Just For Today
Unity. Service. Recovery..
Our Three
Legacies
September
9
Step Nine:
(Recovery)
Made direct amends to
such people wherever
possible, except when to
do so would injure them
or others.
Tradition Nine:
(Unity)
AA, as such, ought
never be organized; but
we may create service
boards or committees
directly responsible to
those they serve.
Concept Nine:
(Service)
Good service leadership
at all levels is
indispensable for our
future functioning and
safety. Primary world
service leadership, once
exercised by the
founders, must
necessarily be assumed
by the trustees.
“Sometimes too much
to drink is barely
enough”
-Mark Twain
Tucson Area Intergroup Inc.
Easy Does It or Take It Easy?
"IT'S a cinch!" said the big redheaded fellow after three months. At four months
they carted him off to the alcoholic ward.
"It's a cinch!" the little woman said. She'd been dry seven months, cocky for
about three. They found her all but dead in her bedroom--a binge, and an
overdose of sleeping pills.
"It's a cinch!" Don't kid yourself, brother!
We have in mind three recent 'slipees', two men and a woman, whose falls from
grace have one point in common--a too casual approach to sobriety. Lulled by the
comfortable atmosphere of A.A. they got the idea that alcoholism wasn't so tough
after all, merely a matter of going through a few motions. Alas! They didn't know
it was loaded!
TODAY, sadder but wiser, they realize they were "taken in" by self illusion, by
suddenly finding themselves among so many smiling, confident, calm-eyed exdrunks; by offhand references to "80,000 of us"; by speaker after speaker saying,
"I've had no trouble. . ."
These three were victims, literally, of A.A.'s success. If so many could do it with
such apparent ease,--well, it must be a cinch! Then, to top it off, there was that
slogan "Easy Does It"--good old "Easy Does It!"
For a while it was easy--or seemed to be. After sincerely taking the First Step,
then a running broad jump to the Twelfth Step, these three managed 4, 7, and 11
months of being dry. Dry--period! The intervening ten steps? Mañana! Didn't that
last speaker say, "Easy Does It!"?
THE moral inventory was sidetracked. They took a whirl at Steps 8 and 9--making
amends. In retrospect, however, they see that even here they mistook pride for
humility. The "amends" consisted mostly of paying up old bar bills while smirking,
"what a good boy am I." Last stand of the Old Big Shot! As to turning their wills
over to a Higher Power--double Mañana! They weren't ready for that God stuff
yet!
The result was that when a few adverse circumstances dovetailed with a tempting
opportunity to drink--bang! There was no real substance to their brand of A.A.; no
habit thought of sobriety carefully built up to replace the take-a-drink reflexes of
many years. Their error was a human one and maybe part of the blame lies with
you and me. A.A.'s growth is so rapid these days, the groups are often so large
that the old personal touch is sometimes missing. So if a man or woman isn't
drinking and shows no visible signs of tension, they might easily miss some of the
basic training we all got in the less affluent days and in smaller, more intimate
groups.
At any rate, these three were confused and there may be many others innocently
discounting the power of John Barleycorn. The A.A. Program is simple--but not
easy! There's a nice distinction. Building the Great Wall of China was simple-merely a case of putting one stone on top another. But it wasn't easy! Fortunately
no great harm was done and three people have learned the hard way that "Easy
Does It" does not mean "Take it easy!" As a memento of their slips let us
paraphrase two lines from that epic poem, "Why, it's a cinch",! he said. And
smiling, the boy fell dead!
August 1949
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Get connected with great service
opportunities outside of the homegroup!
AA of the Air
Contact: Open
Cooperation with the
Professional Community
Contact: Susan K. 977-8371
Public Information
Contact: Ken C. 245-7287
Treatment: Eric N. 591-5612
[email protected]
Corrections
Contact: Tom C. 428-9431
Grapevine
Contact: Vivian W. 250-4951
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entral Office News"
The next Intergroup meeting will be Sunday,
September 11th, 2016 @ 1:30pm.
We are always in need of people for the Home
Answering Service. If you have a year or more of
sobriety and want to be involved in this valuable
service work please call Reggie or Lynne at 882-7422
and set up a training time. It takes about 30 minutes.
We are in need of some 12 Step volunteers. If you
have a year or more of continuous sobriety, a
telephone and a willingness to help the alcoholic who
still suffers, then call 882-7422. Just think, the life
you save may be your own.
Events
Contact: Cheyanne T. 256-2053
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TACYPAA
1st and 3rd Sundays
2:00 pm at Central Office
JFT Stuffing:
Contact: Juliet 730-3307
Last Saturday of the Month @ 11:00
Just for Today editor
Contact: Camille B.
at [email protected]
Central Office
840 S. Campbell Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85719
(520)882-7422
[email protected]
Just for Today is a monthly publication of
Tucson Area Intergroup Inc., (TAII). A one
year subscription costs $12.00. The opinions
expressed here are not necessarily those of
TAII or AA as a whole. We welcome your
stories, news and comments. The deadline
for submission is the 15th of each month.
Material may be edited for space and content
and cannot be returned.
Miscellaneous Income
For July 2016
Received from meetings
@ Central Office …………………………………….………..$706.21
Personal Contributions ………………………….……….…$228.50
JFT……………………………………………………………………………$0.00
Special Events…………………………………………….…….…$898.77
TOTAL $1821.48
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Treasurer's Report July 2016
Total Available Funds.....................................................$28,919.53
Income……………………………………………….…….$8,506.66
Cost of Goods Sold……………………………………….(2,305.51)
Gross Profit…………………………………………..…….6,201.15
Total Expenses…………………………………….……….6,615.46
Net Income/Loss………………………………….…….…(-414.31)
Current available funds for operation total $28,919.53 which is
52% of our 'Prudent Reserve' of $55,631.90.
P.Y.M.W.Y.M.I. July 2016
Elizabeth T, Michael J, Fernando R, Mark D, David M,
John K,Jonathon K, Bryan C, Halvon B.
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Tucson Area Intergroup, Inc. (TAII) Committee Meeting Minutes – July 10, 2016
The meeting was opened at 1:30 pm with the Serenity Prayer.
NEW INTERGROUP REPRESENTATIVES: Quinn P. (12 Stepping Sisters and ASCYPAA)
SECRETARY'S REPORT: Cheyanne T. George C. motioned ot approve the minutes; motion passed unanimously.
TREASURER'S REPORT: Dana L. The prudent reserve is at 52%
SUB-COMMITTEE: John A. The office upgraded to a new version of QuickBooks, looked at possibly having a web
master position, Central Office got a new water heater, and adding the Grapevine link for corrections was discussed.
CENTRAL OFFICE REPORT: Lynne L. There are no Home Answering Service shifts or front desk volunteering
shifts available. I would like to thank Pre-Weekenders for taking over the stuffing and mailing of the Just For Today
newsletter. They do their thing on the last Saturday of the month at 1 pm, so you can even sleep in! Our web guy is
switching the website over to Drupel. So, please be patient with the website as it is a work in progress. Our next
Intergroup meeting will be Sunday September 11th.
CORRECTIONS: No Report
TREATMENT: No Report
CPC/PI: Susan K. There were 7 people in attendance. Representatives from 5 home Groups. We have been invited to
Attend two separate events in October; the Santa Cruz Job Fair & Community Expo 10/12 and the Multi-Agency
Interfaith Event 10/27. Our next Meetings will be: August 24, 2016 & September 28, 2016.
GRAPEVINE: Dennis W. We did not meet in August. Our next committee meeting will be on September 4, 2016. We
are working on our current project to raise funds to purchase the bulk subscriptions for corrections. The Intergroup
Administrative Sub-Committee has given the Grapevine Committee permission to set up online contributions for the
project through aatucson.org. This will be a pilot project and could well be used for other things especially for receiving
online contributions to Intergroup.
SPECIAL EVENTS: Cheyanne T. We are currently in need of groups to chair the Christmas and New Year's
Alcathons. Please have your homegroup consider chairing or co-chairing one of these events.
HISTORIAN: John A. Nancy is in the final stages of updating Mark on the Gate. Hopefully it will be out in 2017.
SPANISH LIASON: No Report
AREA LIASON: Ted M. There is money available to fund workshops and provide scholarships to Assemblies. District
11 insurance to meet at Central Office is increasing in cost from $375/yr to $700/yr from the current insurer, due to
riders being added for other groups, workshops, etc. The treasurer will contact other possible insurers, but advised that
the very small size of the policy doesn’t make it attractive. Clay R. spoke about the upcoming Bridge The Gap
conference in September. Held a sponsorship workshop with 36 attendees. Several GSRs requested assistance for the
August Assembly; requests approved. Experience, Strength, and Hope group is looking for groups to sponsor an entire
month of speakers. Bride the Gap workshop- The GSO treatment and special needs coordinator will be there. Sept 9-11,
Tucson Hilton East. 201 were at the August Assembly. Contributions and literature orders are up significantly at GSO for
the first 6 months of the year. GSO is looking for young peopel's stories for an updated pamphlet. The Arizona State
Convention is Labor Day weekend.
AL-ANON: No report
OLD BUSINESS: The last name corrections to past issues of the Just For Today have been completed on the website.
NEW BUSINESS/ ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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Robert V was elected as a new sub-committee board member
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There are a few Intergroup positions that will be coming available at the end of the year
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Our Daily Bread is hosting a workshop at Eastside Meeting place, Sunday 8/28 from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm.
Meeting Closed at 2:15 pm with the Declaration of Unity.
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Phoenix is hosting the 2016 Arizona State Convention!
!
Please join us and bring a friend for fun & fellowship over Labor Day weekend, Sept. 2-4 at Sheraton Crescent
Hotel (I-17 and Dunlap).
!
We have an amazing committee that is working hard to create a FUN event for you.!
!
The theme is “Heard it through the Grapevine (and La Viña)”.!
Our Friday Night Speaker will be Ami B., from New York, Executive Editor Publisher of the Grapevine, Saturday
Night we will hear from Candice M. of Los Angeles, and our Sunday Morning speaker will be Howard P. from
Gilbert.
!
The program also includes a Golf Tournament, a celebration of La Viña’s 20th Birthday, “Grapevine Games,’
a Comedy Show, Dancing, as well as participation from Spanish, YPAA and Al-Anon. !
!
Online Registration is up and running at www.area03.org/convention
Crossword Puzzle Word Bank (In no particular order): Akron, Bob, Lois, Silku, action, actor, age, amends, beer, humility, jaywalker,
others, Oxford, prayer, responsible, self, sixth, spheres, stop, temperate, third, understand, unity, will.
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September Birthdays
801 Group
Robert F
Chuck M
1 year
22 years
Our Daily Bread
Michele J
4 years
Sylvia R
7 years
Ironwood Hills Group
Richard G
2 years
Leonard S
8 years
Leslie W
30 years
Freedom Group
August
Rachelle R
5 years!
Mary M!!!!!!!!
26 years
Bobbi P!!! !!
33 years
Jay S
!!!!!!!!!!33 years
September
Kelsey W!!!!!
2 year
Jane D
!!!!!!!! 38 years
Hopi Group
Jim D
31 years
Courage to Change
Kurt F
4 years
Caroline T
3 years
Southside
Michael M
Belinda Z
3 years
9 years
Happy Destiny
Mary D
Camille B
1 year
11 years
FIND THESE WORDS!
Temperate
Groups Represented
at the August 2016
Intergroup Meeting
Campus Newcomers
Courage to Change
Eastside Nooners
Happy Destiny
Honest Open and Free
Morning Shades
Steady
Sedate
Abstinent Moderate
Controlled Ascetic
Cockatrice
New Beginnings
Our Daily Bread
Pre-Weekenders
Retired Professionals
Rincon
Sober Living
Solutions Group
Southwest Happy Hour
Sunday Morning AA Group
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Dry
Calm
T G I F!
Twelve Stepping Sisters
Women’s Solutions
Changes to the
‘Solar Yellow’
Meeting Schedule
Changes
Page 17
Glass Slipper Meeting
9:30 am at the NW Alano Club
Changed from (C) to (O)
Page 21
Courage to Change Group
Change time to 8:00 PM
Page 28
Little House 3.0
Change to 7:30 pm and Big Book not
Speaker
Page 33
COME ACROSS THE BRIDGE GROUP
El Pueblo Community Center-Senior
Center
Page 34
Name Change
THURSDAY NIGHT AA GROUP
Is now MANY PATHS AA GROUP
Page 32
POWER GREATER THAN ALCOHOL
Wants to add (Agnostic Meeting)
Page 51
TOOLS AT OUR FEET
Is now LITERATURE GROUP
Delete
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Big Book Workshop
NW Alano Club
Sunday at 5:30 pm
Page 29
Maintaining Group
Wednesday at 7:30 pm
Page 51
Catalina
Women Under Construction
Monday at 7:00 PM
Page 45
Great Spirit Meeting
Saturday at 3 pm
Page 50
12 & 12 Meeting
Monday at 6:00 PM
Page 26
Women United in Recovery
Wednesday at 12 noon
Page 29
Shut Your Whiney Face
Wednesday at 8:00 pm
Spanish
AA Corner
Spanish Intergroup NEW Office
2914 E. 22nd Street
Tucson, AZ 85713
(520)622-5112
Meetings the Last Thursday of every month
At 7:30 PM at the Spanish Intergroup Office
Coordinator - Diego
Secretary - TBD
Treasurer -Salvador “Chavita”
Information to the Public
Coordinator - Mario and Secretary Juan
Last Friday of every month
At 7:30 PM at the Spanish Intergroup Office
Literature Coordinator -Fernando
Event Spotlight
A Celebration of Sponsorship
Sunday October 16, 2016
2:30-5:00 pm
Eastside Meeting Place
6061 E. Broadway Blvd. #128
Speakers, Trivia Game, Dessert Potluck
(bring pie, cakes etc. to share)
Sponsored by Honest, Open and Free,
Subdistrict 11-114 and District 11
Contact Susan O. for info (520)481-7746
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Group Contributions thru July 2016
12 @ 12……………………………800.00
ABC Group………………………..197.70
Airport Area Nooners…………….. 25.00
Ajo Group………………………… 60.00
Amado Nooners…………..……… 50.00
Amen Stag…………………………128.27
Anonymous Group……………….. 526.15
Arivaca Group…………………… 75.00
Back Door Friends……………….. 525.00
Bill W. Monday Step Group………100.00
Business & Professional Men’s….. 226.75
Came to Believe…………………. 260.00
Campus Nooners…………………. 600.00
Casas Adobes Group..……………. 40.00
Cat Mountain……………………... 50.00
Catalina Wed Night Mtg…………..39.20
Clean Air Group…..……………… 506.60
Copper Mountain Group…………. 200.00
Desert Drifters……………………. 162.00
District 11-110…………………… 250.00
Eastside Nooners………………… 180.00
Eastside Sat. AM’ers………………140.00
El Sabado…………………………. 180.00
Final Fontier………….……………275.00
Foothills Newcomers…………….. 350.00
Footloose…………………………. 47.00
Forum Meeting…………………… 187.00
Free at Last……………………….. 125.00
Free Spirit Group…………………. 25.00
Fresh Start Group………………….200.00
Friday Morn Fun Group………….. 280.00
Friday Night Drifters……………... 37.37
From the Promises………………... 141.00
Get A Life………………………… 120.00
Glum Lot Not…………………….. 500.00
Golf Links Group………………… 185.00
GV El Sabado.................................. 360.00
GV Fantastic Breakfast……………200.00
GV Happy Hour Group……………150.00
GV Lamplighters………………… 220.00
GV Men Seeking Serenity………... 321.00
GV Miracle Group……………….. 285.00
GV Monday Noon Group………… 253.00
GV Serenity Group……………….. 25.00
Happy Destiny……………………. 145.84
Happy, Joyous & Free Group…… 351.00
Honest, Open & Free…………….. 30.00
Hopi Group……………………… 455.00
Houghton Sunset…………………..100.00
Into Action……………………….. 320.00
Ironwood Hills Group……………. 180.00
JDFD………………………………125.00
Lamplighters……………………… 220.00
Little House………………………. 175.00
Lodestar of Hope………………… 300.00
Men Seeking Guidance……………1000.00
Message & Principles Group……. 150.00
Mid-Week Serenity………………. 229.21
Midvale Sat AM…………………..
Monday Noon Group……………...
Morning Shades…………………...
New Beginnings………………..…
Northside Group………………….
Northwest Speaker Meeting……….
Oro Valley Men’s Stag……………
Oro Valley Step Sisters……….…..
Our Daily Bread………….……….
Overton Sun AM…….……….…..
Pantano Group……………………
Patagonia Group…………………..
Picture Rocks Tues Nite….……….
Power Greater Than Alcohol……..
Pre-Weekenders……….…………..
Primary Purpose…………………..
Retired Professionals……………...
Rincon Group……………………..
Sahuarita Big Book………………..
Sahuarita Brand New……………..
Saturday Serenity Meeting………..
Serenity Group…………………….
Smile Group……………………….
Smoke Free Nooners……………...
Sober Living…………………..…..
Sober Saturdays……………………
Sober Sisters…………………..…..
Solutions on Sunday……………..
Solutions Group…………………..
Southside……….………………….
Spiritual Kindergarten…………….
Stone Sober………………………..
Sun Morn Eastside………………...
Sun Morning AA Group…………..
Survivors Big Book……………….
Tanque Verde Loop Group………..
TGIF!……………………………...
The Lighter Side…………………..
Three Points……………………….
Thurs 11th Step……………………
Tubac AA Group………………….
Tucson Into Action………………..
Tucson Men’s…………………..…
Twelve Stepping Sisters………..….
Under the Mesquite……..…………
Vistoso Retreads………………….
Way Out West…………………….
Weathered Leather………………..
West Ajo BB Study……………….
Women’s Serenity Group……..….
Women’s Solutions………………
Women By The Book…………….
Women From the Heart…………..
Women of Serenity……………….
Women Who Weren’t Born Yest…
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Third Legacy
375.00
299.00
260.00
150.00
150.00
180.70
500.00
50.00
250.00
1575.00
5.00
70.00
76.00
46.55
452.00
102.00
350.00
600.00
200.00
80.00
450.00
50.00
150.00
364.56
400.00
50.00
100.00
200.00
1512.83
800.00
100.00
170.00
290.00
125.00
217.68
407.00
130.00
127.35
50.00
180.00
125.10
205.00
100.00
147.93
80.00
235.20
50.00
30.00
100.00
50.00
300.00
110.00
300.00
75.00
696.40
Tucson Area Intergroup, Inc.
Meets 2nd Sunday Monthly
1:30 p.m. at Central Office
CPC & PI Committee
Meets 4th Wednesday Monthly
5:30 p.m. at Central Office
Treatment Committee
Meets 1st Wednesday Monthly
6:00 p.m. at Central Office
Corrections Committee
Meets Quarterly on 3rd Saturday
January, April, July, October
at 10:30 a.m. at Central Office
New volunteer orientation 9:30
Grapevine Committee
1st Sunday Odd Months
2 p.m. at Central Office
JFT Stuffing & Mailing
Last Saturday monthly @ 11:00 am
Contact Juliet 730-3307
DCMC
Cheryl P. 209-423-6440
Alternate: Open
TAII Liaison: Ted M. 907-7531
District 11-000 Pima County
Meets 3rd Thursday
7 p.m. at Central Office.
6:30 p.m. for new GSR Orientation
All GSRs and DCMs have a voice and
vote at this meeting.
Northwest District 11-110
Meets 2nd Wednesday at 6:00 p.m.
NW Alano Club 3120 W. Curtis Rd.
DCM: David M. 351-9101
Central District 11-111
Meets 2nd Wednesday at 6:45 p.m.
610 E. Delano #103 Stone Sober
DCM: Mare M. 310-8853
Eastern District 11-114
Meets 3rd Wednesday at 6 p.m.
Eastside City Hall, 7575 E.Speedway
DCM: Kathy R. 668-7304
Southwest District 11-115
Meets 1st Wednesday 6 p.m.
At Central Office
DCM: Clay R. 668-2666
Green Valley District 11-119
Meets 2nd Thursday at 6:00 p.m.
St. Francis Episcopal Church Library
600 S. La Canada, Green Valley
DCM: Liz B. 248-3933
Spanish Linguistic District 11-122
Meets 1st Monday at 7:30 p.m.
Spanish Intergroup Office
2549 S. 6th Ave.
DCM: Adolfo R. 443-1585