Breakfast in the Park 2014

Central Office is sponsoring the second Annual Breakfast and kick-off meeting. Bacon, sausage, eggs, pancakes: good company and good cookin’. This is a fellowship event: free admission Families are welcome. Speaker: Dick G Where: Sugarhouse Park 2100 South at 1350 East Parley’s Creek Pavilion When: June 8, 2014, 10:00 –2:00 Cost: Free Admission

Proposed bylaws amendments shorter, more English-y 2014

The busy bylaws bees have gone through and replaced all of the legal speak with words and sentence structure more familiar to the common man or woman.  They are presented here for review and may be voted on for approval at the next business meeting.   Full amended bylaws Red line version (what’s changed)

Positions open at the Central Office 2014

There are several opportunities for service at the Central Office: 12 Step Committee Chair, Cooperation with the Professional Community (CPC), and Public Information (PI). The 12 step committee’s primary function is to respond to requests for help made through the 24 hour hotline, email or any other means. The CPC and PI positions are complementary to their counterparts at the … Read More

The Non-Alcoholics That Helped Us: Lois Wilson

But what about the other victims of alcoholism? What about the scars of those family members? As alcoholics, we know of the heartaches and distress that our families have experienced because of the disease of Alcoholism. What a debt of gratitude we owe to these first women of the program now known as Al-Anon. Many of us have family members … Read More

Chair in the Corner_May2014

Greetings Salt Lake Central Office! At last! Warmth and light. The top is down and the bike battery is charging. But enough about me. What’s happening with you? How is your Group? Are you finding enough service opportunities to further your spiritual growth? If not, we’ve got plenty of them. Consider working on one of the Committees, CPC, Corrections, Treatment … Read More

Step Five

Step Five Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs So there we were…coffee in hand, sitting across from each other at the park. I was staring awkwardly off into the distance as my sponsor was waiting patiently for me to begin. The moment had come for me to clean out my … Read More

Big Book Club – Chapter 5: How it Works

The language on the first page of Chapter 5 is dire.  It is filled with ominous worlds like ‘Will not completely, constitutionally incapable, naturally incapable, chances less than average, suffer, grave emotional disorder’. Whew! These grave phrases may seem melodramatic to a non-alcoholic but to me they described the final years of my drinking perfectly.  I had been constitutionally incapable … Read More