EBI Monthly Service Meetings – Open to All
H & I (Hospitals and Institutions) (online) 1st Wednesday EBI Intergroup Business meeting (online) 3rd Wednesday General Service District 70, Alameda South (hybrid) 4th Monday General Service District 07, Alameda North (hybrid) 4th Wednesday
Mini History of the Responsibility Statement
The Declaration was written for the occasion of the 1965 A.A. International Convention by Al S. Printed on wallet cards and in many A.A. pamphlets ever since, it has been […]
Is It Time To Fire My Sponsor?
by Bill M. When is it ok to fire your sponsor? We all hear in meetings about sponsors who relapse or compromise anonymity or fail to return phone calls. Those […]
Heard in a Meeting: When I finally asked my parents for help to go to rehab…
When I finally asked my parents for help to go to rehab, they said they couldn’t, because I had stolen every cent from their bank account. [Talking about character defects]: […]
A Room Full of Sponsors
by Bill M. When your sponsor’s not available to take your call—then what? “Inevitably, there was a day when the wheels came off. I didn’t know up from down, the […]
AA History: Ebby T.
by Dan M. One of the first miracles of AA can be found in the story of Ebby T., before AA had even begun. It was Bill W.’s old friend […]
Heard in a Meeting: My friend warned me on the way to the meeting…
My friend warned me on the way to the meeting, “People will be VERY nice.” She was right. I needed to put the ritual in spiritual. If you have a […]
A.A. History: Sister Ignatia
by Dan M. This is the first of what we intend to be a regular column on A.A. history. We hope it will appeal to both those who have read […]
Welcome, Linda S., to the Newsletter Team
We welcome Linda S. to the Newsletter Team. Linda joined in February and will be producing the email newsletter and sourcing events. The March issue is her first! She has […]
Heard in a Meeting: We may not always be able to meet calamity with serenity…
We may not always be able to meet calamity with serenity, but we can meet calamity with sobriety. After this meeting I’ll have my emotional support burrito and I have […]