM-ANON***
Gam-Anon can help and support the partner, relative or friend of any compulsive gambler. Our gambling and its consequences, sometimes affects those around us. It can be beneficial for those affected to contact Gam-Anon.
Please email: [email protected] (or contact the G.A. office) Literature
o Deviations along the road to Recovery o GA Handbook (orange) o Towards Recovery In Prison o The 12 Steps Of Recovery o Newcomers Handbook o The 12 Steps Of Unity o Climbing The 12 Steps
o GA Manual o Who Am I? o Unity Checklist o Towards 90 Days o Beyond 90 Days o Sponsorship Booklet
Please ask your group Secretary for any literature you require
NEW MEETING
WEB TEAM
We still have a large number of groups that do not have Secretary Login details for the website. Without this access those groups will be unable to get pins displayed on the website and will also be missing out on important information which will be sent to Secretaries to pass onto members. If you, or any of your group are visiting groups or you know who the Secretaries are can you please pass on the message of how much better the website would be if all groups participated. Most of the groups do not attend the National and are perhaps not aware of the new website? Please try and let the Secretaries know that they can get login details easi-ly by completing a form on the website or by contacting the web team directly at
A NEW GA MEETING IS OPEN IN PETERHEAD
Started Wednesday 13th January-The meeting will begin at 7.30pm The Rescue Hall 25 Prince Street
Peterhead Aberdeenshire AB42 1QE
Everyone Welcome
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CHANGE OF VENUE
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Convention
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Public Relations Officer
Thanks to Mike and Scott from Kirkcaldy for the successful talk-in at Breadalbane, Aberfeldy. The feedback from this will appear on the website shortly. Also thanks to Kevin from Erskine for the interview he gave on Radio Scotland
The Editor reserves the right of refusal on all submissions and may shorten/amend articles where appropriate. Views and opinions reflected in articles in the Scottish life (GA) are not necessarily the aims and ideals of GA or the Editor.
PERTH TUESDAY G.A. & GAM-ANON
HAVE MOVED TO THE FOLLOWING PREMISES
AS OF 2ND
FEBRUARY 2016
Perth Methodist Church, Scott Street, Perth, Perthshire
PH2 8JN 7.30pm- 9.30pm ALL WELCOME
Ireland Convention – April 2016 The booking form is now available for Cork 2016
There will be a convention held in Cork next year at the Ambassador Hotel
Friday 8th April to Sunday 10th April 2016 –. The booking (with more information) for the Cork convention is
available to download on our website gascotland.org
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Tony Rutherglen Saturday
Just had an absolutely fantastic weekend surrounded by G.A. & Gam Anon mem-bers, as well as their family and friends. This all happened on the Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond at Culag.
Patrick and Ann were the best hosts ever. The meal was amazing, as was the wine and the accommodation. The breakfast (cooked by Patrick) was the best hangover cure you'll ever get.
On the night Big Jim (Maryhill Thursday) was just in a different class. He provided the music, compared the karaoke and gave us a brilliant laugh by getting a certain John T to dress up as a Sumo Scotsman with a funny walk called Jock Strap. To be fair I don't know if the walk was meant to be funny as John was still walking the same way at breakfast.
I'd really like to thank Patrick and Ann for a wonderful night. Patrick just couldn't do enough for us. He was as you say ‘pure dead brilliant’. If you are ever passing Culag you really must pop in and see him.
Also I'd like to thank Mick & Betty, John & Tammi, Ryan & Louise, John & Angela, Jack & Caroline, John & Linda, Jim & Karen, Michael & Jean, Gerry & Lynn, John & Glenda, Ian & Marion, Stevie & Donna, John & Donna, Ellen, Michele and Melissa & May for their great friendship. This to me is what G.A. is all about-when you put in a bit of effort.
You get laughter back in your life, with the emphasis on LIFE.
Have a great life gambling free O.D.A.A.T.
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To crave to bet grows stronger, so that it becomes more and more necessary to bet again and again and again. The phenomenon of craving something is hard to identify because we kept satisfying it. Once we have crossed over the line to gamble there is no turning back. Our gambling compulsion takes over. Periods of stopping gambling are not a cure for us. If we gamble again we are right back where we left off.
We need to find the solution. The solution lies in a personality change affected by a spiritual experience which is a basic text for compulsive gamblers and contains the Twelve Step Re-covery Program. This makes you Accountable. Emotional Insecurity may need professional help. A spiritual malady becomes worse when in action and condemns us to gamble again to get relief from an intolerable state of mind or we may choose to withdraw from life.
‘Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance
To work through difficult problems’
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This World We Live In This world we live in, is like a galaxy of its own So big and ambiguous, I'm frequently alone. Intrigue and mystery are things of the past
Thoughts of the future leave me truly aghast.
Its dog eats dog, each man for his own. Overlooking each other whilst envisioning a throne
Love and Affection are buried side by side- Reign the earth are Mr Greed and Conceit- his bride.
Family values are slowly dissolving like snow
Commandment number 5 has reached an all-time low. Masks of benevolence are used to disguise intent
With only one motivation to individually ascent
Belief is illogical, magic no longer exists For if it’s unexplained, it’s not on the list
I tremble at the thought of replacing love for goods It makes no sense to trade diamonds for wood.
My question to ask is ‘when will it stop?’
Will we lose control and fall from the top? Will we self-destruct and regret it all?
After all, the higher you climb the longer you fall.
As a humble proletarian, an answer I do not have The answer you are seeking cannot be found in a lab.
In such a predicament, creativity reigns supreme Mere generosity and selflessness are not quite the theme.
For the answer, you will have to look deep into your heart
In a realm where logic and intellect do not play a part You must fear the future, you must appreciate the past It all starts with the present, your contribution is vast.
Alexander Moller 2016
‘You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have’
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Section 2-Some Deviations along the Road to Recovery 13. GA as an Addiction
Is this possible? The short answer has to be “yes and No”. Many people who come to Gamblers Anonymous go through a period during which GA, the people, and the meetings, become the most important thing in their lives. It dominates their thoughts, determines their mood and feelings and certainly affects their behaviour. It totally fills that “gambling shaped gap” and allows them to maintain an addictive way of life with a focus on just one central activity with all the hidden payoffs that go with it, the simplifying of decisions, etc., and certainly maintaining distance from family and loved ones just as before. But, in other ways it is NOT the same as other addictions. First it is NOT short term pleasure for long term misery, rather the opposite, because often it tells the addict unpleasant truths that are short term misery for long term happiness. GA addiction looks very like a “benign addiction”, like jogging and meditating, and perhaps some forms of Workaholism. With benign addictions some of the main features of malignant addictions are there, for example, the dominance of the rest of life by a “monoculture”, the simplification of decisions, the withdrawal from social and family life, even the presence of tolerance and withdrawal symptoms! But the direct consequences of the activity are quite beneficial, even when the activity is carried to considerable excess. So “addiction to GA” is not a true malignant addiction, and so far as it can have addictive features, which it certainly can, it is more like a benign addiction. Section 3: What is addiction for the partner? The very idea that there could be any, even minor, compensations whatsoever in remaining married to/living or in a relationship with an addict may well seem unlikely. It is similar to the idea that there could be some hidden advantages to the addict in maintaining an addictive way of life after the addiction is gone. And yet a long time ago some psychoanalysts suggested that the MAIN reason some men and women drank to excess was that their spouses, especially the wives, manipulated them into it because they got some secret satisfaction from their husbands drinking. Unfortunately, some clever but ignorant people have applied the same idea to the wives of gamblers, and no doubt to other addictions too. It is absolutely crucially important to be clear that that is NOT what is being suggested here. There is no doubt that, to the spouse/partner, any major addiction, has been and still is a disaster which they never sought, unwittingly or even “unconsciously”. But, during the time that the spouse/partner/relative is forced to live with an addiction they can often find MINOR compensations in what is still an overwhelmingly desperate and totally unwanted life situation. Just as the addict learns a pattern of hidden advantages, even in a lifestyle while being destroyed, the spouse/partner/relative learns to find some minor consolations in a life which they would be glad to exchange for almost any other minor consolations. Once it is thus clearly understood that the learned compensations are MINOR ones, we can see more clearly the importance of becoming fully aware of them, and to give them up when the appropriate time comes. No one is suggesting that they should be given up while the gambler is gambling. They may, at that time, be very necessary for survival. Once the gambling seems to have gone they should fall away naturally, but if not, as the examples below illustrate, they may lead to bad and negative feelings by the spouse/partner/relative. Irrational fears or loss of these “benefits” may, consciously or unconsciously, create irrational behaviour that does nothing to assist, and could even actively harm the recovery of the addict, the spouse/partner/relative or all.
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Barrie Blackburn Hi, my name is Barrie and I'm a compulsive gambler who's just completed 90 days off a bet whilst writing this.....not for the first time in my life! I stopped coming to GA 10 years ago and I want to share with you why I did this, what happened since then and the changes I've made since finding the fellowship again. I first experienced GA when I was 16 years old, a young guy who had caused pain and anguish to himself and those around him for some time through gambling. My first meeting was in Livingston and I went for a few meetings and quickly thought I didn't need this type of help to stop me from gambling. "I'm a clever guy, what do these older guys know about me?" I had nothing in common with their lives or the destruction they had caused. I left soon after and carried on my life, not gambling, but that was soon to change. I met my now wife several years later and this is when my gambling really started affecting not only me, but people around me who loved me. I married my best friend and we had our first child-then my gambling really started taking hold of my life. The lies were the worst for me. Financially it was bad, but, not being able to trust the person who loves you most in the world was torture. The night I told my wife of the damage I had caused, I went to go and sleep in our daughter’s room. My wife turned and said, "Don't you dare! You come into our bed so that you can listen to me crying all night!" That hurt and I was at rock bottom, or so I thought! I soon got to a meeting and started going regularly once a week. I wasn't gambling, but soon over time, I started to resent the fellowship again and the people in it. I wasn't willing to accept the hand of friendship and the advice I was given; I wasn't ready to admit I was powerless. I left after a couple of years and didn't gamble for a long time. I could do it myself I thought. My old traits then started to appear and I convinced myself and my wife that I could cope with a coupon here, or a small bet there. I started to manipulate her once again. Between leaving GA and coming back, I had another big financial disaster through gambling but I managed to convince myself and my wife that returning to GA would just make me/us worse. Fast forward to December last year-We managed to get our dream house after many years of struggling with money (due to my gambling) even though I have a good job. I thought I was invincible! I could get credit cards, loans, you name it.....and I could hide it all from my wife because she trusted me.
‘Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive’
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October and all things came crashing down. I was at my depths. I considered self-destruction, but I convinced myself it would be better for my wonderful wife and two wonderful girls to have a husband/dad that they hated still alive rather than hated and dead. I love my family more than anything and always felt shame and remorse after gambling, no more so than when I faced up to my wife this last time. I'm one of the lucky ones. Once again, my ever suffering wife stuck by me and I'm still here. This time, there was no discussion, no option, GA was the only way. The first night I walked through the doors at Blackburn, yes I was anxious, but the hand of friendship was there like the last time, from old faces and new. This time I reached out and grabbed it with both hands!! I'm going to two meetings a week, travelling the country with my new friends, in frequent contact with members and loving GA. I look forward to going to meetings, love meeting other members, sharing stories and starting new friendships. I have submitted; gambling has me beat and I have an insidious illness! I still have a lot of things I need to change in my life, but I'll do this a day at time. I've heard this in a few rooms now and I really believe it- at least by coming to GA, I have a chance! My girls are old enough to understand this time and the fact that they know has been hard, but I'm glad in a way. My recovery can not only benefit me, but our whole family. I look forward to making amends as I go along and I look forward to spending the rest of my life in this fellowship! I am now committed. Finally, I would like to thank all of you who have so far helped me get to where I am and those of you who will help me in the future. My name is Barrie and I am a compulsive gambler. Best regards Barrie ___________________________________________________________________
Jimmy Blackburn We all have a story to tell, however we are the lucky ones who have found recov-ery through our wonderful fellowship. We now have happiness, gratitude and peace of mind in our lives non-gambling... Not all of us are that fortunate... A very true saying is ‘It's not why you fall. It’s how you get back up again...’
‘Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit’
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RESILIENCE
Like a knockout blow In the final round
The challenges come
All at once How you cope will depend on how you see them
It's not always black and white Pastel shades Are all abound
You can get through this Even if you have to tick Them off one by one
Not everything Needs to be resolved today
Deal with what you can
Lighter they will become They say "Rome wasn't built in a day"
Neither was your character It might look flawed to you
But in you might be That single trait your foe wish they had
Test your resilience
And surprise yourself You might see what I see
One day, hopefully some day
By Wilma Neels 2016
‘As long as there's light, we've got a chance’
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Omar Dundee Monday - The Value of Things
As a child to a younger teenager, I don’t think I wanted for much. There is five of us, pocket money was only £1, or £1.50, compared to my friends £5. To supplement this there was a work ethic of putting leaflets into about 200 papers then delivering them around the local area. This took ages, because I took the time to speak to neighbours.
Time moves on, I get engaged; money got put away every week to buy the wife’s dream dress. For months we lived on simple food- hams, eggs and chips. Sure it was a lovely meal and sure it was a lovely wedding dress. It is amazing when you struggle and still manage to afford things; you are more appreciative of what you have got.
When I dwindled away my uncle’s money at the height of my gambling, I was betting far more then my salary. I wasn’t giving a damn about anyone and didn’t care for anything. I just wanted that roulette ball to keep spinning-and quick-so I didn’t have to worry. When I was on a high I would boast to the croupier “That’s your weeks’ wages”
My uncle had worked hard for his money; understood the value of a pound and there was me-greedy with his hard earned money frittered away in seconds; I was at a low when the money went; not wanting to face anyone or the consequences. I had used my uncles’ hard earned investment as an extended overdraft.
My dad had to bail me out; it was unfortunate timing as he had just been made re-dundant. I remember him making the remark ‘I always wondered what it was like to have nothing’. He built an income again, over extended himself and took foster kids on, all at a time when he should have been relaxing, mortgage free.
Gambling free now, I look at why family members were so humble to a scoundrel that robbed them? – Simple, they hold another true value and that is love. They loved me enough to forgive me. They loved me enough to work together to get a so-lution. They worked to keep a bond in the family.
If I had kept gambling would there have been redemption for me?-certainly not!
Now I live within my means. I budget; I spend time with the family again.
I am re-learning to build a moral inventory. Life is good.
‘I do not measure success by how high I climb, but by How I high I bounce when I hit the bottom’
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GA Unity Programme Step One: Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon G.A. Unity
1. Am I in my group a healing, mending, integrating person, or am I divisive? What
about gossip and taking other members’ inventories?
2. Am I a peacemaker? Or, do I with pious preludes such as “just for the sake of
discussion,” plunge into argument?
3. Am I gentle with those who rub me the wrong way, or am I abrasive?
4. Do I make competitive GA remarks, such as comparing one group with another or
contrasting GA in one place with GA in another?
5. Do I put down some GA activities as if I were superior for not participating in this or
that aspect of GA?
6. Am I informed about GA as a whole? Do I support, in every way I can, GA as a
whole, or just the parts I understand and approve of?
7. Am I as considerate of GA members as I want them to be of me?
8. Do I spout platitudes about love while indulging in and secretly justifying behaviour
that bristles with hostility?
9. Do I go to enough GA meetings or read enough GA literature to really keep in touch?
10. Do I share with GA all of me, the bad and the good, accepting as well as giving help to
the fellowship?
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‘When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise
That these resources were always there within us We only need to find them and move on with our lives’
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February 1st Reflection For The Day from the GA Blue Book The longer I am in the Gamblers Anonymous Program, the more clearly I see why it’s im-portant for me to understand why I do what I do, and say what I say. In the process, I’m com-ing to realise what kind of person I really am. I see now, for example, that it’s far easier to be honest with other people than with myself. I’m learning also that we are all hampered by our need to justify our actions and words Have I taken an inventory of myself as suggested in the Twelve Steps? Have I admitted my faults to myself and to another human being? Today I Pray May I not be stalled in my recovery process by the enormity of the Program’s Fouth Step-taking a moral and financial inventory of myself-or by admitting these shortcomings to myself and to another human being. May I know that honesty to myself about myself is all important. Today I Will Remember I cannot mend if I bend the truth. __________________________________________________________________________ ANONYMITY (From ‘Hints to a Happy Day’-Gam-Anon) Anonymity is very important to me. It is a feeling of security and confidentiality that whatever I say at a meeting or on the telephone to another member will not be re-peated to anyone else. This assures me freedom of expression and an unbelievable release of tension. Anonymity means more than only being known by my last initial. It means not re-vealing another member to an outsider without consent. It means trust, trust that allows you to open your heart and tell all without having your own words repeated back to you by anyone. It means that what is said at a meeting remains at that meeting. Trust is sacred. When someone invests a trust or a confidence in you, respect it.
‘A bird sitting in a tree is not afraid of the branch breaking because Her trust is not in the branch but in the strength of her own wings’
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DAY AREA GROUP ADDRESS START Additional Info
MON Glasgow GA Parkhead Congregational Church, Ravel Row, (off Westmuir Street) Parkhead, G31 5EW
10am-12noon
Ravel Row Side to enter
2 GA Wee Monday Duns Scotas Church, 147 Ballater St, Gorbals, G5 OYT 7.30pm 9.30pm finish
3 GA Big Monday Anderson &Kelvingrove Church,Ellderslie St, G3 8DS(off St Vincent St.) 7.30pm Gam Anon7.30pm
4 GA Clydebank Radnor Parish Church, Radnor Park Spencer Street,G813AS(off Killbowie Rd) 7.30pm
5 GA Croftfoot United Free Church, Crofrtfoot Avenue,Croftfoot, Glasgow,G44 5HH 7.45pm
Enter off Carmunnock Road
6 Ayrshire GA Ardrossen Civic Centre, Cumbrae Room 150 Glasgow street, Ardrossan, Ayrshire, KA22 8EU 7.30pm
NEW MEETING ELGIN Moray College Elgin in the Community Hub room 6.30-8.30pm
8 Hurlford GA Hurlford The Thistle Pub, 2-4 Riccarton Road, Hurlford, Ayr-shire, KA1 5AQ 7.30pm Rear of Thistle
9 Fife GA Dunfermline Del Farquarson Centre,7 Netherton Broad St.Dunfermline, KY12 7DS 7.15pm
10 Edinburgh GA Edinburgh Methodist Church The Square Centre, Nicholson Square, EH8 9BX 7.15pm
11 Lothian GA Blackburn Church Of Scotland East Mains St. EH47 7QR 7.30pm
12 Cumbernauld GA Cumbernauld Greenfaulds Meeting Rooms Lochinvar Rd, Green-faulds Cumbernauld G67 4AR 7.30pm
13 England GA Carlisle Church of Scotland , Chapel St. CA1 1JA 7.30pm
14 Airdrie GA Whinhall Beechbank Community Centre, Wester Mavisbank Ave, Airdrie, ML6 0HE 7.30pm
15 Dundee GA Dundee St Andrews Parish Church 2 King St. DD1 2JB 7.30pm
TUES
NB VENUE CHANGE Perth NB Perth Methodist Church, Scott St. Perth PH2 8JN (Use Side Entrance) VENUE CHANGE 7.30pm Gam anon 7.30pm
17 Glasgow GA Maryhill Central Halls, 304 Maryhill Road,G20 7YE 2.00pm
18 GA Oxgangs Colinton Mains Parish Church, 223 Oxgangs Road North, Edinburgh, EH13 9ED 7.00pm
19 GA Coatbridge St Andrews School, Sports Community Centre, Coat-bridge, ML5 5EA 7.30pm
20 GA Partick Partick Burgh Hall, Burgh Hall Street, Glasgow, G11 5LW Next to Peel Street 7.30pm Beginners 7.30pm
21 GA Rutherglen St Columbkilles, Kirkwood St,, G73 2SL 7.30pm Room 5
22 GA Dennistoun Our Lady of Good Counsel, Craigpark, G31 2JF Off Alexandra Parade 7.30pm
Beginners 6.30-7.15pm
23 Dumbarton GA Dumbarton Ben View Resource Centre,Strathleven PlaceG82 1BA 7.30pm
24 Falkirk GA Falkirk Falkirk Old St Monans Parish Church, Manse Pl, Fal-kirk, FK1 1JN opposite M&S Falkirk High Street 7.30pm
Steps Please park in street {not church)
25 Hamilton GA Hamilton Whitehill Neighbourhood Centre, 9 Hunter Road, Whitehill, Hamilton, ML3 0LH 7.30pm
Beginners 1st Half
26 Aberdeen GA Aberdeen Ruthrieston Community Centre, 532 - 536 Holburn Street Aberdeen AB10 1LL 7.30pm
Gam-Anon22/9/15 thenEvery fortnight
27 Paisley GA Paisley Ralston Community Centre, Allanton Avenue PA1 3BL 7.30pm Beginners 7.30pm
WED
NEW Glasgow GA Partick NEW Partick Burgh Halls, Burgh Hall Street, , G11 5LW 7.30pm-
9.45pm Starts 16/09/2015
29 Glasgow GA Partick Partick Burgh Halls, Burgh Hall Street, , G11 5LW 1.00pm
30 GA Parkhead Congregational Church, Ravel Row, (off Westmuir Street) Parkhead, G31 5EW 5pm-7pm
Enter Ravel Row Side
31 GA Glasgow Wed Neighbourhood Centre, Daisy Street, Govanhill, Glas-gow, G42 8JL 7.15pm
Beginners 7.30pm Gam Anon 7.15pm-9.15pm
32 GA Blackhill Molendinar Community Centre, 1210 Royston Road, Blackhill, Glasgow, G33 1HE 7.00pm
33 GA Halfway The Archway Centre, Craigallian Ave, , G72 8RP 7.00pm
34 GA Inverness Raigmore Hospital, Recreation Hall, IV2 3UJ 6.30pm
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NEW Peterhead NEW The Rescue Hall25 Prince Street Peterhead AB42 1QE 7.30pm
36 Coatbridge GA Coatbridge St Bartholemews Church, 1 Trent Street, ML25 2NT 7.30pm
37 Kilmarnock GA Kilmarnock Henderson Parish Church, London Road, , KA3 7AD 7.30pm
NEW Peebleshire GA
West Linton NEW Castle Craig Hospital EH46 7DH 7-8.30pm
Steps starts
22/10/14
39 Kirkcaldy GA Kirkcaldy Saint Brycedale Church, Saint Brycedale RoadKY1 1ET 7.30pm
THU
40 Glasgow GA Parkhead Parkhead Congregational Church, 77 Westmuir Street, Glasgow, G31 5EW 2.00pm
Entrance Ravel Row side
41 GA Maryhill Central Halls, 304 Maryhill Road,G20 7YE 7.30pm Gam Anon same time as GA
42 GA Rutherglen St Columbkilles Church Hall Room 5, Kirkwood Street, Off Main Street,, G73 2SL 7.30pm
43 Edinburgh GA Edinburgh
Oxgangs Neighbourhood Centre, 71 Firrhill Drive, Edinburgh, EH13 9EU 7.00pm
44 GA Edinburgh
Methodist Church, The Square Centre, Nicholson Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9BX 7.30pm
Gam Anon same time as GA
NB Venue Change Livingstone 126 VICTORIA STREET, CRAIGSHILL , EH54 5BJ 7.30pm From 04/02/15
46 Ayr GA Ayr Forrester halls, New Road, Ayr, KA8 8EX 7.30pm
47 Dundee GA Dundee St Peter Pauls Church Hall, Milton Street, DD3 6QN 7.30pm Gam Anon same time as GA
48 East Kilbride GA East Kilbride East Mains Baptist Church, Maxwell Drive, East Kil-bride, G74 4HG 7.30pm
Beginners within meeting 7.30pm
49 Erskine GA Erskine The Erskine Hotel, Floor 5 Room 1, PA8 6AN 7.30pm Finish 9.50pm
50 Falkirk GA Falkirk Salvation Army, Main Street, Stenhousemuir,FK5 4BH 7.30pm
51 Kelso GA Roxburghshire The Parish of Kelso North and Edna, 42 Bowmont Street, Kelso,TD5 7JH 7.30pm
Access through blue door Bowmont St.
52 Kilmaurs GA Kilmaurs The Cabin, Townhead, Kilmaurs, KA3 2TY 8.00pm Next to Wheatsheaf pub
53 Kirkintilloch GA Kirkintilloch AR Centre, 29 Townhead,, G66 1NG 8.00pm
NEW Hamilton GA Hamilton
Hamilton Accies Football Ground, New Douglas Park, ML3 0FT.
1pm-2.30pm NEW
FRID
55 Glasgow GA Parkhead Congregational Church, Ravel Row, (off Westmuir Street) Parkhead, G31 5EW
10am-12noon
Enter Ravel Row side-Beginners 9am-10am
56 GA Anderson Kelvingrove Church, Elderslie St,, G3 8DS off St. Vincents Street 7.30pm
Beginners same time as meeting
57 Glasgow GA Glasgow St Stephens Church, 260 Bath Street, , Glasgow G2 4JP 7.30pm
Gam Anon 7.30pm Beginner 6.45-7.25pm
58 GA Cambuslang Cathkin Community Wing, Cathkin Primary School, Burnside Road, Burnside, G73 4AA 7.30pm
59 Dundee GA Dundee St Andrews Parish Church , 2 King St, DD1 2JB 6.30pm Steps
60 Dumfries GA Dumfries Activity resource centre Burns St., DG1 2PS 7.00pm
61 Motherwell GA Motherwell St Brendans RC Church, 51 Barons Road,, ML1 2NB 7.30pm
SAT
62 Edinburgh GA Oxgangs Colinton Mains Parish Church, 223 Oxgangs Road North, Edinburgh, EH13 9ED-Upstairs 10.00am
Beginners Downstairs
63 Hamilton GA Hamilton Fernigair Hall, 150 Carlisle Road, Hamilton,, ML3 7TX 10.00am
64 Glasgow GA Rutherglen Reuther Hall, Victoria Street, G73 1DS 10.00am Gam Anon 10am-noon Beginners 9am-10am
65 Aberdeen GA Aberdeen Ruthrieston Community Centre, 532 - 536 Holburn Street Aberdeen AB10 1LL
9.45am-11.45am
NEW Kirkcaldy GA Kirkcaldy NEW VOLUNTEER CENTRE, 10 ST. BRYCEDALE AVENUE KY1 1ET 10am-12am
(Opposite Adam Smith Theatre Car Park)
SUN Glasgow GA Maryhill Central Halls, 304 Maryhill Road, G20 7YE 6.00pm Steps
68 GA Rutherglen St Columbkilles Halls 2 Kirkwood St, G73 2SL 7-9pm Steps
NEW Partick GA Partick NEW Partick Burgh Hall, Burgh Hall St, G11 5LW 11.45am-1.45pm
Next to Peel Street
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