Enclosed is a complimentary copy of the brochure. Since we ordered a limited first printing, the actual cost comes to 15¢ each. You can order them at this price by making check or money order payable to SA GSO and sending it to the address listed above. State quantity.
1. ALL GSC DELEGATES: Obtain and send in the vote on “Dear Abby.”
This “letter” has turned out to be something of a newsletter. Which isn’t a bad idea, as some have suggested. “ESSAY” was just an off-the-cuff stab at a clever name.
I’ve been asked this question time and again and keep trying to get a better handle on it. I’ve enclosed another attempt to take a look at this most important subject: “What Is Lust?”
Some of us are debating whether to let “Dear Abby” run the SA name and POB address as the opportunity arises within her column correspondence. She tells us that she gets a number of letters she’d like to refer to SA by merely giving to the readers in her column the SA name and POB address.
“Every SA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.” Some members have suggested we should tell everybody what the financial picture is at the General Service Office (formerly called SA Central), so here goes.
Many of us are either just starting our groups or trying to get one started. In our last general letter of 12 October, we listed some hints for 12th Step work—getting new members. Chapter 7 of the Big Book (Alcoholics Anonymous) is entitled “Working With Others,” and is a “must” for every serious member of S.A.
I’m enclosing some articles from this month’s AA Grapevine, the monthly journal of AA. The best of AA is embodied in the Grapevine articles, and many use it as their “meeting in a pocket.”
The informal national group conscience we took recently has made itself known. All but two groups voted for dialog with Minnesota, but others who voted yes expressed reservations that we not compromise our alignment with the principles and traditions of AA.
Some members have made suggestions about facilitating the bond of unity across the country:
