UPCOMING THANKSGIVINGS

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1 Eastrander July 2014 UPCOMING THANKSGIVINGS Name Years Group Sobriety Date Thanksgiving Callum 2 Airfield 25 June July 2014 Teresa 6 Airfield 02 July July 2014 Darren 1 Airfield 04 July July 2014 Hester 1 Airfield 04 July July 2014 The following Area Service Positions are currently open :- 1) Treatment Facilities co-ordinator,2) Public Information, 3) Area Office Coordinator / Administrator,4) Literature Representative Please contact Tony at Area Office or Any Group Service Representative for details. East Rand Area Contacts Area Chairperson Joe Area Vice-Chairperson Donaven Treasurer Tony Secretary Teresa Office Coordinator Tony Delegate Suben Delegate Anil CPC Donaven Correctional Facilities Treatment Facilities Literature Public Information Archives Divia GSR S Area Assembly Meeting Every 2 nd Saturday of the month at 2pm. At the area office Acceptance And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today... Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 417 AA East Rand Website The East Rand Area website has a lot of information on it, Including the latest up to date Thanksgivings, all the meetings, links to GSO. WSO. MP3 Downloads. PLUS LOTS MORE! See how many Days you ve been sober! Take a visit some time. You may be surprised! Also added now are Shares,Thoughts and Archives. Need a copy of previous Area Minutes it s all on there!

2 East Rand Area Office Benoni Central Methodist Church (Corner Room), 26 Bunyan Street, Benoni Tony - Telephone : (day) 9am - 1pm All Hours : HELPAA East Rand Area Banking Details Alcoholics Anonymous East Rand Bank :- Nedbank Limited - Branch :- Princess Park Account Number : Branch Code : Account Type Current/cheque account NEW MEETINGS FOR YOUR DIARY HEIDELBERG Tuesdays OM 19h00 Cornerstone Church off R23, HEIDELBERG Thursdays OM 19h00 59 Strydom Street, THE BIG BOOK MEETING PRIMROSE GROUP, FRIDAYS 19h00-21h00 Primrose Methodist Church, Kevin or Raymond Brakpan Group 50 th Birthday Saturday 18 th October 2014 Meeting 15:00 - Bring and Braai from 16:00 Fires will be provided. Extra Salads etc. appreciated. St. Peters Anglican Church, Queens Avenue, Brakpan Colin or Vincent

3 YOU ARE NEEDED!!! I Need Shares, Articles etc. to put onto this page. me colind@aaer.co.za Often, we just want to sit and do nothing. And why not. We go to meetings, work the Twelve Steps, read, make new friends. All this takes energy and means taking risk. Haven t we earned the right to just sit and take it a break from it all? No! In the past, we avoided life. Now we re becoming people of action. We take risk. We re becoming people who get involved in life. We practice caring about people and caring about ourselves. At times, we may complain, but we do what is needed to stay sober. We gain skills by doing. Why? We do it to save our lives. How? By trusting. We now trust that our Higher Power and friends will be there for us. They will help us push past our fears. As we practice daily how to stay sober, our skills grow. Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, Yours is a spirit of action. Allow me to become skilled at being active. Action for the Day: Today, I ll work at being active and alive. Maybe I ll start a new friendship or try a new meeting. 12 Promises for Beginners 1. You will know your full name and address. 2. You will be able to shave yourself, or put on your makeup, whichever pleases you. 3. You will be able to dress and undress yourself. 4. You will know the town, the state, and the country you live in. 5. You will be able to find socks that match, or nylons without runs. 6. You will be able to smoke without burning yourself, your clothes, or the furniture. 7. You will lose the fear of food. 8. You will be able to walk a straight line and pass the drunk driving test. 9. You will spend less time in the bathroom and be able to brush your teeth without gagging 10. You will lose the fear of police cars. 11. You will be able to answer the door without having to look through the peep hole. 12. You will realize what a hell of a mess you were, and thank God, or your HP for AA. A.A. Thought For The Month A.A. also helps us to hang onto sobriety. By having regular meetings so that we can associate with other alcoholics who have come through that same door in the wall, by encouraging us to tell the story of our own sad experiences with alcohol, and by showing us how to help other alcoholics. A.A. keeps us sober. Our attitude toward life changes from one of pride and selfishness to one of humility and gratitude. Am I going to step back through that door in the wall to my old helpless, hopeless, drunken life? I for one, will not!. A Member Shares: I'm Steve, an alcoholic. For years, my God was booze. I rejected God and religion at a young age. I felt I could never live up to the religious folks' standards, so why bother? I'd do it my way. I knew right from wrong, but my default was to do it the wrong way like I was powerless to overcome my defects even before I drank. At times, the only thing that saved me was the ability to b/s my way out of trouble until, in the end, I couldn't think straight and couldn't manage my life. I was screwed. I ended up at AA as desperate as the dying can be. Amazingly, I arrived at my first meeting 42 days off the drink knowing I needed to change, but no idea how I was going to do it. I had an idea that AA's way worked better than mine, so it was simple blind faith that what AA had would work for me if I applied myself. Unbeknown to me at the time, I had taken Step Three. Thank you for material that has been send to me, please try keep it as short as possible (without losing the message). I will keep them for future publication. Please keep it coming, we on the ER do appreciate it. Colin D. Eastrander Editor / Website Editor - colind@aaer.co.za

4 ARCHIVES EAST RAND - OUTREACH FOR ARCHIVE MATERIAL AA co-founder Bill W in a letter dated 1957 that AA s past was still veiled in the deep fog, he expressed a desire to preserve the Fellowship s original document and artefacts. We are trying, he wrote, to build up extensive records that will be of value to the future Historians it is highly important that the factual material be placed in our files in such a way that there can be no substantial distortion. In this light, it is important that we document our collective histories : - 1) so as not to forget where we come from; 2) as well as to inform the fellowship (especially the newcomers) of our rich heritage and history, 3) so that, against the background of this information, we are able to map out future strategies for our fellowship, 4) In order to effectively carry out our message Do you or your group or its members have material deemed to be historically valuable, administrative reports and minutes, personal correspondence, newsletters, books, photographs,etc., for inclusion into archives? We are the current custodians of AA's history. We need to compile our history so that future AA members will know of our glorious and miraculous past. You might not consider something of significance, but run it by your local archivist and he will determine whether it s of archival value or not. We have a common past - lets document it together! Like carrying the message to the still suffering alcoholic Let us carry our heritage as well... How it was? What happened? And what it is like now? Yours in Service Divia East Rand Archivist Mobile: Fax: divia108@gmail.com A Member Shares: Hi everyone, my name's Scott, and I am most definitely an alcoholic. I have 27 days today. 28 days ago, I was suffering really badly, and although I didn't drink, I shook and rattled for almost five days. This morning, I woke up and actually smiled. Not one of those paintedon-for-effect smiles either. It was a real, honest-to-god happy-to-be-alive smile. I have had various periods of "dryness" in AA, dating back to I was nineteen back then, and hadn't done a lot of "yets." I have done most of them today, lost count of the jobs and relationships I've lost, my kids don't bother to call today, all except one that is, and I don't get to see my grandkids. But I am sober. The difference in me today is I want to be here more than I need to be here. That's a big difference. Faith is important to me today along with my desire to be sober. It's taken me seven long years to get back after my last real drinking spree. I had three and a half years of sobriety and I blew it. I couldn't stop after that, and I got sicker and sicker. But today I took a nap. It was a contented sleep untroubled by dreams or nightmares, and it lasted five hours! My sobriety is something worth cherishing, and I cherish it very much. Thanks for listening. If you have any other ideas about the Eastrander or Website please let me know via colind@aaer.co.za

5 SUNDAY KATLEHONG OM 11h00 Arts Centre,Sontonga Road, Phooko Section, Katlehong Paul MONDAY BENONI CITY - OM 20h00 Central Methodist Church, cnr. Bunyan & Cranbourne Streets, Benoni Yani or Anil COURAGE TO CHANGE - OM 19h30 NG Kerk,8 Canadair Avenue, Impala Park, Boksburg Joanne EDENVALE - CM 20h00 Dunvegan Nursery School cnr Dunvegan & Francis Streets, Dunvegan, Edenvale Gus or Ian SPRINGS - CM 19h30 Trinity Methodist Church, Colliery Road, (Ent. Lloyd Street), Lodeyko, Springs Koos or Willie PRIMROSE - OM - 20h00 Primrose Methodist Church, Kevin or Raymond TUESDAY AIRFIELD OM 19h30 Northfield Methodist Church, Aerodrome Drive, Northmead, Benoni Teresa or Heather BRAKPAN OM 20h00 St. Peters Anglican Church, Queens Avenue, Brakpan Colin or Vincent HOUSE OF MERCY OM 19h30 35 Olivia Road, Ravenswood, Boksburg Frazier PHOENIX - OM 20h00 All Saints Church cnr Rietfontein & Petunia Roads, Primrose Vinny or Stevie YOUNG PEOPLES MEETING - Word of Mouth CM 20h00 Edenvale Scout Hall, 1 Davids Road, Elma Park Melanie or Carla HEIDELBERG OM 19h00 Cornerstone Church off R23, WEDNESDAY EDENVALE LUNCHTIME OM 12h30 St Theresa's Catholic Church, Horwood Street, Edenvale Ian ACTONVILLE OM 20h00 Actonville Hospital, 1522 Soma Street, Actonville, Benoni Tony or Anil KEMPTON PARK OM 20h00 Beginners Meeting at 19h00 before 20h00 meeting Methodist Church cnr Monument & Van Der Walt Streets, Kempton Park Joanne or Rob WEDNESDAY NIGEL OM 20h00 Methodist Church cnr Olifant & George Herrist Streets Nigel Barnie PLANTATION OM 20h00 Horizon Clinic, 8 Railway Road, Plantation, Boksburg Sandil THURSDAY SPRINGS - OM 19h30 Trinity Methodist Church, Colliery Road, (Ent. Lloyd Street), Lodeyko, Springs Koos or Willie EDENVALE - OM 20h00 Dunvegan Nursery School cnr Dunvegan & Francis Streets, Dunvegan, Edenvale Gus or Ian AIRFIELD Step Meeting 20h00 Closed Northfield Methodist Church, Aerodrome Drive, Northmead, Benoni Teresa or Heather HIGHVELD (SECUNDA) OM 18h00 Highveld Social Service Centre Mental Health, President Swart Street, Secunda George or Amanda HOUSE OF MERCY OM 19h30 35 Olivia Road, Ravenswood, Boksburg Frazier BOKSBURG OM 20h00 cnr Osborn & Market Streets, Boksburg Central George HEIDELBERG OM 19h00 59 Strydom Street, FRIDAY PRIMROSE - OM - BIG BOOK 19h00-21h00 Primrose Methodist Church, Kevin or Raymond SATURDAY No meetings at present OM = Open Meeting, CM = Closed Meeting