DISTRICT 11

A.A. Newsletter MARCH 2019

http://www.whatcomaa.org/

“We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable” Reprinted from AA Big Book, page 59

Dry Dock Group:

Birthdays for March: 32 yrs: Richard M, Julie O; 30 yrs:

Jes A; 29 yrs: Martha U; 28 yrs: Dan F, Greg C; 14 yrs:

Christina K; 13 yrs: Laurie C, Ian T; 12 yrs: Dave F; 9 yrs:

Martina B; 8 yrs: Katie C; 7 yrs: Jesse Rainie; 6 yrs:

Richard V, Craig B; 5 yrs: Billy F; 4 yrs: Greg P; 2 yrs:

Damian C, Richard; 1 yr: Kevin H, David W, Derek Q,

Matthew H, Christal D, Jeremy B, Jarrod F, Levi H,

Amber H

Fairhaven Group: Our Sunday meeting is currently

studying the 12x12. Join us! Reminder: All of our

meetings are wheelchair accessible.

Birthdays for March: 9 yrs: Robin G.; 1 yr: Reyna D.

Ferndale Unity Group: Saturday meetings are now at

7pm instead of 8pm. Business meeting also moves up to

5:30pm from 6:30pm.

Birthdays for March: 40 yrs: Ray S.; 11 yrs. Carla W.; 8

yrs: Ben V.; 4 yrs: Zach, Sharlene L.; 2 yrs: JeriLyn H.,

Larrian E.; 1 yr: Joshua R., Brenton F.

Grateful Hearts:

Birthdays for March: 37 yrs: Rosi H., 32 yrs: Wendy R.;

25 yrs: Jill K.; 19 yrs: Sharon H.; 10 yrs: Karen B.

Northwest Group: Join Northwest Saturday March 16th

for our Birthday celebration Potluck 5:30 Celebration at

6:30

Birthdays for March: 36 yrs: Michael K,; 21 yrs: Skip

S.; 19 yrs: Steve B.; 11 yrs: Candie G.; 4 yrs: Chelsea H.;

1 yr: Britt P., Derek Q.

Our Primary Purpose Group:

Birthdays for March: 1 yr: Matt H., Mike F., Megan S.;

2 yrs: John D.; 11 yrs: Daniel A.; 13 yrs: Laurie C.; 14 yrs:

Kristina S., Christina K.; 16 yrs: Twila W.; 17 yrs:

Christine G.; 20 yrs: Matt S.; 21 yrs: Patty P.; 24 yrs.;

Sharon W.; 26 yrs: Paula R.; 43 yrs: Carole W.

Rule 62 Group: Aloha from the Sunny (albeit currently

Frigid and snowed in) Metropolis of Ferndale!

Rule 62 Group is alive and well! As always, we are having

our regular Thursday Night Line by Line (LxL) Big Book

Study at 7:00 pm and Saturday night Speaker meeting,

also at 7PM.

March 30th will bring us another wonderful “5th on the

5th” Potluck/Speaker Meeting! See flyer!! Our first was a

terrific success. The upcoming speaker(s) will prove to be

just as entertaining and powerful.

>>>>> SAVE THE DATE : MARCH 30

We look forward to seeing you at Rule 62!

SOS Men’s Group: We hosting the 2nd Annual Shivering

Denizens of HIs Mad Realm Pancake Breakfast and

Speaker Meeting on April 6th at St. Paul’s Episcopal

Church. Doors open at 8:30am, breakfast begins at 9am.

There will be child care available. ALL ARE WELCOME

Birthdays for March: 19 yrs: Jim B.; 11 yrs: Pete D.; 9

yrs: Steve Y.; 4 yrs: Zach B.; 1 yr: Derek Q. *

Committee Announcement :

The Newsletter Committee is now welcoming

members to write stories, write poems, and

incorporate new ideas into your newsletter! We

also need submissions from the AA population

at large! Ask for participation in your meetings

so everyone has a chance to carry the message.

Let’s create something everyone wants to read!

If you have something to say, write it down and

email it to:

newsletter@whatcomaa.org

DCM – Aaron D.

Hi District 11!

We have an important event for GSRs and AA members coming

up! On March 16th from 1:00-4:00 PM (at 17311 Reservation Rd,

La Conner - where the No Reservations meeting is held), we will be

having our Pre-Conference, where our Area Delegate Alan will

come meet with us to discuss the General Service Conference that

will be held in New York in May. This will be our opportunity to

learn about what will be discussed at the General Service

Conference this year, as well as to give our groups' input to our

Delegate to take to New York! Some of you may be wondering why

we do all this. I'll leave that to friend of AA, and non-alcoholic

chairman of the Board of Trustees, Bernard B Smith, in his opening

to the 1954 General Service Conference:

"We may not need a General Service Conference to ensure our own

recovery. We do need it to ensure the recovery of the alcoholic who

still stumbles in the darkness one short block from this room. We

need it to ensure the recovery of a child being born tonight, destined

for alcoholism. We need it to provide, in keeping with our Twelfth

Step, a permanent haven for all alcoholics who, in the ages ahead,

can find in A.A. that rebirth that brought us back to life.

We need it because we, more than all others, are conscious of the

devastating effect of the human urge for power and prestige which

we must ensure can never invade AA. We need it to ensure AA

against government, while insulating it against anarchy.

We need it so that Alcoholics Anonymous, and Alcoholics

Anonymous alone, is the ultimate repository of its Twelve Steps, its

Twelve Traditions, and all of its services.

We need it to ensure that changes within AA come only as a

response to the needs and the wants of all AA, and not of any few.

We need it to ensure that the doors of the halls of AA never have

locks on them, so that all people for all time who have an alcoholic

problem may enter these halls unasked and feel welcome. We need

it to ensure that Alcoholics Anonymous never asks of anyone who

needs us what his or her race is, what his or her creed is, what his or

her social position is."

Corrections & Treatment – Ben J.

All is well at C&T. We are looking for a new St. Joe's Coordinator.

It's a great opportunity to be of service! For more info, please attend

the monthly Corrections and Treatment meeting on the 4th

Thursday of the month at 5:30pm at Northwest Hall.

Love and Service,

Ben J

Treasurer – Rob H.

“When we meet and defeat the temptation to take large gifts, we are

only being prudent. But when we are generous with the hat we give

a token that we are grateful for our blessings and evidence that

we are eager to share what we have found with all those who still

suffer.” (The Language of the Heart, p. 221)

All services in A.A., from making meetings available to those still

coming into the Fellowship, to the district's hotline service, to

international affairs conducted at the General Service Office, are

intended to accomplish the same end: to carry the A.A. message to

the still suffering alcoholic.

Your generous contributions make all of that possible.

Thank you for your support.

Phone Service – Craig C.

The phone service currently has three openings on the hotline. We

need sober alcoholics to answer the phone. It's fun and easy. We are

hosting a Hotline Workshop on March 11 at the Drydock; pizza and

fellowship at 6:30, workshop from 7-8pm. Our regular meetings are

the third Thursday of the month at 6:15 at the Drydock. All are

invited to the meetings and workshop. Come and learn how you can

help carry the message to the still suffering alcoholic.

In love and service. Craig C.

Bellingham Group-1st Tuesday of the month at 6:30pm

Blaine International-1st Friday of the month at 6:30pm

Dry Dock-3rd Monday of the month 6:15pm

Everson Group-1st Thursday of the month at 1:00pm

Fairhaven Group-1st Sunday of the month at 6:15pm

Ferndale Group- 1st Saturday of the Month at 5:30pm

Gentle Spirits Group-1st Tues. of the month at 1:00pm

Grateful Hearts-1st Monday of the month at 6:30pm

Into Action-1st Tuesday of the month at 6:15pm

Kendall-1st Monday of the month at 8:15pm

Lawrence Group: 1st Tuesday of the month at 6:45pm

Lynden Group-3rd Thursday of the month at 7:00pm

Nooksack Group- Last Wednesday of the month at 7:30pm.

Northwest Group-2nd Thursday of the month at 6:00pm

Our Primary Purpose-1st Saturday of the month at 10:15am

Rule 62- 1st Thursday of the month at 8:45

S.O.S.-1st Wednesday of the month at 8:45pm

Southside Group-2nd Saturday of the month at 8:15am

Sudden Valley- Second Saturday of January, April, July

and January at 10:00 am

Sumas-3rd Tuesday of the month (odd months) at 8:00pm

Third Legacy-1st Monday of the month at 5:30pm

WITS- 1st Tuesday of the month at 7:15pm

York Meeting- 1st Friday of the month at 5:30pm

Bellingham Group-Last Thurs. of the month at 7:00pm

Blaine International-Last Friday of the month at 7:30pm

Dry Dock-Last Sunday of the month 3:30pm

Everson Group-4thFriday of the month at 7:30pm

Fairhaven Group-3rd Thursday of the month at 7:30pm

Ferndale Group-Last Saturday of the month at 7:00pm

Gentle Spirits Group-4th Tue. of the month at 12:00pm

Grateful Hearts-4th Monday of the month at 5:30pm

Into Action-4th Tuesday of the month at 7:30pm

Lawrence Group-2nd Tuesday of the month 7:30pm

Lynden Group-Last Thursday of the month at 7:30pm

Kendall-Last Monday of the month at 7:00pm

Nooksack Group-Last Wednesday of the month at 8pm

Northwest-3rd Sat. of the month 6:30pm; potluck 5:30pm

Our Primary Purpose- Every day of the month

S.O.S.-Every Wednesday of the month at 7:00pm

Southside Group-Everyday at 7:00am

Sudden Valley- Last Thursday at 7pm

Sumas- 4th Tuesday of the month at 7:00pm

Third Legacy-Every Monday of the month at 7:00pm

WITS- Every Tues. of the month at 6:30pm

York Meeting- Every Friday of the month at 6:30pm

Ongoing Volunteers Needed for: The AA HOTLINE – 360-734-1688

phoneservice@whatcomaa.org

Ongoing volunteers are needed to take meetings to

corrections and treatment facilities, AA Hotline and to

speak at non-AA informational meetings. Please attend the

monthly Corrections and Treatment meeting to find out the

requirements for volunteering (always the 4th Thursday

each month at 5:30 pm at Northwest Group)

Poets Wanted Here Your Newsletter Committee invites

you to participate in a monthly AA

Poem feature. Please submit your original poems to:

newsletterwhatcomaa.org – 200 words or less.

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"But. It's keeping me sober!" —Lynne D., Carbondale, IL. Copyright © The AA Grapevine, Inc. (March, 2019).

Reprinted with permission

March Reflections

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GRATITUDE FEAR SERVICE ST PATRICK PROMISE STRENGTH HONESTY RECOVERY QUIETNESS ACTION HUMILITY UNITY DAILY GIFT FAITH BOTTOM HEART

MARCH 2019

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

St. Joes 7pm 2

Detox, 7pm

3

PCN, 7pm

4

St. Joes, 4pm 5

Detox, 7pm

6

Visions, 7pm

7

Detox, 7pm

Accessibility Mtg @NW,

5:45pm

8

St. Joes 7pm 9

Detox, 7pm

10

11

St. Joes, 4pm

Hotline Workshop, @

DD, 6:30

12

Detox, 7pm

13

Visions, 7pm

*Deadline for Newsletter*

14 Detox, 7pm

Phone Service Mtg. @ Dry

Dock, 6:15pm

15

St. Joes 7pm 16

Detox, 7pm

Literature Mtg. @ FUG

10:30am Conway and B’Ham:Old

Town Old Timers Speaker

Potluck, 6-8pm

17

18

St. Joes, 4pm

19

Detox, 7pm

20

Visions, 7pm

GSR District Mtg. @ Dry

Dock, 6:30p

21 Detox, 7pm

22

St. Joes 7pm 23 Detox, 7pm

24

25

St. Joes, 4pm

26

Detox, 7pm

3rd Legacy Committee

Mtg. @ Dry Dock,

6:30pm

27

Visions, 7pm

28

Detox, 7pm

PI/CPC Mtg. @ Dry Dock,

6:30pm

C&T Mtg. @ NW, 5:30pm

29

St. Joes 7pm 30

Detox, 7pm

31

*For information please visit whatcomaa.org.

*For information about quarterly committee meetings and area events go to www.area72aa.org

Dr. Bob and the Good Old timers, pg 222 "Perpetual quietness of heart. It is to have no trouble. It is never to be frustrated or vexed, irritable or sore; to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me, and when I am blamed or despised, it is to have a blessed home in myself where I can go in and shut the door and pray to my father in secret and be at peace, as in a deep sea of calmness, when all around and about is seeming trouble.” First written by Andrew Murray, a. So. African religious leader, ca. 1828-1917

Three legacies of AA are

Recovery, Unity and Service. We serve because we are grateful for AA

saving our lives.

A Declaration of Unity This we owe to A.A.’s future:

To place our common welfare first; To keep our fellowship united.

For on A.A. unity depend our lives, And the lives of those to come

Reprinted with permission from A.A.W.S.