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S H A R I N G O U R E X P E R E I N C E S T R E N G T H A N D H O P E
Volume Sixty Five, Number Two February 2017
Contents:
●Intergroup & Service Board
Meeting & Contact Information
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●Information Service Office
Contact Information, Volunteer
Acknowledgements & Group
Contributions
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●December Financial Report
PAGE 4 & 5
●Calendar of Events
February, March & May
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● Archives Corner
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●Ask-It Basket Questions
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●Ad Policy
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●Employment
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Chairperson’s Message
The Al-Anoncer
A monthly publication of Al-Anon Family Groups of Southern California, Inc.
Subscribe to The Al-Anoncer The Al-Anoncer is available at no cost by email subscription and for
download from our website (www.alanonla.org). To subscribe to the email
edition, just send an email to [email protected] (see page 8).
Don’t forget to print out a copy or two for your meetings.
Understanding Balance : Let Go and
Let God
As I sat down to write this message
all that could come to mind was the
word ‘balance’. It hasn’t been the
easiest as an Al-Anon thinker to
move into this commitment as Chair-
person. I find that I want to be so
delicate that I’m creating boundaries
for others when they haven’t ex-
pressed any. Questioning my every
action for being too much or too lit-
tle. Yet, in other areas I’m stepping
on toes without intent. Simply put,
I’m not balanced, so I opened my
Hope For Today daily reader and
turned to page 211.
This page reminded me that “Step
2 offers us an option: sanity.” YES!
SANITY! Thank you Higher Power!
For me this commitment is about
turning it over and principles before
personalities.
I had to call my sponsor yesterday
because I wasn’t feeling balanced. I
was in my insanity. A situation had
triggered me and my instinct was to
react. Which I did. I felt misunder-
stood and lambasted. My sponsor
reminded me that I don’t have to re-
spond to everything and that it could
have been left out. Then we talked
about the principles of this program
and where they had applied to this
situation. I was gently guided to see
how I can do better next time. It was
so wonderful to end that call with
perspective and direction.
I can’t always Let Go and Let God
on my own. I’m just not wired like
that, but when I reach out to other
members in this program I often find
the solution I need to do exactly that.
February 1st is my Al-Anon birthday
and I am so happy I get to say that I
am another year older in this pro-
gram, but I still have to do it just
One Day at a Time. Proof is in this
story I share with you.
Love in service,
Nichole S.
Chair 2017 Intergroup Service Board
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Have questions or comments? Contact your Service Board any time!
Chairperson: Nichole S. [email protected]
Vice Chair: Roberta G. [email protected]
Ex-Officio: Natalie T. [email protected]
Secretary: Adria R. [email protected]
Treasurer: Kendall M. [email protected]
Alateen Chair: [email protected]
Institutions Chair: Joyce A. [email protected]
Institutions Co-Chair: Mykel M.
Public Information Chair: [email protected]
Al-Anoncer Chair: Larry H. [email protected]
Historian: Betty B. [email protected]
Nominations: Bob B. [email protected]
Program Chair: Lucila C. [email protected]
Program Co-Chair: Questa G.
Information Service Office: Dodi [email protected]
Intergroup & Service Board “For it is in Giving that we Receive”
Service Board Meeting Information
4th Saturday of EVEN Months
February, April, June, August, October and (December 2nd, 2017)
Next Service Board Meeting Date: Saturday, February 25, 2017
Time: 9:30AM to 12:30PM
Location: Information Service Office 4936 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91601
Intergroup Meeting Information
3rd Friday of ODD Months
January, March, May, July, September and November
Next Intergroup Representative Meeting Date: Friday, March 17, 2017
Time: (New Intergroup Representative Or ientation 7:30PM) Intergroup Representative Meeting 8:00PM to 9:30PM
Location: Glendale 1st United Methodist Church, 134 N. Kenwood St., Glendale, CA 91206
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Information Service Office “Experience personal growth through service”
Special Thanks to these 12 Al-Anon members who
answered phones and helped Newcomers for 93 hours:
Betty B., Bob B., Caryn V., Charlene B., Ed R.,
Janet R., Kendra N., Larry H., Linda G., Nicole S.,
Nick L., and Tim K.
December Group Contributions
Brentwood Fri 1230PM .....................................125.70
Brentwood Sat 900AM Parent ...........................123.40
Burbank Tue 730PM ............................................50.00
Canyon Country Mon 730PM ............................143.62
Covina Fri 1000AM .............................................31.00
Covina Sat 1030AM ............................................25.00
Covina Thur 800PM ............................................20.00
Covina Tue 1000AM ...........................................30.00
Covina Wed 1230PM ...........................................15.00
Eagle Rock Mon 600PM ......................................60.00
El Segundo Thu 730PM Mens Stag ...................180.00
El Segundo Tue 730PM .......................................14.40
El Segundo Wed 1200PM ....................................25.00
Glendora Mon 730PM .........................................40.00
Glendora Thu 630PM ..........................................30.00
Granada Hills Mon 700PM ................................272.28
Granada Hills Thu 700 PM Men's Stagg ............160.00
Hawthorne Sun 730PM ........................................15.00
Highland Park Sun 1000 AM .............................312.00
Hollywood Sat 1000AM ....................................611.00
Hollywood Sun 1100AM ...................................120.00
La Canada Fri 1230PM ........................................10.00
La Canada Thu 1230PM ....................................240.00
La Canada Wed 730PM ...................................... 81.00
LMU Thu 1215 PM............................................. 58.00
Long Beach Mon 800PM .................................... 30.00
Los Angeles Fri 800PM Church .......................... 60.00
Los Angeles Fri 830AM Men's ......................... 450.00
Los Angeles Mon 1200 PM USC ...................... 140.00
Los Angeles Sun 400PM ................................... 124.68
Los Angeles Thu 700PM LGBT ......................... 20.00
Los Angeles Tue 600PM ................................... 114.27
Los Angeles Tue 700PM Mt Washington ......... 137.82
Malibu Sat 1000AM............................................ 25.00
Manhattan Beach Tue 1200PM ........................... 63.60
Mar Vista Mon 730PM Women ........................ 226.08
Montrose Tue 730PM ......................................... 20.33
North Hollywood Thu 815AM .......................... 471.60
Pacific Palisades Fri 930AM ............................. 159.50
Pacific Palisades Sat 1045AM .......................... 540.00
Palos Verdes Wed 1000AM Hilltoppers ............. 85.00
Pasadena Fri 630PM ......................................... 150.00
Pasadena Sun 730PM ........................................ 136.80
Pasadena Wed 700PM W-Parent ........................ 96.00
Personal ......................................................... 1,785.03
Santa Monica Fri 730AM .................................. 820.03
Santa Monica Sat 1115AM .................................. 75.00
Santa Monica Thu 730PM ................................... 54.00
Service Board ...................................................... 20.00
Sherman Oaks Mon 730PM (was 800PM)......... 120.00
Studio City Sun 430PM ..................................... 308.40
Sylmar Tue 830AM ...............................................8.00
Tarzana Wed 830PM ........................................... 77.10
Temple City Sat 530PM .................................... 120.00
Torrance Sat 900AM ......................................... 108.14
West Los Angeles Sat 1200PM ........................... 91.00
West Los Angeles Tue 630PM ............................ 76.80
Westchester Mon 730PM ................................... 235.89
Westchester Sat 1000AM .................................... 21.00
Westchester Thu 800PM .................................... 390.56
Whittier Tue 700PM ............................................ 50.00
Woodland Hills Mon 1200PM Parent ................ 152.40
Woodland Hills Thu 1000AM ............................. 75.00
Woodland Hills Tue 600PM Womens ............... 272.00
Woodland Hills Tue 630PM ................................ 32.00
HOURS and
CONTACT INFORMATION
Tuesday thru Friday Saturday
10AM - 5PM 10AM - 2PM
Literature Sales
10AM - 4:30PM 10AM - 1:30PM
Address:
4936 Lankershim Blvd
North Hollywood, CA 91601
Phone: 818-760-7122
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: www.alanonla.org
FAX: 1-818-760-7440
Information Service Office Activity December 2016
12 Step calls: 17 Referrals: 21 Service calls: 96
Meetings: 163
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Financial Report Preliminary Report December 2016
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Financial Report Preliminary Report December 2016
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Monday 13th
Anniversary Pot Luck and
Speaker Meeting
Dinner 6:00PM, Meeting
7:00PM (See Ad page-13)
St. Andrew and St. Charles
Church
Friday 17th
Intergroup Representitive
Meeting 8:00PM–9:30PM
(New Intergroup
Representitive Orientation
7:30PM)
Glendale First United
Methodist Church
Friday 31st - Sunday
April 2nd
‘Recovery, A Life
Transformed’
41st Annual Southern
California Al-Anon Family
Groups Convention
(See Ad page 17)
Doubletree Hotel, Ontario,
California
February March/April May
Monday 13th
Foothill Roundup Convention
Planning Meeting
7:00PM-8:00PM
(See Ad page 16)
Windsor Club
Saturday 25th
10th Annual District 57
Alathon
10:00AM-4:00PM
Meetings, Potluck, Fellowship,
Raffle (See Ad page 14)
Mayfair Park-Activity Room
Saturday 25th
LA Intergroup Service Board
Meeting 9:30AM–12:30PM
Information Service Office
4936 Lankershim Blvd,
North Hollywood, 91601
Sunday 26th
Bi-Annual Fundraiser
12:00PM (See Ad page 16)
The Hispanic Intergroup
Office of Southern California
Tuesday 28th
Speaker Meeting
7:30PM (See Ad page-13)
Little White Chapel-Burbank
Friday 5th
Al-Anon Family Groups 66th
Anniversary Potluck
7:30PM (See Ad page 12)
Glendale First United Methodist
Church
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Archives Corner February 2017
Al-Anon Family Groups
An Historical Overview
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Ask It Basket February 2017
An Al-Anon member writes;
What does Al-Anon stand for? I am familiar with the concept of Al-Anon, what I do not know is what
the phrase “Al-Anon” actually means/stands for.
Dear Al-Anon member;
In May 1951 Lois W., Chairman, and Ann B., Secretary, sent the first letter to the 87 family groups that
had previously written to the AA General Service Office. One question asked was, “Do you approve of the
name AA Family Group? If not, what do you suggest ?”
Approximately 57 responses were received. Some groups suggested names they were already calling
themselves such as, AA Associates, AA Auxiliary, Non-AA, Triple A, Women’s Auxiliary of AA, Friend-
ship, AA Helpmates, Twelfth Step Auxiliary. The majority, however, favored the AA Family Group name,
which Lois and the Committee changed to “Al-Anon” which is a contraction of the two words Alcoholics
Anonymous.
This decision came about when AA objected to the use of the letters “AA” in the name of the national
association of non-alcoholics since their Sixth Tradition stated that an AA group ought never lend the AA
name to any related facility or outside enterprise. The hyphen was included because there are, in many loca-
tions in the U.S. and Canada, AA Clubhouses that call themselves Alanon or Alano. The hyphen also identi-
fies Al-Anon as a Distinct organization.
This information comes from The World Service Office archivist: “Inside Al-Anon Extra” a publication
for groups of the Al-Anon Family Groups, Inc.
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Opportunity for Part-Time Employment
We are looking for a competent Assistant to perform a variety of administrative and clerical tasks to support our office.
Main Duties:
Retail literature sales with walk-in customers.
Process and package mail-in orders to be shipped out.
Fulfill book orders handling cash and credit card sales.
Answer telephone inquiries regarding the services.
Give directions and assist with website navigation over the phone.
Perform basic office procedures including filing, data entry, bookkeeping and typing.
Utilize office appliances such as photocopiers, printers and computer for word processing
and spreadsheets and database management.
Monitor and inventory of books, pamphlets and office supplies.
Unpacking and restocking of books and other forms of literature.
Undertake general light housekeeping and tidying.
Perform other duties as assigned by the office administrator.
Requirements:
Excellent verbal, listening and written communication skills.
Takes direction well.
Good interpersonal skills to serve a range of customers, deal with inquiries and identify
customer needs both in person and over the phone.
Proven clerical experience in an office or retail environment.
Bondable and familiar with cash handling and credit card payments.
Ability to keep confidential information and adhere to privacy policies.
Good skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
Familiarity with social media.
Flexibility to work evening and weekend hours.
Preferences:
Working knowledge of Microsoft Access.
Bilingual English/Spanish or basic conversational Spanish.
This position will be working in a 12-step environment that requires the compassion and open-mindedness which is in line with the Steps,
Traditions and Concepts of the Twelve Steps program.
For consideration please send a cover letter and resume to: [email protected]
Al-Anon Information Services Office & Literature Distribution Center, Los Angeles (AISLA)
The AISLA office is not accepting any telephone inquiries regarding this position. Resumes without a cover letter will not be considered
for an interview.
Employment
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Book of the Month
Reduced Price $10.50
“As We Understood is a little book I can put in my pocket. It’s a book of
Spiritual growth, That I can go to in difficult times. In As We Understood, short
passages remind us, if we choose to see things in a Spiritual manner then we
can be happy.”
- Betty
As We Understood
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Help Us Out We’re searching for the oldest continuously operating meetings in Greater Los Angeles. If you know of a meeting that has been around for 30 years or more, please send the meeting info to [email protected].
So far we’ve found:
Santa Monica Friday 8PM Chelsea Group est. 1955
Lynwood, Wednesday Noon est. 1956
Glendale Windsor Club Friday 8:30 PM est. 1957
La Canada Monday 7:30 PM est. 1960
Burbank Tuesday 7:30 PM est. 1960
West Covina Tuesday Night Men's Stag est. 1966
Covina Wednesday 7:00 PM Step Study est. 1974
Ladera Heights Friday 8 PM est. 1976
Northridge Tuesday 10 AM est. 1978
Salem Lutheran Church, Glendale Tues. Evening est. 1978
Torrance Monday 7:30 PM est. 1984
Woodland Hills Saturday 9:30 AM est. 1986
Come On Guys, there have to be more than 12 groups that have been around for 30 or more years.
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Woman’s Stag ACA We have moved from
Topanga Blvd. in Canoga Park
- to -
Presbyterian Church
5751 Platt Avenue (Platt and Hatteras)
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Monday’s 10:00 - 11:30 AM
Friday 7:00 pm
“From Survival to Recovery”
Al-Anon Meeting
has moved to
Wednesday 7:00 pm
at this new location:
House of Uhuru
8005 South Figueroa St.
Los Angeles CA 90003