Treatment Quarterly
January 16, 2016
9:00 am - Fellowship & Breakfast
10:00 am - 2:30 pm - Business
508 S. Francis St, Port Angeles, WA, 98362
Please bring breakfast items.
7th Tradition will be observed
All A.A.s are invited
to District 55
Business Meetings
Every third Sunday at 5PM,
Basement of St Luke’s on 5th
A Huge “THANK YOU!!!”
to all the Activities
Committee Chairs and their
crews for a successful
Gratitude Dinner!!!!!!!!!
Good Friends, Fellowship,
Speaker and Food ………..…
…………..….We are Blessed.
“Happy Holidays”
from District 55 Activities….
We are not a Glum or Boring Lot…
There’s Fun and Fellowship to be had!
Come help set up X-mas morning
A Concept Interpretation will be part of
the opening of each meeting this year.
at 10:00 for our Christmas Luncheon
at the American Legion Hall
– Rhonda, D55 Activities Chair
District 55 Hotline
Extra meetings during
Pick your time to answer
12-Step calls!!!
- Contact Dana C.
Sequim AA Hotline
numbers are
360-797-0259
877-682-4143
New Year’s Eve &
New Year’s Day
at the American Legion Hall,
at Sequim Ave and Prairie.
home of Early Birds &
Nooners AA Groups
District 55 News
[email protected] _______________________________ January 2016
Western Washington Area 72 Quarterly
January 8 & 9, 2016, Fri and Sat
**** All AAs Are Welcome ****
Hosted by Districts 22 & 55
Vern Burton Gym, 308 East 4th, Port Angeles
Friday - No Host Dinner – 5-6:30pm – Smuggler’s Landing
115 Railroad Avenue, Port Angeles
Saturday – Business Meeting, Spaghetti Lunch
Registration=$15, Sat. Lunch = $10, Fri. Ice Cream Social =$5
Service Opportunities AAvailable!!!
Friday –
Jan 8 – Setup, Make Coffee, Greet, Serve Ice cream,
Cleanup
Saturday – Jan 9 – Set out breakfast goodies, Make More Coffee!!
Greet, Cleanup, and we could increase the list ad infinitum!!
Contact Rhonda [email protected]
For details - See flyer - district55aa.com
Who Are We??
“IN 2014 more than 6,000 A.A.
members from the U.S. and Canada
participated in a random survey of the
membership. Such studies have been
conducted every three to four years since
1968 by the General Service Office.
Alcoholics Anonymous conducts this
survey to keep members informed on
current trends in membership
characteristics.
The survey also provides information
about A.A. to the professional community
and to the general public as part of A.A.’s
purpose to carry our message to those
who still suffer from alcoholism.”
- P 48
“We are like men who have lost their legs;
they never grow new ones.”
- BB, p. 30.
BEFORE coming to A.A., 59%
of the
members received some type of treatment or
counseling (such as medical, psychological,
spiritual, etc.) related to their drinking.
AFTER coming to A.A., 58%
of the
members received some type of treatment or
counseling (such as medical, psychological,
spiritual, etc.) related to their drinking.
“We are people who normally would not mix. But
there exists among us a fellowship, a friendliness,
and an understanding which is indescribably
wonderful. We are like the passengers of a great
liner the moment after rescue from shipwreck
when camaraderie, joyousness and democracy
pervade the vessel from steerage to Captain's
table.”
- BB, p. 17.
“...we are self-supporting through our
own contributions.” - AA® Preamble
INTRODUCTION TO A.A.
Through an A.A. member 32%
Treatment facility 32%
Self-motivated 30%
Family 27%
We in AA are men and women who have
discovered, and admitted, that we
cannot control alcohol. We have learned
that we must live without it if we are to
avoid disaster for ourselves and those
close to us.”
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk
About-AA/Newcomers/Who-we-are
SPONSORSHIP
82% of members have a sponsor.
74% got a sponsor within 90 days.
<> The average length of members’
sobriety is almost ten years.
<> Over half of AAs have 5 years or
less sobriety.
These statistics are from the AA® pamphlet
P-48 – “A.A. Membership Survey”
On Step One
“Only Step One, where we made the 100 percent admission we were powerless over
alcohol, can be practiced with absolute perfection. The remaining eleven Steps
state perfect ideals.”
- 12 and 12®, Step 6, p. 68.
On Tradition One
“Even the newest of newcomers finds undreamed rewards as he tries to help his brother
alcoholic, the one who is even blinder than he.”
- 12 and 12®, Step 12, p. 109.
“To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a
fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends -- this is an experience you must not
miss.”
- BB®, “Working with Others,” p. 89.
On Concept One
“Final responsibility and ultimate authority for A.A. world services should always reside
in the collective conscience of our whole Fellowship.”
“The principles of Tradition Two are crystal-clear, Bill asserts: “The A.A. groups are to be
the final authority; their leaders are to be entrusted with delegated responsibilities only.”
Reprinted from Twelve Concepts for World Service Illustrated®, with permission from AA World Services Inc.®
District 55
Literature & GRAPEVINE®
Committee
contact Larry G.
at Duck In meetings on
Friday & Sunday
Volunteer help at functions is needed
Combined District 55/22
Corrections Committee
Meets every Second
Sunday at 4PM
at 711 East Second Street,
Port Angeles, WA 98362
Men are especially needed.
Our service entities are funded by contributions from A.A. groups.
Many groups make a plan about dividing their funds beyond what is needed for group
expenses, including sending the GSR to the Assembly, and a prudent reserve.
They send these excess funds to: District 55
Area 72
The General Service Office
Make Checks to:
Mail to:
“District 55” “Western Washington Area Assembly” “General Service Board”
District 55
Western Washington Area Treasurer The General Service Office
P.O. Box 1985
POB 535
Post Office Box 459
Sequim, WA 98382 702 Kentucky St. STE 535
Grand Central Station
Bellingham, WA 98225-4200
New York, NY 10163-0459