Updated Jails Application 2012

For those seeking service opportunities taking AA meetings into the jails: we now have the current application available for download.  This is for Salt Lake County and does not cover the state corrections facilities. After filling out the application send it to district02corrections@utahaa.org.  If you are unable to scan your completed application bring it to the District 2 GSR meeting, last Thursday of … Read More

All Groups February 2012

The February 18th All-Groups meeting is being hosted by the “Happy Destiny Group” and the topic is “Happy, Joyous and Free.”  Pot luck begins at 6pm, meeting at 7pm.  See, print and share the attached flyer.

The Discipline of Tradition Two

When I came to Alcoholics Anonymous in 1983, I wondered, sometimes aloud, why didn’t someone “take over.”  The process of group conscience seemed ponderous and some members seemed not astute enough to make the “right” decisions.  I was told by my sponsor that in the group conscience our ultimate authority, God, speaks and that we trust that that loving God’s … Read More

Came to believe . . .

Step two, “came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” The compulsion to drink for me was not the only “Merciless obses-sion” that came to compel me in my insanity of alcoholism. Having had lost faith in the God I had come to perceive as punitive, wrathful and vindictive. At first I was torn … Read More

From: The Chair in the Corner, February 2012

What have I done on my days off lately? Saturday morning January 21,2012. After a short walk around the old neighbor hood Lucky (world famous Yellow Lab and ace pheasant finder) my trusty companion and side kick took a short ride to AA Central Office 80 W. Louise Ave. Upon arrival it was very obvious that this was not your … Read More

I Saw God at Work This Morning

Today started like any other day. I usually wake early, dress and pour myself a cup of coffee. I needed to let the dog out for his morning constitutional and as I was doing so I remembered from the news the night before that there was to be a lunar eclipse, which was supposed to be visible in the morning … Read More

January All Groups 2012

This Saturday, January 21st, is the All Groups meeting hosted by the “Nomadic Lunch Bunch” group.  The topic “AA’s Three Legacies: Recovery, Unity and Service.”  The pot luck is at 6:00pm, meeting starts at 7:00pm.