April 2006 Victor Valley Newsletter Reports

The meeting started @ 3:25pm with the Serenity Prayer, with self-introductions, and followed by the reading of 3rd Tradition, Concept 3 and GSR Preamble. New GSRs introduced were Linda – Alt GSR, Sunday Campfire Group. No minutes from previous mtg.

Treasurer/Finance: Our current balance on the bank statement as of 1571.20. Contributions totaled 171.21, Thank you for your contributions, 7th = - 6.00; expenses- 12.00 rent of club, reimburse GSR from H.U.G. for PRAASA = 150.00, balance is 1415.20.

DCMC – Spoke of PRAASA and that she will e-mail a 21 page document that has all panels’ summaries. If interested contact Pam at 760-985-5109. Committee Reports – Finance – We are very grateful for your continued support. Contributions to district are made out to District 19, PO Box 2702, Victorville CA 92393.

Please remember to write your group service number or at a minimum the group name on the check.
Registration – The group update forms a re in and the district registrar will be phoning your GSR/point of contacts. All changes may be to G.S.O. directly or call the district registrar w/ changes Paul J 590-9374.

CPC/PI – Mary Ann has to establish a new point of contact for Drug court, so stand by for more info next month. Area CPC/PI & CEC will work to est. a workshop on media anonymity on a small scale later on this year. Archives – Need a chairperson.

Literature/GV – The suspense for Hispanic stories for the 3rd Edition Spanish Big Book has been moved to 1 Jun 2006 due to lack of stories, if you know a AA Hispanic member let him know. Contact G.S.O. for more details at 212-870-3312.

Old Business – Pacific Region AA Service Assembly (PRAASA), Mar 3, 4, 5 Woodland Hill, CA. MSCA had 218 participate in PRAASA Mary Ann stated that the reports on A.A. prudent reserve is decreasing. It is suppose to be a 12 month prudent reserve, but it has declined six months in the last three years. Still need Alt DCMC, and secretary.

New Business – Motion to purchase CDs from PRAASA and have one panel CD followed by discussion for each of our district mtgs. Discussed motion to vote, vote was unanimous will send 99.00 plus S + H. Also motion to see if space could be rented from VV Alano Club for District Archive items- 4’x4’. Paul B will address with club. Also decided that since 3rd Sunday in April falls on Easter, district will meet on following Sunday, 23 April. GSR Reports Group Concerns – Can one person GSR more than one group? The Service manual states that the GSR only carries one vote. What do you think. Can I carry two votes- each group should have a GSR Within our district mtgs. Starting Feb2006 we will have 3-5 minutes presentations on one tradition and one Concept, to be done by volunteers Meeting adjourned 4:35, closed with prayer
Thank you for the privilege of being of service,
Pam Wood, D.C.M.C.

**For the Record: The minutes of Intergroup and District 19 Meetings are edited to allow for space. Any omissions in the newsletter are purely the fault of the Editor, Betty B., and not the meeting’s Secretaries.

I’ve gone a year without a drink, and I’ve come to believe that there’s a lot more to sobriety than first met my eye.

Normal people lack a profound knowledge of drinking, have only a rudimentary understanding of sobriety. To them, if a guy blows 0.00 he’s sober.

Alcoholics, who have raised drunkenness to a tragic art form, likewise have a refined, complex understanding of sobriety. It touches every part of our lives.

When the topic comes up at a meeting, I never hear anyone say, “I consider myself sober when I haven’t had anything to drink.” Sobriety begins at the dry point. Resisting that first drink gets us sober the way taking it gets us drunk. And the more drinks we resist, the more sober we become. Our sobriety progresses as we move through the Steps. At the start, we had to be active, fighting our urge to drink.

“Any day without a drink is a good day,” we said. At some point God lifted our desire to drink, and our resistance to alcohol became automatic and unconscious. Like looking both ways before crossing the street. At the height of our drinking careers, alcohol absorbed all of our energy. Once we quit drinking, liquor’s demands on our lives diminished.

Sobriety gave us energy to live for ourselves and our fellows. In its advanced stages, sobriety calms and encourages, giving us a chance to live graceful, joyful lives. For normal folks, sobriety is zero. For us, it is everything.
Michael H. via, The Last Drop, Denver, CO