Group News
…Things are going well with our Monday night meeting here in Grand Junction. We fluctuate in size as people try us out. Not everyone is ready for the work and honesty required for healing. We pray God will lead them there eventually.
Group News
…I am writing because the SA group here in Wichita is sponsoring an SA Retreat in October.…
Notes From the Central Office
[The following is a note pinned to the wall behind Roy’s desk. It was sent in by an SA member.—Ed.] Institutions remain cumbersome, easily seduced by their own self-interest, preoccupied with their own survival.
International Group Conscience Committee Election Results
The International Group Conscience Committee selections are now complete. We are happy to announce the results to the Fellowship at this time.
Comments on the Nashville Convention
I just wanted to drop you a note sharing with you our excitement at the wonderful Conference we just experienced here in Nashville. We were so pleased at the turnout at the Conference. Instead of the 180-200 we were anticipating, over 300 people arrived in Nashville to attend the Conference. It was a wonderful few days.
Feedback Corner
Two women members ask: “We are very interested in knowing the experiences of other groups and members on the matter of hugging between members.”
Editor’s Corner
Every November, the AA Grapevine has what is called its “Classic Issue,” reprinting articles from AA’s past that are relevant to today. The November 1989 issue of the Grapevine has two articles that may be of interest to us in SA.
Member News
This is the story of a Lust-aholic leading two incompatible lives and at the same time almost cracking up while doing so. I grew up in a Christian family. My father died when I was three, and as a result my mother stayed depressed for many years. In a way we children grew up alone.
Member News
I can’t do recovery by myself. That’s for sure. I have tried it often enough and failed. At the same time for me to be in recovery, and stay in recovery, I must do my own inventory. No one else can do it for me.
Member News
On October 7, 1989, at the Southern California Regional Convention (held in Orange County October 6, 7, and 8), the Women’s Willingness Group was born. This was a joint meeting of SA and S-Anon women.
