This year’s Utah Area 69 Pre-Assembly Workshop will be held on August 15-16, 2015 at the Sons of Utah Pioneers Hall. The address is 3301 E. Louise Ave. (2920 S.) in Salt Lake City. The purpose of this Area Workshop is to provide a forum to discuss the General Service Conference theme and the corresponding workshop topics for the current … Read More
FRIENDSHIP GROUP – 10 o’clock AM – Saturdays – Clark P_Lifeline August 2015
In 1983, when loneliness and desperation prodded me to go to more meetings, I discovered the newly formed Friendship Group that still meets Saturday 10 o’clock in the basement of Friendship Manor [thus the origin of the name]. In 1983, Saturday had only two daytime meetings, the Friendship Group and an afternoon 11th step meeting at the Alano Club. The … Read More
Emotional Sobriety – Pat_Lifeline August 2015
I grew up in an alcoholic home with two functional alcoholic parents. This was a traumatic childhood that I can bring into my relationships. My parents would get drunk together every night. My folks drank martinis; I loved the martini olives, and this wet my pallet for alcohol. They would visit with each other, and the only way we could … Read More
2015 International AA Conference – Doug R_Lifeline August 2015
“We are average Americans. All sections of this country and many of its occupations are represented, as well as many political, economic, social, and religious backgrounds. 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 … Read More