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SOUTHERN MARYLAND INTERGROUP 1-800-492-0209

www.somdintergroup.org

Southern Maryland Intergroup Association, Inc. Tri-County Area: Calvert, Charles & St. Mary’s Counties

RESPONSIBILITY DECLARATION

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.

“For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority-A loving God as

He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted

servants; they do not govern.”

Came to believe that a Power

greater than ourselves could

restore us to sanity. 2018

A normal drinker finds a fly in his beer

and asks the bartender to pour him a fresh

drink

A heavy drinker finds a fly in his beer,

pulls it out by the wings, and continues

drinking

An alcoholic finds a fly in his beer and

yells, “Spit it out! Spit it out!”

Dan B. Santa Cruz, California,

September 1997 © Grapevine

LIFELINE

SMIA needs

Nominations at

the February

meeting for

SMIA Chair

Secretary and

Parliamentarian

Wake up! The four horsemen are here."—

Mike S., South Bend, Ind. © Grapevine

February 2018

Volume 42

No. 2

November 2014



District 41 Workshop

“The History of A.A.” 02/10/2018

Grace Episcopal Church

5740 Green Valley Rd.

New Market, Maryland 21774

10am. To 12pm.

8th Annual Southern Maryland Round-up

“A Twelve Step Recovery Weekend” March 16-18 Holiday Inn Conference

center Solomon’s, Md.

Serenity Breakfast

Welcome to the 48th Annual

Area State Convention

“Our Kit of Spiritual Tools”

June 29 to July 1 2018

Clarion Inn Frederick Event

Center Frederick Md.

Come on out and join the

fellowship and SMIA 2018

Serenity Breakfast May

fifth at the Harry

Lundenburg School of

Seamanship

Southern Maryland Serenity Camping Trip Spring Fling

at Smallwood State Park May 18-20, 2018 For more info

[email protected] see flyer pg. 12

NERAASA 2018

27th Annual Northeast Regional A.A.

Service Assembly February 23-25 2018

Cromwell, CT. All members welcome

860-635-2000

www.neraasa2018.org

Clean Air has

changed Their

meeting format

see flyer Pg. 14



Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 28 Gordon M. 35yrs. David D. 9yrs. @ Kiss Group

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Sam T. 27yrs. @ Brown Bag

2 Rick D. 7yrs. @ Basic Text

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4 Kim S. 22yrs. @ Drunks ‘R’ Us

5 Jimmy S. 12yrs. @ Beginner’s at Noon

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7 Beth M. 15yrs. @ Step Sisters

8 Pierre C. 9yrs. @ Almost Normal

9 Mitchel R. 3yrs. @ Cove Point Clean Air will be closed because the warn Program is using the room

10 Duke R. 16yrs. @ Laurel Grove Ann G. 19yrs. Marsha 3yrs @ We Wuz Wruz Ann H. 10yrs. @ North Beach

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Mike G. 4yrs. @Bedouin Group Ann W. 11yrs @ Solomons Group

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Michelle T. 4yrs. @ Not Quite Right

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Mary W. 10yrs. @ Early Risers

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19 Dave M. 4yrs. @ Mount Harmony

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21 Laura P. 5yrs. @ Step Sisters Paul M. 28yrs. @ Patuxent River Group

22 Dickie R. 33yrs. @ Poplar Hill

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24 Bruce O. 5yrs. @ Waldorf Group

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28 Carole W. 2yrs. @ Do Drop Inn

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Brian B. 11yrs. @ Cove Point

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February 2018



March 2018 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

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28 Carole W. 2yrs. @ Do Drop Inn

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Brian B. 11yrs. @ Cove Point

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4 Ben (Mad Dog) L. 4yrs. @ Kiss Group

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David H. 4yrs. @ Monday Night Traditions

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8 Dan W. 21yrs. @ St. Charles Step

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11 Charlie D. 21yrs. @ Kiss Group

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13 John O. 10yrs. @ Lexington Park Big Book

14 Dan H. 24yrs. @ Brown Bag

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Tim S. 21yrs. @ Early Risers Doug S. 6 yrs. @ Early Bird

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24 Tricia D. 1yrs. @ Saturday Serenity

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Pat S.6yrs. Rebecca C. 1yrs. @ Poplar Hill

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January 13 Meeting Minutes

Opening: 10:10 by Wally with the Responsibility Pledge

New Members and Visitors: Chuck – Inspiration Group, Jim – Awakenings, Becky – C&T Committee, Cory – We

are Not Saints

Board Members Present: Wally – Chair, John L. - Vice Chair, T Bill L. – Treasurer, Bruce 0. - Parliamentarian,

Tressie F. - Secretary

Committee Chairs and District Reps: Bill L. – Calvert District Rep. and Website, Duke R. – St. Marys SMIA Rep.,

John W. – St. Mary’s C&T, Dee – P&I and Charles District Rep; Joyce S. – Lifeline, John L – Telephone, Suzie F. –

Gratitude Dinner

Groups represented: Bruce O. – Waldorf, Bill L. – Sunderland, Rev – Early Bird, Pat P. – North Beach, Duke R. –

Laurel Grove, Buddy F. – Basic Text, Bob E. – Solomon’s, Roger M. – Living Sober, Joyce S. – Drunks are Us, Mike

S. – Huntingtown Noon, Debbie S. – Wednesday Night Womens

Previous month’s Minutes: .

Treasurer’s Report: Bill - As of 12/27/2017. No meeting for month of December so no deposits. Bill received

2686.91 in receipts to be deposited today. Refer to report.

Where and When: Bryan G. unavailable. Byran will continue to be Where and When chair. Keenan will let him

know that we would like to go to print to have where and whens available for March. Corrections should be submitted

as soon as possible.

Bookstall: Keenan – no bookstall purchases in December.

Telephone: John L. explained duties since we still need a telephone chair. Emmy volunteered.

Lifeline: We need a Lifeline editor. Rev is filling in temporarily. Keith will assume editor role. j

Corrections and Institutions: Calvert County: Meetings are being taken into jail and treatment facilities.

Charles County: Dan W taking meetings into mens jail. There is a meeting being taken in for women.

St. Mary’s County: Becky – all meetings at St. Marys detention is covered for men and women.

Public Information:

Calvert County: Roger – wants to donate books to the library. Need more where and whens.

Charles County: Dee - status quo.

St. Mary’s County: John – just took over position. Trying to coordinate with previous chair. Working on

distributing materials. John asked about the 44 questions pamphlet being changed. The name changed to

frequently asked questions last printed on 9/2017.

Gratitude Dinner: Suzie F. will chair next year.

Serenity Breakfast: John will chair. In the planning phase.

Picnic: Keenan – last year to chair. In planning phases. Keenan has assistant chair in training.

Web Committee: There were 6689 visits over 2 months from November 11th. The most popular pages are the home

page, where and when calendar, and where and when meeting search. Removed 40 year anniversary from banner.

Old Business: Script change tabled until new chair takes over. Adding a statement if this is an emergency – seek medical attention.

New Business: We need a coffee maker – Pat volunteered.

SMIA board jobs up for rotation is the chair person (preferably St. Marys in rotation), secretary and parliamentarian

positions. Nominations to be made in March and vote in April.

Bill ask that group be noted on dontations for checks or paypal. Group name and id if available is helpful. Paypal has

a comments area and use memo on checks.

For the Good of Order:

Attending defunct meetings – make sure where and when for SMIA and county is updated.



Treasurer’s Report February 2018

For the first time this fiscal year, the SMIA is operating with a surplus! There was a $1530

turn around from the previous month, leaving a $977 net income for FY ‘2017. We can attribute this to the generous donations of our member groups. Over the past two months,

our groups and one anonymous donor have donated $3041.56. So far this fiscal year, we have received $9736.46 in donations. If our operating budget exceeds the Prudent Reserve,

we will propose a donation to Maryland General Service and AA World Service. Many thanks to the groups of Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s counties, as well as the anonymous donors!



Telephone Report NO Telephone Report submitted to THE lifeline

Where & when Corner

Please Send any information changes to the Where & When Chair [email protected] The Newest Where

and Whens are available for pick-up at the monthly SMIA meeting

12 step Ride Info total

Calvert 0 0 0 0

St. Mary’s 0 0 0 0

Charles 0 0 0 0

Other 0 0 0 0

Totals 0 0 0 0

SMIA 12th STEP WORK Telephone Call

Report Breakdown

– 12 Step volunteers

- Hang ups

– Information requests

- Referred out of area

- Wrong Number

- Total calls answered,

- Minutes charged

Southern Maryland Intergroup Association On-Line One of the most important things we will do in our recovery is to help the still suffering

alcoholic. The SMIA is committed to this principle and provides a 24x7 Telephone Service . But phone support is of no benefit if we do not have service committed people to call . We are providing a simple and secure method for you to add your name to the SMIA 12 Step Call List. This information will only be shared with the

Phone Committee Chair. Go online to the intergroup website somdintergroup.org ( the 12 step Phone list link is on this page. Click it to access the form) Fill out the

form on site if you are Interested in this valuable service opportunity

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.somdintergroup.org



District 1

Calvert County District Meeting: 7 PM, 3rd Monday

@ St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Prince Frederick, MD

New meeting “As Bill Sees It” Thursday 10:00am to 11:00am.

9463 H.G. Trueman Rd. Lusby Md. 20657

Southern Maryland Serenity Camping Trip Spring Fling at

Smallwood State Park May 18-20 2018

Mailing Address: District 1 Trust Fund, PO Box 234, Barstow,

MD 20610

www.calvertaa.org

District 35

Charles County

District Meeting: 7 PM, 1st Thursday

@ Peace Lutheran Church, Waldorf

Looking for Men & Women to take meetings

into the Detention Center. District 35 needs

a Secretary and a Alternate District

Committee Member step up for these

rewarding service positions.

Mailing Address: District 35, PO Box 1981,

La Plata, MD 20646

District 36

St. Mary’s County

District Meeting: 6:30 PM, 2nd Tuesday

@ Hollywood Rescue Squad Bldg., Hollywood Md.

C & T committee is looking for women to sign up to take

meetings into the Detention Center. District 36

Mailing Address: District 36, PO Box 1334,

California, MD 20619

Southern Maryland

Intergroup Association (SMIA)

Mailing Address: Post Office Box 767

Charlotte Hall, MD 20622

Meeting Location: Mt. Olive Methodist Church (old bldg.)

SMIA is Looking for nominations at the February meeting

for SMIA Chair: Secretary and Parliamentarian. The Chair

should come from district 36. Elections on March 10th.

811 Dares Beach Road

Prince Frederick, MD

Meetings: 2nd Saturday @ 10:00 AM

Bookstall opens: 9:00 AM

1-800-492-0209

WWW.SOMDINTERGROUP.ORG

It Happened

in February

February 1, 1942- Ruth Hock,

A.A.’s first secretary, resigns to get

married

February12, 1945– World War II

paper shortage forced reduction in

size of the big book.

February 5, 1941– Pittsburgh telegram

ran a story on the first A.A. group’s

Friday night meeting of a dozen

February 5, 1941– Pittsburgh telegram

ran a story on the first A.A. group’s

Friday night meeting of a dozen

“former hopeless drunks.”

February 14, 1971– A.A.

groups worldwide held a

memorial service for Bill

Wilson.

February11,1938– Clarence Snyder

“Home Brewmeister” in 1st, 2nd

&3rd editions had his last drink

February 2, 1942– Bill Wilson paid

tribute to Ruth Hock, she had written

approximately 15,000 letters to people

who were asking for help

February 20, 1941– The Toledo

Blade Published first of three articles

on A.A. by Seymour Rothman.

February 2, 1942– Bill Wilson paid tribute

to Ruth Hock, she had written

approximately 15,000 letters to people

who were asking for help

February 22, 1842– Abe Lincoln addressed the

Washington Temperance Society in Springfield IL.



“Our leaders are but trusted

servants, they do not govern”.

SMIA BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIR: Wally S. [email protected]

VICE CHAIR: John L. [email protected] SECRETARY: Tressie F. [email protected] TREASURER: Bill L.. [email protected]

PARLIAMENTARIAN: Bruce O. [email protected]

Where & When: Bryan G. [email protected] Lifeline: Keith H. [email protected] Telephone: Emmy. [email protected] Website: Bill L. [email protected] Bookstall: Keenan W. [email protected] The Lifeline is an unofficial newsletter published by Southern Maryland Intergroup Associa-tion, Inc. Any opinions expressed are those of the writers. They are not endorsed by SMIA, any group or AA as a whole. Group secretaries and individuals are encouraged to send group news, anniversaries and events. Material may be edited for space and content. Please send email to: [email protected] , or mail to SMIA at the above address.

DEADLINE: 27th of each month. Submissions can be signed or anonymous.

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