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SCOTTISH LIFE (GA)
Scottish National News Volume 13 Issue 5 October 2016
When Anyone, Anywhere, At Any Time, Reaches Out For Help,
I Want the Hand of GA and Gam-Anon Always To Be There;
And For That I Am Responsible. EDITORIAL
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Gamblers Anonymous Scotland
G.A. Service Office,
St Columbkiilles Halls, Room 3,
2 Kirkwood Street,
Rutherglen, G73 2SL
Office Hours 10am-5pm
Tel. 0141 353 3223
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Hello Fellowship, hope the ‘Scottish Life’ finds you all well and cheery. Whether
you are feeling Happy, Sleepy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Bashful, or clever like the
Doc, with the nights closing in there’s a great opportunity on page five to give a little
something back .We had an American visitor this month–his story, as told in 1968, is
on pages ten and eleven.. Remember the upcoming Convention; the booking form is
on page four. Thanks to everyone who contributed this month. It is, as always,
greatly appreciated. Happy New Day–Pam
SCOTTISH CONVENTION
Salutation Hotel, Perth 29th Sep – 1st Oct 2017
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Useful Numbers as of 01/06/2014
Citizens Advice Scotland Debt Advice Centre
Aberdeen 01224 569 750 Aberdeen 01224 523 738
Dumfries 0300 303 4321 Dumfries 0800 019 1278
Dundee 01382 307 494 Dundee 01382 431 167
Edinburgh 01315 548 144 Edinburgh 0131 200 2360
Falkirk 01324 626070 Falkirk 01324 506735
Glasgow 0141 552 5556 Glasgow 0808 801 1011
Inverness 0844 4994 111 Highland 0800 090 1004
Perth 01738 450580(1) Perth 01738 450580
Saltcoats 01294 467 848 Saltcoats 08001383328
What to take with you to the Citizens Advice Bureau www.cas.org.uk/bureaux
You should not delay seeking advice even if you haven't got all the information listed below.
In some cases there may be only a limited time in which to take certain action. It is important
that the adviser who deals with your problem has as much information about your case as
possible. (It may take longer to deal with your case if you cannot provide the relevant information)
Debt/money problems
Details of your income
Details of all those that you owe money to (creditors)
Copy of original agreements
Copy of any court papers
Proof of income
Wage slips/benefit/tax credit details
Details of household expenditure/bills (food, utilities, etc.)
Copy of the latest correspondence you have received
Housing problems
Tenancy agreement/letters from your landlord (for rented accommodation)
Mortgage details (if applicable)
Title deeds (for owner occupiers)
Proof of income
Wage slips/benefit/tax credit details
HELP NEEDED
We have members in outlying areas that cannot get to a meeting. Contact with a group or
individual can be sporadic for these people. Do you have time for a five minute chat via
phone or Skype? If you are willing to give this a try call the office on 0141 353 3223.
G.A. Scotland Website
Members Pages
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Password r3cov3ry
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***REMEMBER GAM-ANON***
Gam-Anon can help and support the partner, relative or friend of any
compulsive gambler. Our gambling and its consequences, sometimes
affects those around us. It can be beneficial for those affected to
contact Gam-Anon.
Please email: [email protected] (or contact the G.A. office)
Literature
o Deviations along the road to Recovery
o GA Handbook (orange)
o Towards Recovery In Prison
o The 12 Steps Of Recovery
o Newcomers Handbook
o The 12 Steps Of Unity
o Climbing The 12 Steps
o GA Manual
o Who Am I?
o Unity Checklist
o Towards 90 Days
o Beyond 90 Days
o Sponsorship Booklet
Please ask your group Secretary for any literature you require
Parkhead Friday Morning Ravel Row
Open Meeting
25th of November 2016
Speakers to be arranged
All Welcome
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BUILDING BRIDGES
SCOTTISH CONVENTION 29/09/17 - 01/10/17
Salutation Hotel Perth
Plan Cost Deposit Breakdown Tick No. attending
A £180 £50 Friday night meal, Lunch Sat & Sun
2 nights B&B. Dinner dance
B £120 £50 Saturday night B&B. Lunch Sat & Sun
Dinner dance
C £140 £50 Friday night meal
2 nights B&B. Dinner dance
D £80 £25 Saturday night B&B. Dinner dance
E £90 £25 Friday night meal. Dinner dance
Lunch Sat & Sun
F £75 £25 Lunch Sat & Sun. Dinner dance
G £25 £10 Day visitor (per day) Lunch
H £10 £10 Day visitor (per day) No Lunch
DEPOSIT to be paid A.S.A.P.
Airport pick-ups available Edinburgh/Dundee
Registration from 4pm Friday
No single room supplements
All plan (except C&D) include workshops, welcome pack, tea & coffee
Payment Details: Cheques made payable to CONVENTION ACCOUNT
Account Number: 14305565
Sort Code: 80-22-60 (please remember to put your name in the remitter name)
Return to: Murray Dewar, 12 Coppice Drive, Scone, PH2 6SU
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: Jack & Sheila Stewart- 01738 812884
Name:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Contact Details:…………………………………………………………………………………
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IT COSTS NOTHING TO LAUGH RANK ROTTEN PRODUCTIONS ARE BACK
ORGANISING A PANTO THIS YEAR. IF ANYONE FROM THE FELLOWSHIP WOULD LIKE
TO GET INVOLVED, REHEARSALS ARE HELD ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS
1.30PM TO 3.30PM IN PARTICK BURGH HALLS.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT ALEX K ON
07867 510325 07867 510325
MANY THANKS
WEB TEAM We still have a large number of groups that do not have Secretary Login details for the website. Without this access these groups will be unable to get pins displayed on the website and will also be missing out on important information which will be sent to Secretaries to pass onto members. If you, or any of your group are visiting groups or you know who the Secretaries are can you please pass on the message of how much better the website would be if all groups participated. Please try and let the Secretaries know that they can get login details easily by completing a form on the website or by contacting the web team directly at
New Meetings
Wednesday Edinburgh (West) 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Wester Hailes Healthy Living Centre, 30 Harvesters Way,
Edinburgh EH14 3JF
The Editor reserves the right of refusal on all submissions and may shorten/amend articles where appropriate. Views
and opinions reflected in articles in the Scottish life (GA) are not necessarily the aims and ideals of GA or the Editor.
Inverness Sunday 1pm to 2.30pm
M.S. Centre Burnett Road
Inverness
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Step One:
Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon GA Unity
1. Am I in my group a healing, mending, integrating person, or am I divisive? What
about gossip and taking other members’ inventories?
2. Am I a peacemaker? Or, do I with pious preludes such as “just for the sake of
discussion,” plunge into argument?
3. Am I gentle with those who rub me the wrong way, or am I abrasive?
4. Do I make competitive GA remarks, such as comparing one group with another or
contrasting GA in one place with GA in another?
5. Do I put down some GA activities as if I were superior for not participating in this or
that aspect of GA?
6. Am I informed about GA as a whole? Do I support, in every way I can, GA as a
whole, or just the parts I understand and approve of?
7. Am I as considerate of GA members as I want them to be of me?
8. Do I spout platitudes about love while indulging in and secretly justifying behaviour
that bristles with hostility?
9. Do I go to enough GA meetings or read enough GA literature to really keep in touch?
10. Do I share with GA all of me, the bad and the good, accepting as well as giving help to
the fellowship?
‘There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad.
‘Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect.
'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority
That reeks of conceit and arrogance’
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THANKYOU
My name is Kathleen and I am a Compulsive Gambler and a member of Partick
Tuesday.
I would like to take this opportunity through the pages of Scottish Life to thank all my
friends in GA for the support and love which was shown to me during my time in
Prison.
I was sentenced on the 12th February 2016 and spent 6 weeks in Cornton Vale Pris-
on in Stirling, before being transferred to Saughton Prison in Edinburgh where I
served the remainder of my sentence being released on 27th June 2016. I am cur-
rently on an HDC tag which will be removed on the 11th November 2016.
During the time I was away, I received weekly visits from my son Thomas, my sis-
ters Una and Margaret Mary and my brother in law Tom. I also received weekly vis-
its from my friends in GA, and in particular my wee mucker Betty Boo, who never
missed a week over the whole period.
The cards and letters I received from all parts of the country from my many friends
whom I have met over the past 4 years and some I haven’t yet met, in GA kept me
going through it all. The highlight of my day was at 5.00pm when the mail was deliv-
ered. There are far too many people to mention individually, but please know that
by taking the time to write me a card or letter you played a big part in getting me
through to the end.
On a day that I was not particularly feeling good, when I received my mail that night,
one of the letters I received lifted my spirits no end. The person who sent the letter
will know who they are when I say that they asked me to look at my current situation
not as a prison sentence, but as an extended stay on the naughty step. That
kept me going for a long time. Thank you.
I couldn’t have imagined when I walked through the doors of Partick Burgh Halls on
a wet Wednesday in January 2013, that my life was about to be transformed, with
the help and encouragement of the men and women who have travelled this journey
before me. My gratitude for this great fellowship of ours cannot be put into words.
I am looking forward to travelling again with Betty Boo and Walter when I will be able
to thank you all personally.
My name is Kathleen, Compulsive Gambler, and No Gambling to Report.
‘With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings’
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Carol – DENNISTOUN
GA is the place to be,
To help us to eventually see,
What we were doing to all that mattered,
Being selfish, telling lies, and life in tatters
That we were in the right place,
to help us stop at our own pace
Not to hurry and be so calm,
not spit the dummy out of the pram.
To help others along the way,
Then you can eventually have your say
Resentment is a thing of the past, cos I have finally got it at last
Be wiser today a Day at a Time. Then everything will be fine
I am a better person today, cos I’ve learned the hard way
To arrest this illness I have done,
I’m not cured but I can shun
Gambling today is not for me, a better life I can see
That’s why you need to come to GA.
‘Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real’
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Section 3: What is addiction for the partner? Some hidden minor compensations for the spouse/partner from remaining married to/living or in a relationship with someone compulsively gambling. 9. Escape from boring predictable routine and from meaninglessness during
recovery.
Even although there is great relief once the gambling has stopped; that the worst
of the stress and stain are no longer present, then, such are the contradictions of
human nature, there can be some dissatisfaction with the present smooth
relatively predictable routine. So the spouse/partner/relative too may need to
learn the benefits of recovery without being tempted to go back to the unbearably
chaotic style of the addictive way of life.
Summary of the Effects of Removal of the Hidden Minor Benefits for the
Spouse.
All of the ways of coping which bring minor compensations are reasonable and
normal ways of living through adversity. Many of them are essential to the
survival of the spouse/partner/relative when things are at their worst. None of
them are clearly moral defects, character weaknesses or abnormal reactions in
themselves. But, when the addict changes their behaviour and begins to move
away from an addictive way of life, they are no longer so necessary, are no
longer even appropriate and may, if they continue, eventually become obstacles
and difficulties in the way of the addict’s (and therefore also of the
spouses/partners/relatives) recovery.
They can come to feel negatively about the addict’s recovery. It is only
occasionally that this is done quite consciously and deliberately. Unless the
spouse/partner/relative realises that living with an addiction has made them
become a person they would not otherwise have chosen to be, and unless they
can learn how to overcome it, they too will remain permanently corrupted and
soured by the experience.
‘Anger is the enemy on non-violence and pride is the monster that swallows it up’
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Gamblers Anonymous Scotland had the recent pleasure of a visit from Bill H. Atlanta City Georgia U.S.A. This is his story as it appeared on Sunday 14th July 1968 in The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution.
Starts Quitters Group Stop Gambling? He hopes he can by Walker Lundy He can’t even match dimes for a coke now. He’s afraid if he does his $40,000 nightmare may begin again. The man who is a $50,000 a year salesman and who owns a $35,000 plus home in the heart of Northside Atlanta is a gambler. More truthfully, he is a compulsive gambler who has kicked the habit. He says he wants to rescue the other estimated 4,000 Atlantans who are addicted to gambling to the point that it inhibits the rest of their lives. He is starting the city’s first chapter of Gamblers Anonymous, the 2,500 member nationwide organisation that tries to help compulsive gamblers in much the same way that Alcoholic Anonymous gives help. The first meeting of Gamblers Anonymous, Atlanta style, is scheduled for Saturday at 7.30pm at the First Methodist Church, 360 Peachtree St. N.E., in room 101. The groups mailing address is Box 9701 Atlanta 303019. The telephone answering service is 237-7281. The man, who is starting the group, like the people he hopes will show for the meeting, will remain nameless. His story which stretches over almost half of his 37 years is plainly fantastic. He told it this week to Journal reporter. “I started when I was 15 playing pinball machines,” he said. “By the time I was 16, I was playing no-limit poker.” He said he worked part-time and also stole from his mother’s pocketbook to finance his early gambling. He joined the Air Force for four years at 19 and came of age as a gambler he recalled. He said he also ran a black market operation between England and Germany sending coffee to Germany in exchange for perfume and silk stockings. He said the operation netted him $3,000 a month and he spent it all on gambling. “I must have blown $50,000 overseas alone,” “I didn’t come home with a cent.” AFTER HIS HITCH he returned to the states, entered college and got married. He became too busy to gamble. After graduation from college, however, he moved to a city in South Georgia and began again. He took up golf and began betting on his game. He joined a Fraternity organisation and soon became $2,000 in debt in a poker game at the club. He stole enough money from his company to pay off the debt and managed to cover the theft before it was detected.
‘A man's pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn
When to turn to others for support and guidance’
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THEN HE changed jobs and moved to Atlanta. That was about four years ago. The first year here he earned $29,000 in commissions. Early in the second year he joined one of the city’s most established private social clubs. “Then I really started to swing,” he said. A fellow member helped him enter a $1,000 “take-out” poker game, which required a $1,000 “donation” in order to get a seat at the table. Another club member introduced him to a professional bookie. The man began betting $100 on football and basketball games. Then he graduated to $500 and $1,000 per game. DURING the Atlanta Falcons first season, he bet $8,000 on the Falcons v Cleveland Browns game. He had four different bets with point spreads ranging from 23½ - 26½. “I won them all.” he said. The day before, he added, he had bet a total of $35,000 on 15 college football games and came away an $8,000 loser. His salary by now had climbed to almost $50,000 a year in sales commissions. He said he was betting all he could and was borrowing money from several banks to finance more gambling. He said he paid $24,000 to the bookie in four months-and still owed him $14,000. He paid the bookie $3,000 more and “told him if he wanted to shoot me to go ahead because I couldn’t pay him any more.” He said the bookie invited him back to play. Finally he said, he, “Hit bottom about six months ago.” He was $40,000 in debt mostly for bank loans. He telephoned the Gamblers Anonymous office in New York and was referred one of its members. “I told him the bookies put me to sleep,” the man recalled. “He said that I was like an alcoholic. He told me not even to flip a dime for a Coke.” The telephone call changed the man’s life. He finally stopped gambling, quit the social club and began paying off his debts. Today he says he still owes $19,000 and believes he is on the way to being cured of the impulse to gamble. He has not bet anything since the telephone call six months ago. He says he is sincere about helping other addicted gamblers. He believes they will show up at the first meeting and hopes to have members of the Louisville KY, club here for the occasion. “If we can get these people here in Atlanta to show up,” the man said, “that’s all that is necessary.” He is still at a loss to explain why he gambled and why he-and others find it so tough to quit. “Gambling is a form of escape I guess,” he said. “You’re in a dream world when you’re gambling.” The anonymous man hopes to stick a pin in that dream world, beginning Saturday night.
‘What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars’
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November 1st Reflection For The Day from the GA Blue Book
Those whom I most respect in the Gamblers Anonymous Program and, in turn, those from
whom I’ve learned the most seem convinced that pride is, as one person put it, the “root
sin”. In moral theology, pride is the first of the seven deadly sins. It is also considered the
most serious, standing apart from the rest by virtue of its unique quality. Pride gets right
into our spiritual victories. It insinuates itself into all our successes and accomplishments
even when we attribute them to God.
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Do I struggle against pride by working the Tenth Step regularly, facing myself freshly and
making things right where they’ve gone wrong?
Today I Pray
May I be on guard constantly against the sneakiness of pride, which can creep into every
achievement, every triumph, every reciprocated affection. May I know that whenever things
are going well for me, my pride will be on the spot ready to take credit. May I watch for it.
Today I Will Remember
Put pride in its place.
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TOWARDS THE FIRST 90 DAYS
Up to this point, your life (if you are like us) has been unmanageable, directed by your uncontrollable urge to gamble. The pattern your life has been following can only have the following outcome:
Misery, Heartache and Financial Drain
For you and those closest to you
The Gamblers Anonymous way of life will obviously be very different to you. It may
even frighten you. But we can assure you, the Gamblers Anonymous way of life has
the following encouraging outcome
Happiness, Peace of Mind and Self-Respect
All that is required is an open mind and a genuine desire to stay away from your
next bet, one day at a time.
We welcome you to Gamblers Anonymous and please, please, if there is anything
you don't understand, ask someone to explain.
‘You are no longer alone. Accept the hand of friendship’
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Malcolm - Dundee Monday Hey Everyone, So, I must confess that I am one of those people who never writes or replies to
emails. Instead I chat a lot online, but, after the recent fall I had and the number of
emails I have received and phone calls from you wonderful people, I have felt the
need to change that attitude and so that's why I write to you all at this moment.
The fact of the matter is that I was two years and three months free of a bet. I went
to Aberdeen to play ten pin bowling and ended up in the environment of gambling
machines with my friend (who was playing the machine) and ultimately I ended up
putting my own money in.
This is a lesson too late for the learning but it’s not too late for me to warn everybody
of the dangers of being a compulsive gambler.
I have been in Gamblers Anonymous since 2009 and have made a lot of friends with
people in the Fellowship from all over Scotland I share a common problem and have
Faith that we are no more strangers in the big bad world, but, rather members of the
Fellowship. This really means a lot to me.
It feels very good to know that there are a lot of people around the world who are
very bold to proclaim their love for the Fellowship of G.A. The people of the Fellow-
ship will always be in my mind and I still have faith in my higher power.
‘God Grant Me the Serenity, To Accept the Things I Cannot Change, the Courage to
Change the Things I Can and the Wisdom to Know the Difference’
May the God (of your own understanding) keep you safe and may the Unity of the
Fellowship help us all to grow well and keep us off gambling ‘One Day at a Time’
PEACE and LOVE to everyone in the Fellowship in every nation around the world.
‘Vanity and pride are different things,
Though the words are often used synonymously
A person may be proud without being vain.
Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves,
Vanity, to what we would have others think of us’
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Frank-B Sunday Rutherglen 12 Steps
Hi my name is Frank and I am a recovering compulsive gambler...the obsession to
gamble has been removed by working my program on a daily basis, getting con-
nected to my Higher Power (GOD)...first thing on awakening. What a powerful and
beautiful thing to do.
As I am approaching thirteen years free from this cunning, baffling and insidious ill-
ness, COMPULSIVE GAMBLING...I am sending a small article into the Scottish Life.
It is not my first article, but, the first for some time.
At this time in my life I am at peace and content with my daily life...this was not al-
ways the case in the throes of my gambling addiction. The totally unmanageable life
I was living was dragging me into self-destruction...
Finally my higher power (GOD) put somebody in my path and guided me BACK to
Gamblers Anonymous. Since then I have always been involved in a group ,had a
sponsor, got into the literature...do and work the 12 Steps on a daily basis and carry
that message to the still suffering compulsive gambler...of which there are many, in
the rooms as well as out with rooms.
What a joy to see people recover and experience real recovery through the pro-
gram. Not your middle of the road solution - go to meetings and don’t place that first
bet - it’s a start, but, that’s all it is...I thank GOD for the people in G.A. that are
armed with the facts about their illness and also the solution The 12 Steps....
Principles before Personalities....I thank these people for their time and commitment
in keeping real recovery alive in G.A meetings. You can’t pass on something you
haven’t got .If you are truly beaten by your addiction...and are totally power-
less....You Need a Power Greater Than You.
May you now find...Hope, Belief and Courage...Recovery Works if You Work it.
‘God Grant Me the Serenity’
‘So in our pride we ordered for breakfast an omelet, toast and coffee
And what has just arrived is a tomato salad with onions, a dish of pickles,
A big slice of watermelon and two bottles of cream soda’
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Frank Dundee G.A.
I came to Gamblers Anonymous totally whipped and beaten by gambling, my mind
and life all over the shop. I was alone, in despair and hoping to find the strength and
desire to abstain from gambling.
I had gambled since I was a kid. At the age of forty three I was financially secure
and decided to retire and become a professional gambler. (Poor choice of career for
a compulsive gambler)
Me and my gambling were soon out of control and the chaos continued for another
four years; then G.A. and a slow healing since.
Today I am happy. I learned I had to conquer my fears: the following helped.
Happiness, anxiety, joy, resentment; we have many words for the many emotions
we experience in our lifetimes. But, deep down, at our cores, there are only two
emotions: Love and Fear.
All positive emotions come from Love; all negative emotions come from Fear.
From Love flow happiness, contentment, peace and joy.
From Fear come anger, hate anxiety and guilt.
If we’re in Fear we are not in a place of Love.
When we are in Love we cannot be in a place of Fear.
Can you think of a time when you’ve been in both Love and Fear? It’s impossible.
All of our invented Fears involve either the past or the future, only love is in the pre-
sent. Now is the only real moment we have and Love is the only real emotion be-
cause it’s the only one that occurs in the present moment.
Fear is always based on something in the past and causes us to be afraid of some-
thing we think may happen in the future.
To live in the present then, is to live in Love not Fear. Learn to Love ourselves;
Infusing ourselves with Love begins the washing away of our Fears.
Happy Days.
Thanks to everyone in G.A. & Gam Anon for helping me to find myself.
P.S. No chemical substances in use.
‘It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels
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WARNING
When I am an old I shall wear purple
with a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
and pick flowers in other people's gardens
and learn to spit.
You can wear terrible shirts and grow fatter
and eat three pounds of sausages at a go
or only bread and pickle for a week
and hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.
But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
and pay our rent and not swear in the street
and set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.
But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
when suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple
By Jenny Joseph
‘Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies
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‘To know a person observe how they gain their goal,
Rather than how they miss it;
For when we fail, our pride supports us,
When we succeed, it betrays us’
Personal Responsibility In Daily Effort
The Twelve Promises of Recovery
We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness
We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it
We will comprehend the word ‘Serenity’
We will all know peace
No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see our ex-
perience can benefit others
That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear
We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows
Self-seeking will slip away
Our whole attitude and outlook on life will change
Fear of people and economic insecurity will leave us
We will intuitively know how to handle situations that baffle us
We will suddenly realise that Higher Power is doing for us what
we could not do for ourselves
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DAY AREA GROUP ADDRESS START Additional Info
MON Glasgow GA Parkhead Congregational Church, Ravel Row, (off Westmuir Street) Parkhead, G31 5EW
10am-12noon
Ravel Row Side to enter
2 GA Wee Monday Duns Scotas Church, 147 Ballater St, Gorbals, G5 OYT 7.30pm 9.30pm finish
3 GA Big Monday Anderson &Kelvingrove Church,Ellderslie St, G3 8DS(off St Vincent St.) 7.30pm Gam Anon7.30pm
4 GA Clydebank Radnor Parish Church, Radnor Park Spencer Street,G813AS(off Killbowie Rd) 7.30pm
5 GA Croftfoot United Free Church, Crofrtfoot Avenue,Croftfoot, Glasgow,G44 5HH 7.45pm
Enter off Carmunnock Road
6 Ayrshire GA Ardrossen Civic Centre, Cumbrae Room 150 Glasgow street, Ardrossan, Ayrshire, KA22 8EU 7.30pm
Elgin Moray College Elgin in the Community Hub room 6.30-8.30pm
NEW MEETING GREENOCK Elim Church, 48 Kelly Street. PA16 8TR
All Welcome 7.30pm 30th
MayNEW
8 Hurlford GA Hurlford The Thistle Pub, 2-4 Riccarton Road, Hurlford, Ayr-shire, KA1 5AQ 7.30pm Rear of Thistle
9 VENUE CHANGE Dunfermline Touch leisure Centre,30 Mercer Street,KY11 4OG 7.10pm NEW VENUE
10 Edinburgh GA Edinburgh Methodist Church The Square Centre, Nicholson Square, EH8 9BX 7.15pm
11 Lothian GA Blackburn Church Of Scotland East Mains St. EH47 7QR 7.30pm
12 Cumbernauld GA Cumbernauld Greenfaulds Meeting Rooms Lochinvar Rd, Green-faulds Cumbernauld G67 4AR 7.30pm
13 England GA Carlisle Church of Scotland , Chapel St. CA1 1JA 7.30pm
14 Airdrie GA Whinhall Beechbank Community Centre, Wester Mavisbank Ave, Airdrie, ML6 0HE 7.30pm
15 Dundee GA Dundee St Andrews Parish Church 2 King St. DD1 2JB 7.30pm
TUES
NB VENUE CHANGE Perth NB Perth Methodist Church, Scott St. Perth PH2 8JN
(Use Side Entrance) VENUE CHANGE 7.30pm Gam anon 7.30pm
17 Glasgow GA Maryhill Central Halls, 304 Maryhill Road,G20 7YE 2.00pm
18 GA Oxgangs Colinton Mains Parish Church, 223 Oxgangs Road North, Edinburgh, EH13 9ED 7.00pm
19 GA Coatbridge St Andrews School, Sports Community Centre, 7.30pm ML5 5EA
20 GA Partick Partick Burgh Hall, Burgh Hall Street, Glasgow, G11 5LW Next to Peel Street 7.30pm Beginners 7.30pm
21 GA Rutherglen St Columbkilles, Kirkwood St,, G73 2SL 7.30pm Room 5
22 GA Dennistoun Our Lady of Good Counsel, Craigpark, G31 2JF Off Alexandra Parade 7.30pm
Beginners 6.30-7.15pm
23 Dumbarton GA Dumbarton Ben View Resource Centre,Strathleven PlaceG82 1BA 7.30pm
24 Falkirk GA Falkirk Falkirk Old St Monans Parish Church, Manse Pl, Fal-kirk, FK1 1JN opposite M&S Falkirk High Street 7.30pm
Steps Please park in street {not church)
25 Hamilton GA Hamilton Whitehill Neighbourhood Centre, 9 Hunter Road, Whitehill, Hamilton, ML3 0LH 7.30pm
Beginners 1st Half
26 Aberdeen GA Aberdeen Ruthrieston Community Centre, 532 - 536 Holburn Street Aberdeen AB10 1LL 7.30pm
Gam-Anon22/9/15 thenEvery fortnight
27 Paisley GA Paisley Ralston Community Centre, Allanton Avenue PA1 3BL 7.30pm Beginners 7.30pm
WED
NEW Edinburgh West NEW Wester Hailes Healthy Living Centre,30 Harvesters Way,Edinburgh EH14 3JF
12.30pm-2pm NEW
29 Glasgow GA Partick Partick Burgh Halls, Burgh Hall Street, , G11 5LW 7.30pm-9.45pm
30 Glasgow GA Partick Partick Burgh Halls, Burgh Hall Street, , G11 5LW 1.00pm
31 GA Parkhead Congregational Church, Ravel Row, (off Westmuir Street) Parkhead, G31 5EW 5pm-7pm
Enter Ravel Row Side
32 GA Glasgow Wed Neighbourhood Centre, Daisy Street, Govanhill, Glas-gow, G42 8JL 7.15pm
Beginners 7.30pm Gam Anon 7.15pm-9.15pm
33 GA Blackhill Molendinar Community Centre, 1210 Royston Road, Blackhill, Glasgow, G33 1HE 7.00pm
34 GA Halfway The Archway Centre, Craigallian Ave, , G72 8RP 7.00pm
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35 GA Inverness Raigmore Hospital, Recreation Hall, IV2 3UJ 6.30pm NEW Peterhead NEW The Rescue Hall25 Prince Street Peterhead AB42 1QE 7.30pm
37 Coatbridge GA Coatbridge St Bartholemews Church, 1 Trent Street, ML25 2NT 7.30pm
38 Kilmarnock GA Kilmarnock Henderson Parish Church, London Road, , KA3 7AD 7.30pm NEW Peebleshire GA West Linton Castle Craig Hospital EH46 7DH 7-8.30pm
40 Kirkcaldy GA Kirkcaldy Saint Brycedale Church, Saint Brycedale RoadKY1 1ET 7.30pm
THU Glasgow GA Parkhead Parkhead Congregational Church, 77 Westmuir Street, Glasgow, G31 5EW 2.00pm
Entrance Ravel Row side
42 GA Maryhill Central Halls, 304 Maryhill Road,G20 7YE 7.30pm Gam Anon
43 GA Rutherglen St Columbkilles Church Hall Room 5, Kirkwood Street, Off Main Street,, G73 2SL 7.30pm
44 Edinburgh GA Edinburgh Oxgangs Neighbourhood Centre, 71 Firrhill Drive, Edinburgh, EH13 9EU 7.00pm
45 GA Edinburgh Methodist Church, The Square Centre, Nicholson Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9BX 7.30pm
Gam Anon same time as GA
NB Venue Change Livingstone 126 VICTORIA STREET, CRAIGSHILL , EH54 5BJ 7.30pm From 04/02/15
47 Ayr GA Ayr Forrester halls, New Road, Ayr, KA8 8EX 7.30pm
48 Dundee GA Dundee St Peter Pauls Church Hall, Milton Street, DD3 6QN 7.30pm Gam Anon
49 East Kilbride GA East Kilbride East Mains Baptist Church, Maxwell Drive, East Kil-bride, G74 4HG 7.30pm
Beginners within meeting 7.30pm
50 Erskine GA Erskine The Erskine Hotel, Floor 5 Room 1, PA8 6AN 7.30pm Finish 9.50pm
51 Falkirk GA Falkirk Salvation Army, Main Street, Stenhousemuir,FK5 4BH 7.30pm
52 Kelso GA Roxburghshire The Parish of Kelso North and Edna, 42 Bowmont Street, Kelso,TD5 7JH 7.30pm
Access through blue door Bowmont st.
53 Kilmaurs GA Kilmaurs The Cabin, Townhead, Kilmaurs, KA3 2TY 8.00pm Next to Wheatsheaf pub
54 Kirkintilloch GA Kirkintilloch AR Centre, 29 Townhead,, G66 1NG 8.00pm
NEW Hamilton GA Hamilton
Hamilton Accies Football Ground, New Douglas Park, ML3 0FT.
1pm-2.30pm NEW
FRID Glasgow GA Parkhead Congregational Church, Ravel Row, (off Westmuir Street) Parkhead, G31 5EW
10am-12noon
Enter Ravel Row side-Beginners 9am-10am
57 GA Anderson Kelvingrove Church, Elderslie St,, G3 8DS off St. Vincents Street 7.30pm
Beginners same time as meeting
58 Glasgow GA Glasgow St Stephens Church, 260 Bath Street, , Glasgow G2 4JP 7.30pm
Gam Anon 7.30pm Beginner 6.45-7.25pm
59 GA Cambuslang Cathkin Community Wing, Cathkin Primary School, Burnside Road, Burnside, G73 4AA 7.30pm
60 Dundee Joint Dundee St Andrews Parish Church , 2 King St, DD1 2JB 6.30pm Joint Steps
61 Dumfries GA Dumfries Activity resource centre Burns St., DG1 2PS 7.00pm
62 Motherwell GA Motherwell St Brendans RC Church, 51 Barons Road,, ML1 2NB 7.30pm
SAT Edinburgh GA Oxgangs Colinton Mains Parish Church, 223 Oxgangs Road North, Edinburgh, EH13 9ED-Upstairs 10.00am
Beginners Downstairs
64 Hamilton GA Hamilton Fernigair Hall, 150 Carlisle Road, Hamilton,, ML3 7TX 10.00am
65 Glasgow GA Rutherglen Reuther Hall, Victoria Street, G73 1DS 10.00am Gam Anon 10am-noon Beginners 9am-10am
66 Aberdeen GA Aberdeen Ruthrieston Community Centre, 532 - 536 Holburn Street Aberdeen AB10 1LL
9.45am-11.45am
NEW Kirkcaldy GA Kirkcaldy NEW Pathhead Parish Church, Harriet St, KY1 2AG 10am-12am NEW VENUE
SUN Glasgow GA Maryhill Central Halls, 304 Maryhill Road, G20 7YE 6.00pm Steps
69 Edinburgh Joint Leith St Andrews church Easter Road Edinburgh EH6 8HT 7.30pm Joint Steps
70 GA Rutherglen St Columbkilles Halls 2 Kirkwood St, G73 2SL 7-9pm Steps
NEW Partick GA Partick NEW Partick Burgh Hall, Burgh Hall St, G11 5LW 11.45am-1.45pm
Next to Peel Street
NEW Inverness GA NEW M.S. Centre, Burnett Road Inverness 1-2.30pm NEW
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