experience, strength and hope in orange county

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January, 2017 Volume 47, Issue 1

Experience, Strength and Hope in Orange County

ORANGE COUNTY CENTRAL OFFICE 1526 Brookhollow, Suite 75 Santa Ana, CA 92705

Phone: (714) 556-4555; Fax: (714) 556-7231 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.oc-aa.org

Office hours: Monday-Friday: 9 AM to 7 PM; Saturday & Holidays: 9 AM to 1 PM

SOUTH COUNTY OFFICE 3011 Ivy Glenn Drive, Suite 117, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677

Phone: (949) 582-2697; Fax: (949) 582-2611 E-mail: [email protected]

Office hours: Monday-Friday: 10 AM to 5 PM


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Table of Contents

Statement Income/Expense 3, 16

2017 Service Board 4

Understanding Step One 5, 15

Group Contributions 6-9, 11

A.A. Taught Him 10, 12

Speaker Meetings 13

One Day at a Time Prayers 14

Birthdays 15

Word Search/Humor 16

FROM THE EDITOR: We encourage your participation in the Lifeline by sending in jokes, cartoons, or articles as well as your com-ments or suggestions. Please also consider joining the Lifeline committee. We only meet one Monday a month. Please contact me at [email protected] if you’d like more information on how you can participate.

Purpose: The Orange County Life-

line Committee is a committee of

A.A. members, charged with the

responsibility of producing and dis-

tributing the Orange County Lifeline,

(a publication of the Orange County

Intergroup Association). The Lifeline

is published monthly and is support-

ed solely through contributions from

the A.A. groups and members of

Orange County. The Lifeline is pub-

lished to meet the following needs

of the Orange County A.A. member-

ship: to inform the A.A. member-

ship regarding A.A. service, events

and announcements; also to share

experience in recovery, unity and

service; to keep the A.A. member-

ship informed regarding the ac-

tions, finances and meetings of the

Orange County Intergroup Associa-

tion and other Central Office com-

mittees.

Acceptance is about what IS, not about what ISN’T.

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ORANGE COUNTY INTERGROUP ASSOCIATION OF A.A. Statement of Income and Expenses for Period Ending 11/30/2016 Unaudited

November YTD

INCOME Group Donations 12,412.46 172,389.46

Individual/Fellowship 1,228.00 4,129.00

Literature Sales 8,523.32 118,731.09

In Memoriam 0.00 250.00

Birthday Donations 124.00 1,702.65

Public Info Donation (Misc.) 0.00 0.00

Intergroup Donations 0.00 0.00

Interest Earned 5.06 43.22

TOTAL INCOME: 22,292.84 $297,245.42

Cost of Literature Sold

Cost of Goods Sold 3,630.50 27,820.84

Cost of Literature Sold 3,091.33 67,842.43

TOTAL INCOME: 6,721.83 95,663.27

Gross Profit 15,571.37 201,582.15

Total Expenses 22,020.37 208,877.43 Net Income -6,439.36 -7,295.28

EXPENSES Copier Expense(Canon Copier) 317.10 1,467.15

Accounting 0.00 6,965.00

Auto Expense (all Mgrs.) 182.28 2,115.13

Credit Card Expense 152.24 2,359.33

Bank Charges 0.00 0.42

Cash/Invoices OverShort 0.00 -1.28

Insurances 455.35 6,461.98

Intergroup Expense 1,519.93 4,830.79

Lease Expense 636.13 3,681.24

Sales Tax on Lease 49.99 431.64

Maintenance & Repairs 1,238.74 1,365.74

Volunteers Coffee + Water 124.06 833.38

Offices' Supplies + Expenses 131.57 4,433.63

Postage 94.00 497.79

Public Info Expense 0.00 109.00

Continued on page 16

Rent Main/Satellite Offices 4,955.84 37,913.03

Salaries 8,855.29 93,993.27

Reimb. Health Insurance 432.51 4,008.78

Payroll Tax Expense 637.90 9,913.35

Taxes & Licenses 142.04 1,537.00

Penalty Expense 0.00 25.00


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2017 SERVICE BOARD

Chair, Rick F.

[email protected]

Vice Chair, Chris D. [email protected]

Treasurer, Kelly L.

[email protected]

Secretary, Stephanie C. [email protected]

Central Office, Dave W.

[email protected]

Group Relations, Manny A. [email protected]

Lifeline, Dylan G.

[email protected] [email protected]

Public Information, David B.

[email protected]

Special Events, KC G.. [email protected]

Hospitals & Institutions, Dave G.

H&[email protected]

Who? What? When? Where?

Public Information Committee: Meets 4th Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm at Central Offiice, 1526 Brookhollow, Suite 75, Santa Ana

Group Relations Committee: Meets 3rd Monday of the month at 6:30 pm at Central Office, 1526 Brookhollow, Suite 75, Santa Ana

Lifeline Committee: Meets 1st Monday of the month at 7:00 pm at Coco’s, Crown

Valley Parkway, Mission Viejo

Special Events Committee: Meets 1st Tues-day of the month at 6:30 pm at Coco’s,

Crown Valley Parkway, Mission Viejo

South Orange County H & I meets at the Laguna Beach Canyon Club, 20456 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7:30 pm.

North Orange County H & I meets at the Garden Grove Alano Club, 9845 Belfast Drive, Garden Grove, 2nd Sunday of the month at 7:30 pm.

(Orientations for institutions is at 3:15pm, followed by the Institutions meeting at 4:00pm. Hospitals orientation starts at 5:15pm, followed by the Hospitals meeting at 6:00. One year sobriety required.)

The Orange County Intergroup Assoc.

Meets the 2nd Wednesday each month

Costa Mesa Senior Center, 695 W. 19th

Street, Costa Mesa

For more information please contact

Orange County Central office at

(714) 556-4555.

Welcome

2017 Board Members

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was only 28 yrs. old but I was the

exception at that time. Meetings

were much smaller since there was

no rehab facilities intervening in

the alcoholic’s drinking escapades

so they didn’t start hitting their

bottom till their forties or fifties

and I sometimes think it had

something to do with midlife cri-

sis, or was that just a coincidence.

What I do see that is different

from my experience, for the most

part, is the blurred line when

comes to the first requirement for

A.A.

mem-

bership:

“a de-

sire to

stop

drink-

ing”. If

some Judge or employer told me

that I had to stop drinking, consid-

ering the relief I got from the bot-

tle, I doubt that I would have been

nearly as receptive to getting so-

ber, and if I had, I’m sure I would

have relapses as much as any of

those who, unfortunately, struggle

with staying sober. It appears that

many of the A.A. members of to-

day see a high percentage of re-

lapses and they attribute that as an

abysmal success ratio in A.A. but

they assume that just because they

were sent to A.A. from a rehab

facility that they should be lumped

in with those, like me, who had a

desire to stop drinking and came

in looking for answers. These re-

UNDERSTANDING

STEP ONE

I wish I could say that everyone that

enters the doors of Alcoholics Anony-

mous has an equal shot at getting so-

ber and staying that way for the rest

of their lives but, depending on the

different reasons why each individual

decides to give A.A. a chance, cou-

pled with the degree of desperation

that caused that person to delve into

what

the

pro-

gram

has to

offer,

we

get a

varie-

ty of different results. When I arrived

at my first A.A. meeting I was desper-

ately looking for, what I thought was

a solution to an impossible situation. I

was defeated and absolutely demoral-

ized. Within minutes of being ex-

posed to the sober members of that

group I was convinced that I had

found the solution to my hopeless

condition and the desire to drink was

removed from me on the spot and has

never returned. That was on Oct. 15,

1969. I wish every new member could

have that type of experience, but we

know that many of us aren’t that re-

ceptive in the beginning.

Most of the members of that early

group were over forty years old and I


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Group Contributions to Central Office, November

NOV YTD

ALISO VIEJO ^ ^

ANAHEIM ^ ^

Th 7:30P-We Got a C/P,5340 E. La Pa $70

ANAHEIM HILLS ^ ^

We 7:00P-Just the Black Print, 4101 E $134

BUENA PARK ^ ^

Mo 7:00P-Just 4 Today, 5600 Cresent $25 $25

CAPISTRANO BEACH ^ ^

We 7:00P-Doheny Group, 27002 Ca $211

CORONA DEL MAR ^ ^

Tu 7:00P-(M)'s Part, 611 Heliotrope $1,880

We 7:00A-Women's B/B Study, 3233 $318

Th 6:00P-Happy Hour (M)'s Pacific Vi $160 $720

Th 7:00P-Big Book Study, 611 Heliotro $50

Fr 7:30P-Rebels Disc, 611 Helio $490

Fr 8:00P-BB Stdy, 3233 Pacific View $150 $150

COSTA MESA ^ ^

Dly 7:30A-As Bill Sees It, 2845 Mesa $900

M-F 6:45A-Morning Meditat, 183 E. Ba $1 $1

M-F 12:00P-Noon Rec, 7894 Victoria $431

Su 8:45A-Chow Hound Hooligans $20

Su 7:00P-12 S/ S M's Stag, 2015 Cha $300 $760

Mo 12:00P-Clean & Serene BB, 183 E $200

Mo 6:00P-As Bill Sees It, 2040 Placent $15

Tu 7:00P-CDM Soup Kit Men 1885 An $300

Tu 7:00P-Women's Spiritual Gangstar $316

Tu 7:30P-Men's One Hour 1885 Anah $70 $70

We 12:00P-High Noon Step, 183 E. B $100 $150

We 6:00P-Women's Discussion, 2040 $480

Th 5:30P-(W)'s Its/Book Study, 2040 $81

Th 6:30P-AA History Study, 3151 Air $130

Th 7:00P-12 Steps & 12 Trads, E Bay $60 $363

Th 7:30P-Men's Stag Candlelight $645

Th 7:30P-12 & 12 Step Study, 2144 Th $70

Th 8:00P-There is a Solution, 1779 Ne $79

Fr 12:00P-Friday Noon Men's Stag, 18 $100 $330

Fr 6:30P-Family After, 1701 Baker St. $98 $98

Fr 7:00P- The Q & A Meeting, 183 E. $60 $60

Sa 9:00A-(W)'s Wrkg.in Sol. BB, 183 E $235

Sa 6:00P-Cover-To-Cover, 183 E. Bay $270

Sa 6:30P-Sat. Night Refugees, 2144 $1

CYPRESS ^ ^

We 7:00P-Cypress Women's S/S $247

DANA POINT ^ ^

Dly 7:00A-Hard Core Harbor, 34451 $2,717

Su 9:30A-DP Spkr 1st/mo Wind & Sea $210

Mo 5:30P-(W)'s Disc, Ensenada & $294

Mo 7:00P-Promises, 34052 Del Obi $479

Mo 7:30P-If Nothing Changes, 24642 $76 $216

Tu 9:30A-(W)'s Back/Basics 24642 $21 $187

We 7:00A-(W)'s Harbor B/B Study, 24642 San Juan Ave. $120

Fr 7:00P-GV, 34451 Ensenada Pl. $120

FOUNTAIN VALLEY ^ ^

Dly 6:00A-Solutions, 16581 Brookhurst $84

M-S 12:00P-All Other Messages Failed $10

We 7:30P-Disc, 10280 Slater $120 $120

FULLERTON ^ ^

Th 5:30P-Women's BB Study Mtg, Brea $20

GARDEN GROVE ^ ^

Tu 12:00P-Solutions, 9845 Belfast $30 $80

Tu 7:00P-Top/Key Book Stdy, 9th & La $35

Tu 7:00P-Heartspeak (W)'s, 13082 Bo $135

Tu 6:00P-Good News Disc, 9845 Belfas $50

Tu 7:00P-(W)'s Bright Spot of Our Lives, $62

We 10:00A-Ovr 50 Sin/Purp, 9845 Belf $56

We 7:45P-There is a Solution, 9845 Be $210

Th 10:00A-Over 40 Disc. Grp, 9845 Belf $88

Th 6:00P-Real Deal, 9845 Belfast $100

Fr 10:30A-(W)'s (C)12 & 12, 9845 Blfst $98

Sa 10:30A-F-Troop Disc, 9845 Belfast $25 $25

Sa 10:30A-BB Stdy, 9845 Belfast $90

Sa 12:00P-Noon Serenity Group, 9845 $40

HUNTINGTON BEACH ^ ^

Dly 6:00A-Early Birds, 19092 Beach Bl $1,357

Dly 7:00A-Hggrs/Bill Sees It, 8200 Ellis $1,068

Dly 7:30A-Attitude Mod., 19092 Beach $180 $1,800

Dly 8:00A-Hggrs II, H.B Lifegrd Tower $200 $2,200

Su 9:00A-On/Beach, Lifegrd Tower 11 $300

Su 2:00P-Newcomers-As Bill Sees It $20 $20

Su 7:30P-Disc, 9812 Hamilton Ave. $80 $844

Mo 12:00P-(W)'s Bill Sees It, 18631 Ch $75 $520

Mo 5:00P-Men's Book Study, 19092 Be $156

Mo 6:00P-Alices Spkr/Q&A/Part, 7641 $20 $20

Mo 6:00P-Women's B/B Read & Chat $77

Mo 6:00P-Recoverettes, 18631 Chapel $96

Mo 7:00P-(W)'s Sans, 18631 Chapel Ln. $310

Mo 7:30P-(M)'s BB & 12&12 KIS, 1912 $245

Tu 12:00P-Open AA Disc, 19092 Beach $80 $170

Tu 1:00P-Harmony (W)'s, Beach/Denn $40 $360

Tu 7:30P-Beginners (M)'s, 16601 Sayb $400

Tu 7:30P-Language of the Heart(W)'s $72

Tu 7:30P-(W)'s Serenity BB, 20444 Ma $182 $911

Tu 8:00P-Newcms (M)'s Grp, 20444 Ma $260

We 12:00P-Discussion, 19092 Beach Bl $40

We 1:00P-(W)'s 12&12 Stdy, 9812 Ham $50

We 2:00P-Seniors & Friends, 2721 Dela $120

We 6:30P-(W)'s Step Stdy, 7641 Talbert $150

Th 10:00A-(W)'s BB Stdy, 18631 Chapel $96 $336

Th 7:00P-11th Step Disc., 1912 Florida $40

Fr 10:00A-Step Sisters, 18631 Chapel $120 $573

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Fr 6:00P-(M)'s/Solution, 7111 Talbert $300

Fr 6:30P-BB Stdy, 16400 Springdale $335

Fr 8:00P-HB Downtowners, 2721 Del $45 $170

Sa 7:30A-Camel(M)'s Disc 9812 Hamil $414

Sa 9:30A-W BB Stdy, 19092 Beach Bl $318

Sa 9:30A-Charle St. Overflow, 9812 Ha $20

Sa 10:00A-(W)'s BBStdy, 18631 Chape $180 $933

Sa 1:00P-Disc, 19092 Beach Blvd $140

Sa 7:00P-Sat Nite Live BB, 18631 Cha $375

IRVINE ^ ^

Dly 6:30A-Sunrise Sobriety, 4400 Barr $3,458

Dly 7:00A-Solu Grp Mar, 5001 Newport $1,000 $5,500

M-F 6:30A-It's/New Morning, 4915 Alt $1,568

M-F 12:00P-Alton/Irvine Noon Grp $1,810

Su 10:00A-Donut Mtg, 6670 Alton Pky $420

Mo 5:00P-Women's Blue Book, 5001 $158 $620

Mo 6:30P-Easy Does It, 4949 Alton $137

Mo 7:00P-Story Grp, 4445 Alton Pkwy $210

Mo 7:30P-(W)'s Disc., 15 Orange Tree $498

Tu 10:00A-Women's Reflection Group $95

Tu 12:00P-(W)'s BB Stdy, 5101 Alton $325

Tu 6:00P-W's Courage To Change $120 $330

Tu 7:00P-(M)'s K.I.S. 12X12, 5000 Bar $140

We 6:30P-B. B. Topic Disc., 5001 Nwpr $667

We 7:30P-Wild Bunch Beg's, 1 Sunnyhi $560

We 7:30P-12 Solutions SS, Harvard $180 $320

Th 6:30P-(W)'s Gypsies, Deerfield & Tu $90

Fr 10:30A-Over 50 Grp, 4400 Barranca $100

Fr 12:00P-(W)'s Topic Disc, 5101 Alton $70 $382

Fr 5:30P-As Bill Sees It, 6650 Alton $356

Fr 5:30P-On the Way Home $1,446

Fr 7:00P Winning Tkt Bk Stdy, 1 Sunny $305

Fr 8:00P-Little Grp, 18422 Culver $53

Sa 6:30A-Back Room S/S, 4400 Barran $26 $70

Sa 9:15A-SS, 5101 Alton Pky $90 $1,320

Sa 11:00A-B.B Stdy, 1 Sunnyhill - Turtl $360

LAGUNA BEACH ^ ^

Dly 7:00A-C Club 7AMs Att Adj, 20456 $2,254

Dly 7:05A-Attitude Adj, 31872 PCH $3,948

M-Sa 7:00-Keep Coming Back/Ruby's, $518

Su 6:55A-Keep It Simple, 20456 LCR $141 $464

Su 7:00A-Whale Watchers Men's $526 $1,868

Su 10:00A-Heisler Park Disc, Cliff $175

Su 10:30A-Sun Q&A Serenity Hill, 3187 $287

Su 6:00P-Candlelight Disc, 20456 LCR $126 $266

Mo 12:00P-BB Stdy, 20456 LCR $30

Mo 6:30P-BB Stdy, 20456 LCR $98

Mo 6:30P-(W)'s BB Stdy, Wesley $916

Mo 7:00P-Park Ave. (M)'s Stag, 428 Pa $520

Mo 8:00P-S/Coast (M)'s, 340 S/Ann's $1,252

Tu 7:00A.-Men's BB Stdy, 20456 LCR $70

Tu 12:30P-Serenity-Sea (W)'s, 340 St $340

Tu 12:30P-(W)'s Disc, 20456 LCR $280

Tu 6:00P-Here & Now, 20456 LCR $105

Tu 6:30P-(M)'s Beg, 31872 So/Coast $299 $3,809

Tu 7:30P-By The Book, 20456 LCR $177

We 7:00A-6th Sense in Action, 20456 $50

We 7:00A-(M)'s Book Study, 1042 $663

We 12:00P-Anything Goes, 20456 $90

We 7:00P-(M)'s SS, 415 Forrest Ave $50

We 8:00P-(M)'s Part, 21632 Wesley $210

We 8:00P-So.Coast Spkrs, 286 St. $662

Th 12:00P-12 & 12 SS, 20456 LCR $88

Th 12:30P-(W)'s Disc., 415 Forest $250

Th 6:00 P-(W)'s Disc,20456 LCR $381

Th 6:30P-(M)'s BYOB 12& 12 SS $103

Fr 6:55A-Women's Workshop, 20456 $177

Fr 12:00P-Q & A, 20456 LCR $94 $218

Fr 7:30P-Candlelight Acceptance $120

Sa 7:00A-Whale Watchers Men's $1,291

Sa 12:30P-Into Action, 20456 LCR $140 $140

Sa 5:00P-Big Book Study, 20456 $108

Sa 6:30P-Beginners Q & A, 20456 $210

Sa 8:00P-Night Spkr Mtg, 20456 LCR $800

LAGUNA HILLS ^ ^

Su 7:30P-Legacy Grp, 23802 Ave de $1,500

Mo 6:00P-(W)'sDisc, 23802 A D Car $265

Tu 7:00P-(M)'s Stag, 23802 A D Carl $100 $450

Tu 7:30P-(W)'s BBStdy, 24566 Ashla $102

We 7:00P-Get Happy 12&12 Stdy $260

Fr 6:30P-Fri. Evening Meditation Mtg, $160

Sa 7:00A-Warmer-Upper, 23802 Ave $586

Sa 11:00A-Acceptance Grp, 23802 $50 $200

LAGUNA NIGUEL ^ ^

Su 6:30P-Beginners Disc., 29751 $60

Mo 7:00A-Morn (M)'s Stag B2B $220 $1,380

Mo 10:30A-(W)'s 12X12 Stdy, 27802 $180

Mo 5:30P-What's The Purpose Mens, $265

Mo 8:00P-12&12 Stdy, 30111 Niguel $330

Tu 7:30P-Book Stdy, 30111 Niguel $77

Th 7:00A-Th Morn Men's Topic Disc $175

Th 5:30P- Mixed Meditaion Practice $260

Fr 7:00A-Back to Basics Men's $230 $2,638

Fr 7:00A- Fri. Morning Men's Stag $573

Fr 10:30A-(W)'s Disc., 30071 Ivy Gle $564

Fr 7:30P-Here & Now, 24360 Yosemi $150

Sa 8:30A-Men's Meditation Practice, $205

Sa 6:00P-Candlelight Disc $40

LAGUNA WOODS ^ ^

Dly 7:30A-Do It Sober, 24442 Moult $543 $5,182

Mo 7:30P- Nite SS Grp, 24442 Mo $56


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We 1:15P-(W)'s BB Stdy, 24351 El Toro $338

Fr 10:30A-Top/Hill Gang, 24252 El Toro $50 $125

LA HABRA ^ ^

M-F 6:30A- Topic Disc, 100 W. La Habr $100 $400

LAKE FOREST ^ ^

We 7:30P-Back To Basics, 23262 El Tor $290

Th 7:30P-Mustard Seed SS, 23262 El $100

LA MIRADA ^ ^

LAS FLORES ^ ^

Sa 7:00P-Mission Spkrs/Water District. $140

LOS ALAMITOS ^ ^

Th 7:30P-(W's)Cover/Cover, 3352 Katell $45

Su 4:00P-Happy Hour Disc., 4388 Katell $69

MISSION VIEJO ^ ^

Daily Saddleback Valley Grp, 23166 Los $250 $4,775

Mo 7:00P- (W)'s SS, 26051 Marg. $140

Mo 7:30P-Mon Night W's S/S, 26052 $110

Mo 7:00P-(W)'s Book Stdy, 26558 Marg. $1,160

Mo 7:30P-B/Ring (M)'s Stag, 27641 Aqu $140

Tu 7:00P-Solutions Men's 12x12, 27071 $300

We 9:30A-(W)'s, 26051 Marguerite Pkw $300

We 8:30P-Missionaries Disc, 26558 Mar $204

Th 9:30A-(W)'s 12 x 12, 26872 Estancie $236

Th 12:00P- Women's B/B Study, 26051 $96

Fr 8:30P-Couch Meeting, 26001 Muirlan $345 $668

NEWPORT BEACH ^ ^

M-F 2:00P-Nwprt Nomads, 414 Old Nw $400

Dly 6:30A-Jumpstart Disc, 414 E. 32nd $530

M-S 6:30A-Round Disc, 414 E. 32nd St $1,096

M-F 6:30A-Chicken Coop Round Table $500

M-F 6:45A-Attitude Adj, Bayside Dr $278

M-F 5:30P-Fish Out'a Water, 414 E $223 $1,281

Su 7:15A-Men's Closed B/B Study, 798 $270

Su 9:30A-Sandy Survivors, On/Beach $726

Su 6:00P-Primary Purp Grp, 798 Dover $120 $180

Su 7:30P-Spkrs, 414 E. 32nd St $250

Mo 12:30P-Back Bay (M)'s, 1201 Irvine $750

Mo 6:00P-Women's In Our Hearts, 414 $10

Mo 6:00P-Women's Book & Step Study $446

Mo 7:00P-Over 40 Disc, 1099 Bayside $20

Tu 6:00P-Dover (W's) 12 & 12, 798 Dov $131

Tu 7:00P-B St Bonfire-1st Fire Ring/Oce $100

Tu 7:30P-Men's Book Study, 798 Dover $150

Tu 7:30P-Eastbluff Men's, 2046 Mar Vis $120

We 6:00P-Castaways Men's Stag, 798 $250

We 6:00P-Men's, 414 E. 32nd Street $250

We 7:00P-Steps&Trads, 2200 San Joa $551

We 8:00P-Recovery Radicals, 301Nwprt $444

Th 7:00P-Over 40's, 414 32nd Street $324

Th 7:00P-(W)'s Candlelight S/B Study $118

Th 7:30P-Balboa Spkr Grp, 414 E. 32nd $285

Fr 12:15P-(M)'s Closed Group Disc $124

Fr 2:00P- Newport Nomads, 414 Old $1,000

Fr 7:00P- Sober Tooth Tigers, 301 Ne $200

Fr 8:15P-Creative Sharing, 414 E $138

Sa 8:00A-Easy Risers, 2100 Mar Vis $230 $350

Sa 8:00A-Castaways Men's, 798 Do $420

Sa 11:00A-Here & Now Participation, $440

Sa 6:00P-Discovery Grp, 1 Whitecliff $200

Sa 8:30P-Hoag Hut Spkr, 301 Nwprt $1,100

ORANGE ^ ^

Dly 7:00A-Early Birds, 812 Town&Cnt $1,220

M-F 5:30P-Tustin Rush Hour, 1800 E. $550

Su 11:00A-Sun Pumprs, 705 W LaVe $70

Mo 12:00P-12&12 Steps & Traditions $148

Mo 7:00P-(W)'s Step Stdy, 161 Oran $180

Mo 7:30P-Beg Disc, 705 W La Veta $70

Tu 7:00P-(W)'s Keep It Simple, 1310 $766

We 11:15A-Chapman & Lewis Mtg. $240

We 12:00P-Crawl/No One, 2191 Ora $193

Th 7:00P-How It Works, 1800 LaVeta $482

Th 7:30P-777 (M)'s Stag, 395 S Tust $200 $826

Fr 7:00P-As Bill Sees It, 161 S. Oran $180

Sa 2:00P-Discussion, 2191 Orange- $116

Sa 7:00P-Not a Glum Lot, 705 W. LaV $140

PLACENTIA ^ ^

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA ^ ^

Su 7:00P-Old Time AA 12&12, 30605 $120 $360

Mo 7:00P-(W)'sSta/Sober, 30382VCD $280

Tu 7:30P-Old TimeAA BB Stdy, 30382 $264 $842

M-F 6:30A-Att & Grat, 30605 Ave D/L $888

We 7:30P-RSM StepStdy, 30382 VCD $170

Th 7:30P-11th Stp Spt Disc, 30162 To $120

Fr 7:30P-Roads End Part, 30322 VCD $120

Sa 10:30A-(W)'s BB Stdy, VCD $330

SAN CLEMENTE ^ ^

Dly- Groups, SC Friendship CTR,929 $440

Su 7:30A-What's Good… 929 Calle $40

Mo 7:00P-N.O.I. (M)'s, Camino Capist $710

Tu 7:00A-Step Sisters Women's, 101 $150

Tu 6:00P-SOS(W)'s Disc, 190 Ave La $189 $849

We 6:00P-12 Steps & 12 Traditions $50

We 6:00P-A Look at the Book, 101 $200

Th 7:00P-The Joy of Sobriety, 3522 $232

Fr 7:00P-Friday Knights, 35522 $175 $280

Fr 7:00P-(W)'s Book Stdy, Ave.Arago $165

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO ^ ^

Dly 6:30,7:00A-SJGroup Eye Opener, $1,000

Dly 6:00A-Taking a Trip, 21891 Cami $953

Dly Various- San Juan Meetings $547 $5,213

Su 5:00P-1 Hr Top Disc, 32222 Del O $218 $843

Su 5:30P-11th Step Meditation $165

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Tu 7:00A-Tues Morning (M's) BB/SS $340

Tu 6:00P-(M)'s Stag/Munchies, 32202 $1,016

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He then had difficulty in every as-

pect of his life. His service in the

Navy was marred when he was giv-

en a “Captain's Mast,” i.e., discipline

for trouble he got into while drink-

ing. His marriage suffered, his val-

ues became distorted, and by 40 his

health was severely damaged.

When the doctor told him he would

have to stop drinking he did, for ten

months, with no apparent difficulty,

but he did not enjoy life without

drinking, and soon he was drinking

again and his physical condition

deteriorated further.

He developed cirrhosis of the liver,

had frequent blackouts, severe nose-

bleeds, angry bruises which ap-

peared mysteriously all over his

body. Despite three episodes of los-

ing large quantities of blood by

vomiting and from his rectum, he

drank again.

His doctor finally gave up on him

and referred him to a psychiatrist in

the same suite of offices. “He hap-

pened to be, by the grace of God,”

Bob wrote, “Dr. Harry Tiebout, the

psychiatrist who probably knew

more about alcoholism than any

other in the world.” At that time Dr.

Tiebout was serving as a nonalco-

holic trustee on the General Service

Board.

Dr. Tiebout sent him to High Watch

to dry out. There he read the Big

Book and began his slow road back

to health and sanity.

When Bob had been in A.A. only a


Authors of the Stories of the Big Book

A.A. Taught Him

To Handle Sobriety Bob P., Connecticut,

p. 554 3rd edition

“God willing, we may never again

have to deal with drinking, but we

have to deal with sobriety every day.”

Bob joined A.A. in New York City in

1961, probably never dreaming one

day he would be the manager of A.A.'s

General Service Office.

Bob was born in Houston, Texas, but

raised in Kansas, the only child of lov-

ing parents. His parents drank only

socially, and his father gave him his

first drink -- a tiny glass of sherry to

celebrate the New York -- when he

was thirteen. He immediately saw the

effect it had on him and prayed he

wouldn't drink any more. But in col-

lege he began to drink at fraternity

parties and beer busts.

The family moved frequently and Bob

found himself in a different school

every year until high school, where he

was always the new kid who had to

prove himself. He retreated into a fan-

tasy world. He became the classic over

-achiever and sold his first article to a

national magazine while still an under-

graduate.

After graduation from college he

moved to New York to pursue a writ-

ing career and landed a good job. He

was soon regarded as a “boy wonder.”

But by age 22 he was a daily drinker.

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closing talk” titled “Our greatest

danger: rigidity.”

He said: “If you were to ask me what

is the greatest danger facing A.A.

today, I would have to answer the

growing rigidity - the increasing

demand for absolute answers to nit-

picking questions; pressure for

G.S.O. to ‘enforce’ our Traditions,

screening alcoholics at closed meet-

ings, prohibiting non-Conference

approved literature, i.e., ‘banning

books,’ laying more and more rules

on groups and members. And in this

trend toward rigidity, we are drifting

farther and farther away from our co

-founders. Bill, in particular, must be

spinning in his grave, for he was

perhaps the most permissive person I

ever met. One of his favorite sayings

was ‘Every group has the right to be

wrong.’”

Bob continues to give his service to

A.A. in many ways. At the Interna-

tional Convention in Minneapolis in

2000, he appeared to be handling

many jobs. He filled in to lead at

least one of the small meetings,

“Pioneers in A.A.” The program

does not list him as the Moderator.

He was probably filling in for some-

one else at the last minute.

The short biographies of the

various authors of the stories in

the back of the book Alcoholics

Anonymous have been gracious-

ly supplied by Nancy O., the

moderator of the AA History

Lovers list and her friends.

http://www.a-1associates.com/aa/

HISTORY_PAGE/Authors.htm#AA

Taught Him To Handle Sobriety

short time, an oldtimer told him that

A.A. does not teach us how to handle

our drinking, but it teaches us how to

handle sobriety.

Not only did his health recover, so did

his marriage, his relationship with his

children, his performance on his job.

All these things A.A. gave him, but

most of all it taught him how to handle

sobriety, how to relate to people, how

to deal with disappointments and prob-

lems. He learned that “the name of the

game is not so much to stop drinking

as to stay sober.”

“God willing, we members of Alcohol-

ics Anonymous may never again have

to deal with drinking, but we have to

deal with sobriety every day. How do

we do it? By learning -- through prac-

ticing the Twelve Steps and through

sharing at meetings -- how to cope with

the problems that we looked to booze

to solve, back in our drinking days.”

Bob has served A.A. in many ways. He

worked for G.S.O. for 12 ½. He was a

director and trustee of the General Ser-

vice Board for six years and office

general manager for a decade. Upon

retirement from G.S.O. in 1986, he

took on the task for G.S.O. of writing

an update of A.A.'s history covering

the period from the publication of

“Alcoholics Anonymous Comes to

Age,” through its 50th year. Unfortu-

nately, this manuscript was never pub-

lished.

At the 1986 General Service Confer-

ence, Bob gave what the 1986 Final

Report called “a powerful and inspiring

Continued from page 10

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MORNING PRAYER God direct my thinking today so that it

be divorced of self-pity, dishonesty,

self-will, self-seeking and fear. God

inspire my thinking, decisions and

intuitions. Help me to relax and take it

easy. Free me from doubt and indeci-

sion. Guide me through this day and

show me my next step. God give me

what I need to take care of any prob-

lems. I ask all these things that I may

be of maximum service to you and my

fellow man in the name of the Steps I

pray. AMEN

A.A. MORNINGS

On awakening let us think about

the twenty-four hours ahead. We

consider our plans for the day. Before

we begin, we ask God to direct our

thinking, especially asking that it be

divorced from self-pity, dishonest or

self-seeking motives. Under these con-

ditions we can employ our mental

faculties with assurance, for after all

God gave us brains to use. Our

thought-life will be placed on a much

higher plane when our thinking is

cleared of wrong motives.

In thinking about our day we may face

indecision. We may not be able to

determine which course to take. Here

we ask God for inspiration, an intui-

tive thought or a decision. We relax

and take it easy. We don’t struggle.

We are often surprised how the right

answers come after we have tried this

for a while.

NIGHT PRAYER God forgive me where I have been

resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid

today. Help me to not keep anything

to myself but to discuss it all openly

with another person - show me

where I owe an apology and help me

make it. Help me to be kind and lov-

ing to all people. Use me in the

mainstream of life God. Remove

worry, remorse or morbid (sick)

reflections that I may be of useful-

ness to others. AMEN

A.A .NIGHTS When we retire at night, we con-

structively review our day. Were we

resentful, selfish, dishonest or

afraid? Do we owe an apology?

Have we kept something to our-

selves which should be discussed

with another person at once? Were

we kind and loving toward all?

What could we have done better?

Were we thinking of ourselves

most of the time? Or were we

thinking of what we could do for

others, of what we could pack into

the stream of life? But we must be

careful not to drift into worry, re-

morse or morbid reflection, for that

would diminish our usefulness to

others. After making our review

we ask God's forgiveness and in-

quire what corrective measures

should be taken.

One Day at a Time (from P. 86, Alcoholics Anonymous)

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Continued from page 5

lapses are the natural result when

the desire to drink is stronger than

the desire to stay sober.

In the Foreword to the second edi-

tion of the Big Book it says: Of

alcoholics who came to A.A. and

really tried, 50% got sober at once

and remained that way: 25% so-

bered up after some relapses. I of-

ten ask a newcomer what caused

them to give A.A. a visit and most

of them say that the main reasons

were DUI’s, Work related require-

ments, and spouses ultimatums.

Occasionally someone says, I just

ran out of ideas and I need help.

The later is usually the one in ten

that stays sober without relapse.

I also believe that if you counted

only the ones that came in search-

ing for answers, the same ratio as in

the foreword to the Big Book

would still apply. Seventy five per-

cent is not bad. The good news is

that many of the members that are

here as the result of intervention

or other motivations often become

what they refer to as the

“educational variety” often get

sober years before they would

have had they not been intervened

upon. We treat these brothers and

sisters with empathy, compassion

and understanding. The awareness

in the community has taken away

much of the stigma (not all) of

being cursed with the disease of

alcoholism and where we had

meetings totaling ten or twelve

members we now have twenty to

forty members attending. Some-

times the fruit is picked before it’s

ripe, but we never discard it.

Rick R.


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