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1 Inside this issue: CONTACT Bulletin 2 Unity Report 3 Events 4 District 1 5 Anniversaries 6 From our readers 7 Contributions 8 Pinellas County Intergroup 8340 Ulmerton Road Suite 220 Largo, FL PH centraloffice@aapinellas.org Monday - Friday 10am - 6pm aapinellas.org Plain & Straight Editor: Jen B. plainandstraight@aapinellas.org

CHANGED MEETINGS HALT-FEAR WCA The Warehouse Club of Dunedin 2024 Main Street Dunedin 34698 Group Name Change To: COME AS YOU ARE Mon CD 8 PM HOLIDAY ISLES St Albans Episcopal Church 333 84th Ave St.

Pete 33701 CBBD StTrW 12 Noon Sunday NEW MEETINGS QUIET TIME - WCA Clearview United Methodist Church 4515 38th Ave N St.

Dec 7, 1949 Sister Ignatia received Poverello Medal on behalf of A.A. Dec 11, 1934 Bill admitted to Towns Hospital for the fourth and last time (fall 33, 34 in summer, midsummer and final admittance).

2 CHANGED MEETINGS HALT-FEAR WCA The Warehouse Club of Dunedin 2024 Main Street Dunedin Group Name Change To: COME AS YOU ARE Mon CD 8 PM HOLIDAY ISLES St Albans Episcopal Church th Ave St. Pete Beach Updated Address Only Was Listed as th Ave WOMEN LIVING IN SOBRIETY - WCA Freedom House th Ave., South St. Pete CBBD StTrW 12 Noon Sunday NEW MEETINGS QUIET TIME - WCA Clearview United Methodist Church th Ave N St. Pete Module Room #31 Room # 31 Youth House CD Included With Meditation 8:00 pm Meets Wed DECEMBER Dec 6, 1979 Akron Beacon reports death of Henrietta Sieberling. Dec 7, 1949 Sister Ignatia received Poverello Medal on behalf of A.A. Dec 11, 1934 Bill admitted to Towns Hospital for the fourth and last time (fall 33, 34 in summer, midsummer and final admittance). Dec 12, 1934 Bill has Spiritual Experience at Towns Hospital. Other December happenings with no specific date: Dec 1934 to May 1935 Bill works with alcoholics, but fails to sober any of them. Lois reminds him HE is sober. Dec 1938 Twelve Steps written. Dec 1955 Man on the Bed painting by Robert M. first appeared in Grapevine. Painting originally called "Came to Believe". 2

11/3/18-49'ers Group @ 9739-9741 66th St N (Pinellas Park) Southland Plaza Walter "SD8/27/16. The solution is in the Big Book.

The people of AA helped me, my sponsor & the 49'ers. Good things happen to people who stay sober & good things happen to people who work the steps.

3 11/3/18-49'ers th St N (Pinellas Park) Southland Plaza Walter "SD8/27/16. The solution is in the Big Book. I was a sick person who needed to get well, not a bad person needing to be good. Service work is #1, wouldn't be sober without it-the key to my sobriety." Tim "SD10/15/10. The people of AA helped me, my sponsor & the 49'ers. Good things happen to people who stay sober & good things happen to people who work the steps." 11/10/18-What's Your Motive 8pm Palm Lake nd Ave North (St. Pete) Steve "SD9/1/13. Step 4; you get to fill out a form & it's completely self indulging & all you gotta make sure of is being honest with myself & if I wanna blame others, then I do a Step 4." Muriel "SD4/19/64. I was the last one in & the 1st one out & for quite a while I did not relate, I compared & I held on to my old ideas for several years; moved to FL & it was the same people w/ different faces & same unconditional love; (I was an angry woman; everything was happening to me, not healthy physically, had no spirituality) I got a sponsor & the journey has been amazing & I've dealt w/ death, divorce...haven't needed to pick up a drink." 11/17/18-Attitude (Monday thru Saturday)Grace 1812 N. Highland Ave, Clearwater Kevin "SD2/4/04. Since I got involved here, participating in my own recovery, got a no-nonsense sponsor & he gave me a Where & When & circled the meetings he went to & said 'if you want to talk, just be there.' I would get off work at 6am, & he said 'there are 7am meetings.' Out of all the problems, he found all the answers in the Big Book & that was the best thing that ever happened to me." Tom "SD6/2/93. Alcohol had isolated me. I'd drive 50 miles to an AA mtg. Everybody knew I was alcoholic, but I was too scared to go to a meeting. The people of AA got me sober & I've never been drunk on a day I went to a meeting." 11/24/ th Ave N, St Pete 3 Tony "SD4/1991. It's because of the program of A.A. that we learn how to have relationships; I continue to move forward taking suggestions from sponsor & sponsoring & taking commitments for my group & I continue learning in my recovery how to grow from a seemingly hopeless condition..." Patti "SD12/23/81. In case you smoke weed, you are not sober. It's not the substance that's the problem, it's the person-me; After I did that 3rd step, women started asking me to sponsor them & all my energy was to pass on what I had learned & I started saving women & they started saving me. When death took 3 people I was close to, I threw myself even more into AA. I realized secret to AA-trying to help another person" -Your Grateful Plain & Straight Reporters, Karen & Jodi SERENITY CLUB 631 TURNER STREET CLEARWATER 33756

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SERVICE COMMITTEE MEETINGS - NEW MEMBERS ALWAYS WELCOME!

130PM 1/19/19 Alano Club - Dolphin Village 4615 Gulf Blvd #112, SPB CORRECTIONS 2ND MONDAY 630PM 1/14/19 8430 Ulmerton Rd #220 GRAPEVINE 3RD WEDNESDAY 630PM 1/16/19 8430 Ulmerton Rd #220 LITERATURE

well-traveled shoes. (Metaphorically enormous. Missy wants to make it clear that Jen s feet appear perfectly proportioned to the rest of her body.

Missy had four years in the program, having pickled up a white chip on August 14, 2013, which she keeps in a wine glass with subsequent chips to remind her of where she came from and where she could

Her favorite part of the Big Book is 5 PI/CPC LAST MONDAY 6PM 1/28/19 8430 Ulmerton Rd #220 TREATMENT LAST SATURDAY 10AM 1/26/19 DeGeorge Plaza 12678 Starkey Rd.

5 SERVICE COMMITTEE MEETINGS - NEW MEMBERS ALWAYS WELCOME! DISTRICT 1 BUSINESS MTG 3RD TUESDAY 630PM 1/15/19 CHURCH OF GOOD SHEPHERD nd Ave North, Seminole ACCESSIBLITIES 3RD THURSDAY 6PM 1/17/ Ulmerton Rd #220, Largo ARCHIVES 3RD SATURDAY 130PM 1/19/19 Alano Club - Dolphin Village 4615 Gulf Blvd #112, SPB CORRECTIONS 2ND MONDAY 630PM 1/14/ Ulmerton Rd #220 GRAPEVINE 3RD WEDNESDAY 630PM 1/16/ Ulmerton Rd #220 LITERATURE COMMITTEE 1ST WEDNESDAY 630PM 1/2/19 Panera Bread Starkey Road, Largo Missy KC is your new Plain and Straight editor, humbly stepping into what she calls her predecessor Jen s enormous and well-traveled shoes. (Metaphorically enormous. Missy wants to make it clear that Jen s feet appear perfectly proportioned to the rest of her body.) Jen s service to all of us has been boundless, she says. She s shaped the Plain and Straight into a mobile carrier of the message and I look forward to continuing that vision. Missy had four years in the program, having pickled up a white chip on August 14, 2013, which she keeps in a wine glass with subsequent chips to remind her of where she came from and where she could return if she s not spiritually vigilant. Missy's home group is Together We Can in North Pinellas. And, she has served as its Intergroup rep for the past two years. Her favorite part of the Big Book is 5 PI/CPC LAST MONDAY 6PM 1/28/ Ulmerton Rd #220 TREATMENT LAST SATURDAY 10AM 1/26/19 DeGeorge Plaza Starkey Rd., Largo WEBSITE 3RD SATURDAY 10AM 1/19/ Ulmerton Rd #220 For More Information on these Committees, go to: District1aapinellas.org We admitted we were powerless over alcohol, and our lives had become unmanageable. She explains why. For me, this applies to so much more than alcohol. I ve put down the drink. But the unhealthy habits are still there. The defect my sponsor identified my first time through the steps, was my need to control. And I ve been tussling with it ever since. Sometimes I don t even know I m even trying to do it. This passage reminds me that I m powerless over everything, which is such a release. I m reminded that all I have to do is show up and let my Higher Power handle the rest. When I align my life to that fact, life is manageable because I am not in charge. So, I m at peace no matter what else is happening around me. She intends to bring this mindset into her new position as editor and looks forward to being of maximum service to AA Pinellas and its Plain and Straight readers. The Plain and Straight is in good hands! Thank you for letting me be of service as Editor over the years. With Love and Gratitude, Jen B.

NOVEMBER 2018 ANNIVERSARIES A New Start David F. 5 Lance O. 5 Michael 14 Rudy P. 30 Abe s Place Thomas Mc. 1 Mark Y. 3 Ashley V. 3 Charles F. 17 Kim D. 24 Mark W. 27 Roger H. 27 Mark W. 31 Bob S.

38 Claude 60 Blind Pass Group Lilli 4 George 15 Christine 26 David 33 Back Porch Lunch Bunch Lucy 1 Izzy L. 1 Clay H. 2 Jack M. 21 Roger H. 28 Kerry B. 32 Bob K. 39 Anamarie M.

32 Pat K. 33 Bill L. 33 Mary P. 39 Highpoint Virginia M. 20 Anna G. 29 Claude L. 31 Holiday Isles Nicole M. 13 Koala Jim W. 12 Lunch Bunch (Dunedin) Rose 2 Celeste 6 Mary J. 8 Paul G. 15 Rick L.

44 New Women For Sobriety April W. 1 Michelle S. 10 Oldsmar Group Lisa S. 3 Greg R. 4 Kaley C. 5 Lance 5 Terri DS. 30 Richard M. 35 Rosemary. 37 Palm Harbor Group Skylar J. 8 Randy J.

6 NOVEMBER 2018 ANNIVERSARIES A New Start David F. 5 Lance O. 5 Michael 14 Rudy P. 30 Abe s Place Thomas Mc. 1 Mark Y. 3 Ashley V. 3 Charles F. 17 Kim D. 24 Mark W. 27 Roger H. 27 Mark W. 31 Bob S. 37 Frank B. 37 After Work Bunch Jan B. 1 Harris E. 2 John M. 9 Ted M. 12 Cathy S. 20 Attitude Adjustment Dan H. 23 Don T. 30 Kurt 36 Glen S. 38 Claude 60 Blind Pass Group Lilli 4 George 15 Christine 26 David 33 Back Porch Lunch Bunch Lucy 1 Izzy L. 1 Clay H. 2 Jack M. 21 Roger H. 28 Kerry B. 32 Bob K. 39 Anamarie M. 44 Countryside Group Liz S. 2 Deanna H. 3 Mary J. 8 Rose W. 37 GOYA Waylon F. 1 Michael H. 3 Mike K. 4 Nick T. 5 Barbara B. 19 Liz G. 19 Laura K. 27 High Noon Daily "IC" Pat K. 3 Kevin M. 3 Ray C. 32 Pat K. 33 Bill L. 33 Mary P. 39 Highpoint Virginia M. 20 Anna G. 29 Claude L. 31 Holiday Isles Nicole M. 13 Koala Jim W. 12 Lunch Bunch (Dunedin) Rose 2 Celeste 6 Mary J. 8 Paul G. 15 Rick L. 26 Wally V. 34 Richard M. 35 Anne Marie 44 Mid-Day Miracles Michelle B. 9 Christine D. 29 Kelley B. 36 Mary P. 39 New Beginnings Women's Group Lisa C. 2 Barbara P. 4 Annmarie M. 44 New Women For Sobriety April W. 1 Michelle S. 10 Oldsmar Group Lisa S. 3 Greg R. 4 Kaley C. 5 Lance 5 Terri DS. 30 Richard M. 35 Rosemary. 37 Palm Harbor Group Skylar J. 8 Randy J. 16 Progress Not Perfection Veronica F. 2 Lisa S. 3 R Girls Group Debbie Z. 14 Seminole Group Chris C. 9 Kenny F. 28 Serenity Seekers Deanna H. 3 Kris P. 4 Vivian 23 Shore Acres Gratitude Group Monica S. 6 John D. 13 Spirit Group Barbara H. 2 Lisa K.B. 4 Allie 6 Jane T. 34 Sunrise/Sunset Michael 1 John 1 Kerry 2 Elisabeth H. 7 Chris F. 13 Ken G. 13 John E. 13 Rudy 21 Tim 29 Jackie 34 Turner Street Evening Group Joyce 2 Matthew 4 David F. 5 Smokey 28 Jeri 29 Rudy 30 Rand 37 Walsingham Group Morgan 2 Ashley 3 Stephany 3 Bill H. 8 Mike G. 14 Missed Anniversaries: October New Women for Sobriety Rebos Jill 43 At The End Of The Rainbow Liz 1 Chris 1 Violetta 3 Lynn B. 4 Joan 10 Denise B. 17 Cathy 30 Alicia 31 Free Spirits Tracy G. 8 Tom Y. 33 Progress Not Perfection Jen C. 7 Anne-Marie 13 Suzanne C. 33 September 2250 Group Mark G. 1 Nick T. 1 Debbie T. 1 Holly L. 1 Maney W. 3 Jan B. 3 Cindy G. 28 Roger D. 36 Submissions must be received by the first Friday of each month to make it into the next Issue. Deadline for JANUARY s issue is : Friday, January 4th, that is for the DECEMBER 2018 anniversaries. Thank you - Jessica S., Anniversary Editor 6

Anne Smith Some Consider Also an AA Founder Dr. Bob & Wife, Anne Smith - Leslie B.

We also have a dedicated web page: ww.district1archives.org.

7 Anne Smith Some Consider Also an AA Founder Dr. Bob & Wife, Anne Smith - Leslie B., Archives Committee The Archives Committee is active committee working to preserve the AA history collections from Pinellas County. We bring some of the items periodically to AA conventions and special events. We also have a dedicated web page: ww.district1archives.org. Opinions expressed in Plain & Straight are not those of Alcoholics Anonymous, nor does the publication of any article imply endorsement or affiliation by Pinellas Intergroup or Alcoholics Anonymous. A.A. and the A.A Symbol are registered trademarks of Alcoholic Anonymous World Services, Inc. 7

DECEMBER November 2018 Steering Committee Meeting 11.00 Buzz M. $38 Jen B. $10 3rd Tradition Group 30.00 A New Start 50.

00 Forty Niners Group 20.00 Free Spirits 55.00 Honesty Group 100.00 Intergroup Meeting 74.00 Into Action 100.

00 Serenity Seekers Group 72.08 St Pete Group 100.00 Sunday Brunch 100.00 Thursday Morning Break 100.

8 DECEMBER November 2018 Steering Committee Meeting Buzz M. $38 Jen B. $10 3rd Tradition Group A New Start A Work In Progress Group Abe's Place After Work Bunch Back Porch Lunch Bunch Clearwater Group/ Forty Niners Group Free Spirits Honesty Group Intergroup Meeting Into Action Ladies' Beach Serenity Break Group Maximo Point Progress Not Perfection Group R' Girls Group Real Happy Hour Group Serenity Seekers Group St Pete Group Sunday Brunch Thursday Morning Break CORRECTIONS WOULD LIKE TO THANK: Open Door; Seminole Group; Kathy P.; San Martin; GOYA; Holiday Isles and Andrew O. FOR DONATING LITERATURE! Today In Sobriety Group Together We Can Unity Meeting Intergroup Women s Daily Reflections TOTAL $2,

Inside this issue: CONTACT PH Monday - Friday 10am - 6pm

Inside this issue: CONTACT PH Monday - Friday 10am - 6pm Inside this issue: Bulletin 2 Unity Report 3 Events 4 CONTACT Pinellas County Intergroup 8340 Ulmerton Road Suite 220 Largo, FL 33771 District 1 5 Anniversaries 6 From our readers 7 Contributions 8 727.530.0415