Saturday, April 15, 2006

AA Australia Unity Recovery Group Birthday List

AA Australia Unity Recovery Group Birthday List
www.aa-oztralia.com

Cheeky Charlie - Port Adelaide, Sth. Australia - 6th of June 1954
Oldtimer 1925 - Leroy Michigan USA - 1st Jan 1956
Big Book Bob - Bbbob - Ohio US - 6th of April 1968
Simon ( SimonScotland ) Scotland - 6th of Dec. 1974
Bill ( Sobergentleman ) New York US - Dec the 8th 1974
Bob H ( Wirra ) Western Australia - 15th of March 1977
Gordy ( Dancing Emu ) Port Adelaide, Sth. Australia 11th of April 1977
Eileen ( Meduck ) Westport New Zealand - 15th of April 1977
Gary O ( Pappy ) Winnipeg Canada - July the 12th 1982
Janis H ( Auntie Janis ) Forth Riley - Kansas US - Sept. 24th 1982
Adrian ( Adonis4888 ) Northern NSW Australia - 27th of July 1984
Joannie - Canada - Feb 18th 1991
Terri ( OkTerri ) Oklahoma - USA - 6th of Feb 2003
Murali (Murali-aa ) India - April the 10th 2002
John (lofty) New Zealand - Feb 5th 2007
Jill (killa Cox) Indiana US - Feb 10th 1998
Janie (Janie4041) Coffs Harbor Australia - April 24th 1994
Jim (Singer Jim) Scotland- May 1st 1984
Mick (Alkie Mick) UK - May 5th 1979
Doyle (Doyle_20) South Dakota US - May 20th 1993
Dianne (Lady Di) Iluka Queensland - Australia May 20th 1984
Linda (Irisheyes) Ireland - June 3rd 1982
Larry (Raberro) Ireland - May 5th 2007
Zoe (Zoe_07) Adelaide Sth Australia - July 5th 2006
Ron (Busywolf) California US - July 15th 2004
John the Barman (Jayell) Mannum Sth Australia - July 29th 1980
David G (Soberguy) Syracruse NYS US - August 16th 1993
Lisa (LisaB in Chicago) Washington State US - 17th of August 1990

Sunday, February 26, 2006

Prison groups information

~~~ Meetings, guest speakers, updates and announcements ~~~


~~~Members needed from Victoria Australia for Prison Roster
See information below.

Subject "Guest Speakers"Male or female For Port Phillip Prison
Requirements
Sober Admin requirements
Name
Address
Post codeDOB [date of birth]
DL [driver's licence no]
Select the Saturday [date] you wish to attend
Send me these above details on the Monday prior to the Sat
That's all it takes

Drop in for coffee or a meeting
Also looking for of Soft Covered Big Books old Grapevines or any otherLiterature on AA
Alcoholism
Yours Laurie Pearson

Lets make it a wonderful day of sharing our growth and gratitude *s*



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Please continue to join us in unity of our great fellowship and listen to each others wealth of experience, strength and hope. I'm sure you will hear and ponder on something that will inspire and spiritually enhance your sobriety!!!

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NB - If you can't synchronize your location to our Sydney time zone you can get your time correction from where ever you are in the world right here at http://www.timeticker.com/main.htm or http://www.timeanddate.com

Thursday, February 23, 2006

AA-Australia information and format

AA-Australia Online meeting format

Our group is a fully registered group with AAWS

We conduct well structured voice/audio meetings 8 pm daily EST Australia and have regular Group Conscience meetings to help us adhere with the traditions and at the same time, to enhance our group unity.

For our meetings, a chairman is elected and the procedure is as follows.

The Chairperson brings the meeting to order and introduces him/herself and welcomes all to the meeting.

Singleness of Purpose (below) is read out.

This is a closed meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. in support of AA singleness of purpose, attendance at closed meetings is limited to persons who have a desire to stop drinking. If you think you have a problem with alcohol, you are welcome to attend this meeting. We ask that when discussing our problems, we confine ourselves to those problems as they relate to alcoholism.

Chair person then calls for two members to read, one for the 'Preamble' and one to read 'How it Works'.

Next he asks for a moment's silence for the alcoholic still out there struggling to come to terms with their disease.

A gentle reminder is folloed by saying, "Whom you see here, what you hear here, when you leave here, let it stay here!"

Chair person asks group members to please refrain from messaging in text while the meeting is in progress as it tends to distract the speakers.

From then on the meeting proper begins with the chairman either selecting speakers of his/her preference or members click on the hand up top if they have a desire to share.

During the meeting if it is a designated topic re. "As Bill Sees It" or "Daily Reflections" the corresponding numbered excerpts are read and re read during intervals between speakers.

Towards the end of the meeting the 7th tradition is called for by mentioning that members if they so desire could add a little extra to their basket group f2f meeting or whenever they drop in to their area CSO maybe pass on a 7th tradition donation in the name of the online group of which, they consider themselves a member of.

At the conclusion of the meeting a member is called to do a reading e.g. "The Promises" or "A Vision for you"

Another member is asked to lead us out with "Serenity Prayer" or a prayer of his/her choice and the meeting is called to a close.

Open chat follows and the secretary winds up proceedings relaying any group announcements available.

All group updated information can be found on the AA-Australia web site www.aaustralia.co.nr with all meetings list daily at 8pm eastern standard Australian time.

The following text may be read for any appropriate times or situations during the meeting etc.

1. Welcome to AA-Australia Unity Recovery Group. Feel free to join us 8pm EST each day for an ID or optional topic meeting. We ask please NOT TO CROSS TALK IN TEXT while the meeting is in progress. Disruptive behavior wont be tolerated! www.aaustralia.co.nr (@msn)

2. Hi Folks, if you are bothered or continually hassled by people causing personal grief etc by voice or posting irritating text into the room please right click their name and hit ignore!!!

3. For As Bill Sees topics set link to topic is from here: http://www.aamaine.org/Bill/bill228.htm to find the actual page date link, just add new number instead of the 228 showing. Then copy and paste it into room. For numbers lower than 10 make sure you add a zero first, e.g. 08

4. Text (below) in the room if needed by the chair for determining whether visitor to room is a member of AA or just a curious onlooker.

Hi there, are you a friend of Bill W’s or an alcoholic? If you are you are, you’re in the right place. If drinking is a problem it’s our business, if its not it’s yours, but you are most welcome to stop and listen but unfortunately, not permitted to share.

5. * * Just a reminder * * * It is group policy that no red, pink or florescent colors are allowed * * * Just a reminder * * * God Bless (@msn)*

Prayers

Irish Prayer

May there always be work for your hands to do
May your purse always hold a coin or two
May the sun always shine upon your window pane
May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain
May the hand of a friend always be near to you and
May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.


Serenity Prayer

God grant me
Serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can, and the
Wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;
enjoying one moment at a time;
accepting hardship
as the pathway to peace.

Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His will;
that I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him forever in the next.
Amen.


Prayer of St. Francis

Lord, make me a channel of thy peace
that where there is hatred,
I may bring love
that where there is wrong,
I may bring the spirit of forgiveness
that where there is discord,
I may bring harmony
that where there is error,
I may bring truth
that where there is doubt,
I may bring faith
that where there is despair,
I may bring hope
that where there are shadows,
I may bring light
that where there is sadness,
I may bring joy.
Lord, grant that I may seek rather to
comfort than to be comforted
to understand, than to be understood
to love, than to be loved.
For it is by self-forgetting that one finds.
It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.
It is by dying that one
awakens to Eternal Life.
Amen.

Some kindly chosen and needy words for certain times

Few people have been more victimized by resentments than have we alcoholics. A burst of temper could spoil a day, and a well-nursed grudge could make us miserably ineffective. Nor were we ever skillful in separating justified from unjustified anger. As we saw it, our wrath was always justified. Anger, that occasional luxury of more balanced people, could keep us on an emotional jag indefinitely. These "dry benders" often led straight to the bottle.


Nothing pays off like restraint of tongue and pen. We must avoid quick-tempered criticism, furious power-driven argument, sulking, and silent scorn. These are emotional booby traps baited with pride and vengefulness. When we are tempted by the bait, we should train ourselves to step back and think. We can neither think nor act to good purpose until the habit of self-restraint has become automatic.

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Meeting room 'etiquette'

AA - Australia Online Meeting Guidelines


We are glad you are here, especially newcomers. This is an Alcoholics Anonymous website. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and to help other alcoholics achieve sobriety, and our only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. If you have a desire to stop drinking and you have come here to learn about our way of life, or if you have come simply seeking AA fellowship, then we welcome you!

AA - Australia Unity Recovery Group Meetings offers daily online AA meetings and a general discussion forum. Please read our guidelines and "Meeting Format" announcements regarding our formats. In becoming a member, you agree to adhere to the meeting and discussion guidelines.

In the spirit of love and tolerance, AA - Australia Meetings may contain many diverse points of view regarding alcoholism and Alcoholics Anonymous from visitors especially those unfamiliar with our fellowship. Some discussions may often be offensive or controversial. AA - Australia attempts to maintain as free and open of an AA meeting place as possible. In accordance with the first AA tradition "Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon AA unity", if you have come to carry any message directly opposed to the AA method of recovery, we suggest you seek a more appropriate site. This is an AA group that encourages everyone to carry the message of hope that AA offers, and posts or shares that attack the very nature of AA will not be allowed to continue. Also, continual and intentional disruption of the online AA meetings and discussion forums will not be tolerated and will result in loss of attendance privileges.

Please be respectful of each other.

Abusiveness isn't tolerated here.

Harassing or making prejudicial comments to other members is considered abusive.

Please remember, PRINCIPLES BEFORE PERSONALITIES, if you are having a personal problem with someone in the community, please try to resolve it privately. If you have tried to address it privately without any resolution send us an email and we will take appropriate action.

Please Do Not Use Neon Fonts In The Chat Room these colors are very hard on the eyes.

Please dont spam the chat room.

Taping of our room or any speakers without specific permission will NOT be tolerated...Breaking anonymity is contradicting our traditions, consequently, any offenders will be removed immediately!

Posting links to other groups outside AA is not permitted.

If someone is sending you unwanted whispers put them on ignore and email us immediately.

Recommendations passed on from the Australian GSO on behalf of all AA groups

Board Recommendation 1-2/99:

The Board recommend that barring a problem person from an AA meeting does not constitute barring from AA, but is rather applying Tradition 1 and putting the common welfare of members first. If the matter deteriorates, a Restraining Order should be obtained and, should the order be violated, police assistance should be sought.

Thanks For Taking The Time To Read This.


By entering the room I agree to abide by the guidelines of the group as determined by group conscience

Group Conscience AA Unity Group