Howdy from Oklahoma City, OK. We are growing and getting stronger down here. Groups seem to regularly exceed ten people in a meeting. We have also started an intergroup for our three groups. There is also talk of a fourth group being started.
Greetings from Erie, PA. We’re struggling with people persevering in the program. We do have a committed core group of three or four but we hang in there for ourselves and hopefully can help the “newcomers.”
…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.
…I am writing because the SA group here in Wichita is sponsoring an SA Retreat in October.…
[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.
The International Group Conscience Committee selections are now complete. We are happy to announce the results to the Fellowship at this time.
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.
Two women members ask: “We are very interested in knowing the experiences of other groups and members on the matter of hugging between members.”
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.
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.
