SACFC & 7th Tradition

Dear SACFC and friends,

We know your life, and the lives of your loved ones, depend on your recovery and recovery depends, much of the time, on service. During this time it is easy to forget about those incarcerated, even as we take care of ourselves. Our primary purpose of carrying the message has not changed, due to the virus, not one bit.

We want to share our appreciation for all who go out of their way to put others first, and to be ’the hand that reaches out to the SA,’ in prison and jails. We are still at work, taking care to match first responders and sponsors with those who continue to ask for help. In some ways, the virus has offered an opportunity as facilities change their approach to physical contact. We have always valued immediate and direct means in working with these men and women, and ask you to pray for them during this pandemic.

We depend more than ever on Zoom, email and WhatsApp. If ever there was a time to acquaint ourselves with meeting technology in recovery, this is it. This has allowed us to continue to communicate with trusted servants on several continents, across cultures and time zones. If you have been using, or have yet to use these tools, we hope you will take advantage of this time try them out.

We are in contact with a number of prison administrators, requesting rare online access to those who are part of SA, now that prisons are placing an extreme limit on contact with the free community. We hope to adapt and learn to be supportive of these ‘front line’ professionals who are helping us to carry the message of recovery found in SA.

We could use your financial help in the absence of the 7th tradition support normally acquired at the national, international and regional conventions and conferences. This practice allows us to maintain our supply of White Books, Step Into Action and tool kit literature, in addition to the process of administrating prisoner requests, contacting sponsors and responders. Pam in the SA International Central Office now reports receiving about twenty new sponsee and prisoner letters a week. The virus may not respect our health, but no virus can stop recovery.

As we work closely with local meetings, it is essential that we have financial support. Because you care about SACFC and its mission, please give, via sa.org/donate.

In service,