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What’s Going On in SA

I write with gratitude for SA, the guidance of our Higher Power, and the excellent and dedicated work of the Nominations Committee. The Nominations Committee worked diligently throughout 2022-23 knowing there would be a high number of Trustees rotating off the Board this past July. Needless to say, replacing needed vacancies was a critical challenge. Since April, five Trustee candidates were approved by the Nominations Committee and passed on to the BOT for consideration. All five candidacies were subsequently approved by the Trustees and forwarded to the GDA. Three candidates Gary P., Jack H., and Mathew M. have been GDA approved. Currently, two potential Trustee candidates await GDA interviews. The Nominations Committee continues to actively seek and invite applications for Trustee candidates.

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Editor’s Corner

Hi fellows. In this edition of ESSAY, we look at relapse prevention. “We never knew there was another option—surrender” (SA 84). In this quote from the chapter, “The Third Option” in the SA White Book, Roy K. reveals the key to stopping, and staying stopped! He stayed sober from 1976 until his death in September 2009 by practicing surrender. An oldtimer from Chicago explains that surrender is not some complicated, abstract process; it is simply, “executing the suggestions of the sponsor.”

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SA CFC

Entering the 2023 IC Cracow hotel I walked straight into the welcoming arms of a Polish fellow who is a regular attendant of the Sponsoring by Mail workshop. First time we met face-to-face. It was meeting a brother. The entire weekend we couldn’t stop smiling when we worked together or bumped into each other. A real connection. All the troubles of traveling by train vanished at that moment, in hindsight.

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Coming Next

Holistic Recovery—Healing Had to Come About in All Three In the December issue, members share what “Holistic Recovery” has come to mean for them—how working their SA programs has led to recover the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of their lives.

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Poland Convention Report

We were very honored to host the July 2023 “In God We Trust” IC as well as the very first in-person General Delegate Assembly outside North America. The beginning was difficult. We had first planned to organize the convention in our capital Warsaw, but found out that we couldn’t afford a venue suitable for this kind of event there.

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What’s Going On in SA

Board of Trustees: July has been an eventful month for our Trustees. Three Trustees rotated off the Board after having served the fellowship for their full four-year terms; one other was not reaffirmed by the GDA. In the meantime, our Nominations Committee has been busy recruiting and interviewing new Trustee candidates. One new Trustee was approved by the GDA at the Polish Convention in July.

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מוזיקה כחוויה רוחנית

חיבור לכוח עליון שניים מהכלים הטובים ביותר שיש לי ב'ארגז הכלים הרוחני'' שלי בשביל להתחבר עם 'אינטואיציה אלוהית' ( מלבד עבודת הצעדים, השתתפות בפגישות, שיחות עם הספונסר ושירות בחברותא של (SA זה לשיר ולנגן (או להאזין) למוזיקה. מוזיקה לאורך כל חיי היא תשוקה ומרכיב מרכזי עבורי בהחלמה.

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הסיפורים שלנו לא ייחודיים כל כך אחרי הכל

בשנת 2003, בקבוצת הבית הישנה שלי בפילדלפיה, פיתחנו 'פגישת הכוונה' לחברים החדשים. כתבנו למספר אינטרגרופים ברחבי העולם, ושאלנו אותם אם הם עושים פגישת הכוונה לחברים החדשים. הרבה כתבו לנו בחזרה, סיפרו לנו על פגישות ההכוונה שלהם, ושילבנו רעיונות שקיבלנו על מנת ליצור את מה שהרגשנו שעובד הכי טוב בשבילנו. המטרה שלנו הייתה לעזור לחבר החדש להרגיש בבית ככל האפשר, ולהנמיך את הדאגות שיש לו/ה. אחרי הכל, כפי שהיינו אומרים לחברים החדשים, אנחנו מודעים לכך שהדבר הכי קשה שאולי עשית היה לצאת מהרכב, לחצות את החניון, להיכנס לחדר ולבקש עזרה.

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