February - Palm Springs Central Office
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1. Also please take any Desert Lifelines to your meeting location if the rep isn t here tonight Thanks to Ann M for Step 12 Connie Z for Tradition 12 and Rebecca K for concept 12 Lisa K volunteered for Step 1 John E for Tradition 1 and Paul S for Concept 1 Please email to Jim by 12 14 08 Book of the Month is Daily Reflections usually 7 20 this month only 6 00 Grapevine books are going up by 2 00 next year We need a new Editor for the Lifeline It takes about 8 15 hours per month during the 3 week of the month Must know Microsoft Publisher New directories are in We will be calling all 12 step volunteers this month to verify phone numbers etc If you want to be a volunteer take a form or fill one out online Desert Lifeline February 2009 SPECIAL EVENTS Gratitude dinner made a net profit of 1 735 OUTREACH COMMITTEE None WEBMASTER Jim K reported on the following We switched to a new hosting company at the beginning of December They have better service and better support than the last company and they are less expensive OLD BUSINESS None NEW BUSINESS New Board Members After asking all eligible reps if they would be willing to serve a vote was taken and the 5 new Board Members are John E Rebecca K Mike B Garrett D and Lee F This is a 2 year term GROUP REPRESENTATIVES COMMENTS AND OR CONCERNS None H amp I G S Dist 9 REPORTS Randy reported for H amp I They are getting n2. become for nearly every practical purpose the active voice and the effective conscience of our whole society in its world affairs Ivo Prmme15 1e Two Hope the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best Desert Lifeline February 2009 Central Office Activity for November We are Responsible November Central Intergroup Office of the Desert Board of Directors Chairman SherAli J Vice Chairman John E Treasurer Mike B Meeting Info 276 Secretary Lee F 12 Step Calls 5 Visitors 106 Literature Sales 149 Al Anon 13 Other 12 Step 15 Directors Garrett D Jim D Paul A Paul R Misc 52 Business 23 Desert Lifeline Editor Jim K Office Manager Jim K Answering Service eee Letters to the Editor or Articles for the Desert Lifeline 12 Step must be received by the 15th of the month for consideration of Meeting Info publication in the following month s issue Please submit your material for The Desert Lifeline to Other Central Intergroup Office of the Desert 35 325 Date Palm Drive Suite 134 TOTAL Cathedral City CA 92234 E mail manager AAinthedesert org Birthday Celebrations December 2008 Ha ppy January 2009 Brandon B Jim K 28 Juan D TerryR Lisa T Nikki M Janelle Martha S PamL Donnie S John M Jerry H Amy G Faith R Ray J OO BNDYN HF AF AF C U ND O O We thank all of the birthday celebrants for their contribution
3. 00 889 69 257 93 1 122 56 295 68 2 161 30 733 00 1 983 00 0 00 432 00 2 464 00 15 559 50 280 16 1 707 44 0 00 0 00 3 477 16 19 681 94 0 00 165 00 999 00 5 994 00 0 00 11 87 26 93 417 34 0 00 25 00 0 00 600 00 391 72 2 650 45 6 111 74 36 938 04 416 35 3 351 87 416 35 3 351 87 Central Office of the Desert Group Contributions December 2008 Dec 08 Jul Dec 08 10th Step Study T HU Palm Desert 85 00 85 00 12 X 12 Step Study THU Cathedral City 0 00 722 12x12 Bk Study TUE Cathedral City 0 00 180 00 164 Group WED Palm Springs 20 00 70 00 3rd amp 11th Step SUN Rancho Mirage 5040 20246 Alkies Only WED Palm Desert 0 00 395 00 Attitude Adj ALL Meetings Palm Springs 90 00 540 00 Attitude Adjustment M F Rancho Mirage 557 00 1 537 00 Attitude Adjustment M S Palm Desert 189 35 1 010 29 Attitude Adjustment M S PDCC Palm Desert 1 000 00 2 400 00 Attitude Adjustment MON Cathedral City 454 Attitude Adjustment MON Rancho Mirage 89 00 Back to Basics FRI Palm Desert 186 63 Beginners WED Palm Desert 45 00 Book Study FRI Cathedral City 7 68 Book Study WED Palm Springs Came to Believe WED Cathedral City Coachella Desert Men s Group RM Colony Itermittent Speaker Meeting Daily Reprieve Daily Palm Desert Desert Angels THU Indio Discussion WED DHS Discussion Noon THU DHS Dolls of Valley WED Palm Desert Fearless amp Thorough T UE Rancho Mirage Feelings amp Solutions WED Palm Desert Free Spirit THU Cathedral City Go
4. Step one lost these 12 Dr Bob s middle name 17 spiritual 14 The 3rd Step prayer doesn t have it 18 First woman member 2 words but the 7th Step prayer does 19 Freedom From 15 Little Angel of A A 20 Russian potato juice Puzzle answers will appear in next month s Desert Lifeline You can also find them on our web site www aainthedesert org Desert Lifeline February 2009 24 Annual AA Desert Women s Banquet Purpose To provide an opportunity for alcoholic women in recovery to participate with other women in recovery in an atmosphere of friendship and harmony The proceeds of this banquet are donated to Alcoholics Anonymous Central Intergroup Office of the Desert Sunday March 15 2009 Renaissance Esmeralda Resort amp Spa Emerald Ballroom 44 400 Indian Wells Lane Indian Wells CA 4 00 5 30 pm Registration Get Acquainted 5 30 7 00 pm Dinner 7 00 8 00 pm Speaker 40 per person Reservations Required Reserved seating is available for tables of 10 Registration forms amp checks must be returned together NO tickets will be sold at the door Appropriate dinner attire required Free self parking is provided in garage Valet parking is also available General information contact Sue S 760 832 3986 Registration information contact Kathy R 760 772 1158 Volunteer information contact Debbie H 760 902 4696 Please complete one registration form per person Banquet l Mail to
5. ee PO Box 4383 Palm Desert CA 92261 email Name on Badge To donate a ticket s or portion of making it possible for women in recovery homes to attend please note the amount of your donation above Payment must be received no later than Wednesday March 4 2009 Desert Lifeline February 2009 Step Two Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity After admitting to our inner most selves that we are powerless over alcohol and that no matter how hard we tried to have power over our lives we didn t we had to find something that could have power over every aspect of our lives By being beat up and totally surrendering we give up our old ideas and allow something else to work on our alcoholism and our relationships This is a spiritual program and tapped into a power that call God For some people it may first become an AA group in which they take direction from Some can admit that the ocean is more powerful than they are and they start praying to it Wherever we start as long as we Start a dramatic change will take place in our lives For me as go through the day with actions and conversations am made fully aware that am allowing my higher power to change me To restore my sanity But that is the key though To allow change to occur This is not a process in which we ever take back control of our lives We ve done that for too long with terrible consequences And by goi
6. it takes time to grasp and develop What does all of this have to do with our second tradition which states For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience Our leaders are but trusted servants they do not govern Why do individual groups your Central Office H amp 1 P and GSR all have length of sobriety requirements to do service work Simply put it takes time for the newly sober mind to recalibrate itself through the process of grasping and developing to acquire some semblance of emotional maturity and acquire the insight to be trusted servants without becoming overwhelmed by the office they hold Being secretary looks like a glamorous position but in reality it is an important service commitment and a position of responsibility Most of us when entering Alcoholics Anonymous had to learn what having a commitment meant Continued on page 10 Desert Lifeline February 2009 Continued from page 9 In most of our groups there is a minimum of 6 months sobriety to be a secretary usually 2 to 3 years minimum sobriety to be the treasurer Some groups require the treasurer have a bank account Why The wisdom gained over time has brought these unwritten traditions about since the majority of us were way in debt overdrawn at the bank in trouble with our creditors and needed to learn how to commit to a plan which would restore our ruined finances In your Ce
7. traditions in your life developing a love for the fellowship and program while you learn commitment as you serve as a trusted servant as coffee maker or set up person To develop a sober life style remember it will take time for the brain and emotions to refocus to our sober way of living correct problem solving mature emotions complex thought perseverance planning judgment and impulse control These were all missing while drinking creating a hole in our heads Time gained one day at a time results in weeks months and years of growth and healing and equipping you to be a trusted servant Time is not the enemy or a way for old timers to exclude the newer members from service positions in Alcoholics Anonymous Time allows for maturity and is a friend of the process by keeping newer members from becoming overwhelmed by the responsibility of the office Time in the study of the book Alcoholics Anonymous including the study of the Traditions and Concepts of Alcoholics Anonymous keeps our fellowship strong Marvin T 10 Step Study Fellowship Hall Palm Desert Continued form page 8 This was a momentous transfer We who have been deeply involved with A A for some time dearly hope that this allows us to avoid those pitfalls into which societies have often fallen because their originators have failed during their lifetimes to properly delegate and distribute their own authority responsibility and leadership New ideas on living life mus
8. N Palm Desert Step Study MON Bermuda Dunes Stepping Stones TUE Palm Desert Sunday Morning SUN Cathedral City Sunny Dunes ALL Meetings Palm Springs Sunrise Celebrators M S Palm Desert ThirdT radition T HU Landers Twilight Step Study TUE Palm Desert Wed NiteWomen s Discussion WED PalmDesert What s Good About Today Wed Cat City Women s Book Study MON Indio Women s Meeting MON Yucca Valley Women s Q amp A FRI Palm Desert Women s Step Study Cat City You Are Not Alone Mon Yucca Valley YoungRestles sBookStudy SUN Palm Desert 20 10 5 145 90 TOTAL
9. als Group Great Events Daily Yucca Valley Groovy Group TUE Palm Desert Group 48 MON Palm Springs Half Measures TUE Cathedral City Happy Hour Big Book Group FRI Palm Desert Hi Desert Sat Speaker SAT Yucca Valley How it Works How It Works WED Palm Desert Into Action TUE Cathedral City It s A Better Deal MON Yucca Valley Keep It Simple SAT Palm Desert Kisses THU Indio Ladies Nite Out WED Palm Desert Living Sober MON Cathedral City Living Sober MON Palm Springs Living Sober Pam Desert Living Sober SUN Idyllwild Living Sober Group ALL Joshua T ree Meditation Meeting THU Cathedral City Men s Stag TUE Palm Desert Men s Stag MON Rancho Mirage New Beginnings MON Palm Desert No Rules FRI La Quinta No Rules TUE La Quinta Oxy Moron Group THU Palm Springs Palm Desert Gp SAT Palm Desert Pathfinders Big Book Primary Purpose SAT La Quinta Primary Purpose SUN La Quinta Primary Purpose TUE Palm Desert Q amp A SUN Cathedral City Road Runners MON La Quinta Sane Saturday SAT Cathedral City Saturday s Survivors SAT Cathedral City Saturday Disc SAT Palm Desert Serenity Group SUN Palm Desert Serenity Seekers FRI Palm Desert Serenity Sunday SUN Cathedral City Sober in the Park Thu La Quinta Sober Out a The Book FRI Cathedral City Sobriety Capitol of Workl FRI Indio Solutions Group THU Yucca Valley Solutions in Sobreity SAT Palm Desert Speaker Q amp A Cathedral City Spiritual Awakening SAT Cathedral City Step Sisters MO
10. e Central Intergroup Office of the Desert 35 325 Date Palm Drive Suite 134 Cathedral City CA 92234 Open 9 a m to 8 p m Mon Fri 10 a m to 2 p m Sat amp Sun West Valley 760 324 4880 East Valley 760 568 4004 Fax 760 324 4851 Web site www AAintheDesert org en manager Gaainthedesert org Intergroup Meeting 1st Thursday of the month 7 p m Board of Directors Meeting 3rd Thursday of the month 6 p m General Service District 9 1st Sunday of the month 4PM Fellowship Hall 45940 Portola Ave Palm Desert Mailing Address P O Box 3684 Palm Desert 92261 3684 Hospitals amp Institutions Last Wednesday of the month 6 00 p m Fellowship Hall 45940 Portola Ave Palm Desert Mailing Address P O Box 1843 Palm Desert 92261 Mid Southern California Area MSCA P O Box 51446 Irvine CA 92619 1446 Web site www msca09aa org The General Service Office P O Box 459 Grand Central Station NY 10163 Web site www alcoholics anonymous org February 2009 Desert Li eline A publication of the Central Intergroup Office of the Desert serving the Coachella Valley Ivo Step Two Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity Tradition Two For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience Our leaders are but trusted servants they do not govern Concept Two The General Service Conference of A A has
11. er Maad Dog Daze Unity Day Picnic Total Convention Contributions Group Contributions Interest Intergroup amp Service Contrib Misc Income Net Sales Income Literature Net Sales Book Net Sales Misc Net Sales Pamphlets Net Sales Schedules Net Sales Total Literature Net Sales Medallion Net Sales Sobriety Card Net Sales Total Net Sales Income Printing Income Total Income Gross Profit Expense Answering Sevice Bad Debt Writeoff Computer Dial up DSL Parts and supplies Website Total Computer Depreciation Depreciation Copier Depreciation PA system Total Depreciation Manager Education Newsletter Expense Office Expense Payroll Expenses Insurance Health Insurance Insurance Worker s Comp Salaries Taxes amp Payroll Accounting Payroll Expenses Other Total Payroll Expenses Postage Rent SalesTax Pd Shipping Transport Storage State Filing Fee Tax Preparation Utilities Total Expense Net Ordinary Income Net Income a ee Dec 08 Jul Dec 08 ee ee ee NOTE 572 88 675 66 109 00 4 000 00 1 735 03 2 418 38 799 00 9 061 41 21 307 28 1 174 71 160 81 50 00 392 11 1 952 80 13 34 73 42 51 76 410 27 20 62 140 21 477 83 2 576 70 459 42 4 228 29 76 11 447 17 1 013 36 7 252 16 0 00 35 00 6 528 09 40 289 91 6 528 09 40 289 91 118 65 729 40 0 00 94 28 37 99 227 94 219 80 1 082 99 127 40 127 40 385 19 1 438 33 125 48 752 88 34 00 204 00 159 48 956 88 0
12. ew panels together Their outreach is doing well Randy reported for DCYPAA They just had a dodge ball tournament and it was a success They are looking for new people SEVENTH TRADITION Passed Upon motion duly made and seconded the meeting was adjourned followed by the Lord s Prayer NEXT INTERGROUP MEETING January 8 20099 7 00 PM NEXT BOARD MEETING December 18 2008 6 00 PM Respectfully Submitted Wendy B Secretary Prayer is not to make God aware of my presence prayer is to make me aware of God s presence Since l ve come into the program of Alcoholics Anonymous l ve had some painful moments The good news is l ve had them They ve NOT had me Take the alcohol out of the alcoholic and you re still left with the ic which is why we have the twelve steps Friday dette Did you know said the long timer to the new comer that you BM Social Hour ne 7 Single can t solve a problem with the same thinking that caused the 8 Midnight Dance 10 Couple Sie EA problem in the first place Ask God to help change your 74695 Wighway 111 thinking and then run it past a sponsor BEFORE you take an Palm Desert 92260 action on what you think God said Desert Lifeline February 2009 Central Office of the Desert Profit amp Loss YTD Comparison December 2008 Ordinary Income Expense Income Anonymous Donations Birthday Contributions Convention Contributions DCYPAA Desert Pow Wow Gratitude Dinn
13. ng to meetings and seeing a greater power working in peoples lives with awesome results gained hope that surrendering and turning my life over is the only way to get well Little did know the true effect that just believing in a power greater than myself would have So if you re having troubles with this step just trust that this process works Just know that there are powers greater than you and those powers are working in peoples lives all around you every time you step into an AA meeting Understanding this step will put hope in your heart Garrett D Concept Two The General Service Conference of A A has become for nearly every practical purpose the active voice and the effective conscience of our whole society in its world affairs When in 1955 the A A groups confirmed the permanent charter for their General Service Conference they thereby delegated to the Conference complete authority for the active maintenance of our world services and thereby made the Conference excepting for any change in the Twelve Traditions or in Article 12 of the Conference Charter the actual voice and the effective conscience for our whole society As Bill W so poignantly wrote in The A A Service Manual Combined with Twelve Concepts for World Service which appears in the 2007 2008 edition The principle of amply delegated authority and responsibility to trusted servants must be implicit FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM of A A s active structu
14. ntral Office to serve your group you usually are required to have 6 months sobriety After 6 months service to your group you are then eligible to hold a position on the Central Office Board of Directors and serve as a trusted servant for the groups as a whole thus expanding your knowledge of how to be a trusted servant This service gives you the opportunity to display your ability to serve as a trusted servant by being a worker among workers and show mature problem solving good judgment impulse control and critical thinking This is the reason that a three year minimum length of sobriety is required for the position of Chairman of the Board Vice Chair or Treasurer It takes time to develop and understand the true spirit of what Alcoholics Anonymous service policy entails It takes time to develop emotional sobriety in order for you to be equipped to serve the membership in the true spirit of Alcoholics Anonymous without becoming overwhelmed This spiritual way of living is a new way of thinking acting and serving We learn to gain trust and prefer our fellows rather than being self seeking as our old way of living demanded So if you are a new member with a desire for service keep focused on the concept of one day at a time We encourage you to begin to grasp and develop a sober life style with a new design for living beginning by getting a sponsor attending book studies learning the meaning of and experiencing the spirit of the steps and the
15. re of service This is the clear implication of A A s Tradition Two For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience Our leaders are but trusted servants they do not govern Continued on page 10 Desert Lifeline February 2009 Tradition Two For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience Our leaders are but trusted servants they do not govern A HOLE IN THE HEAD recently read an article entitled Hole in the Head Why do most 16 year olds drive like they re missing a part of their brain The answer supplied at the end of the article was Because they are This article was published by an insurance company as its defense for not insuring kids 16 years old and younger and only at 16 at an outrageous premium The rationale for this defense was that the dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex of the brain is not fully developed and functional until a person reaches the age of 22 Why is this important This is the part of the brain that controls problem solving emotions complex thought perseverance planning judgment and impulse control Lack of mature judgment and impulse control is why a kid takes the chance and passes another car on a two lane road during a blinding rain often to his regret To get a visual of this think of an open lotus flower and mentally watch it
16. s to the Central Office Birthday Club Desert Lifeline February 2009 NEW MEETINGS amp MEETING CHANGES Z November Website Usage Unique visitors 1 632 Avg visits day 92 9 Avg hits day 3 834 52 Highest of visits in a day 120 Highest of hits in one day 6 267 Total visits 2 880 The Ones We ve Lost 1 76 visits per visitor Total hits 118 870 Visit A series of Hits to your site over a specific period of Jackie Worm time by one visitor Joe Daniel A Hit is simply a successful request to your web server from a visitor s browser for any type of file whether an image HTML page an MP3 file or any other type A sin gle web page can cause many Hits one for each image included on the page etc Mark You Calendars None Secretary Workshop Saturday February 14th 8am 10am at Central Office At St Pauls Episcopal Church 125 West El Alameda Palm Springs Sunday March 22 2009 1 00 3 30 gt SOBER Great for new secretaries BACKTO BASICS _ 2003 Great for people wanting to 10 be secretaries Proceeds to benefit the 2009 Sober in the Sun to volunteer sign up on the website Great for people wanting a www soberinthesun net quick refresher course Desert Lifeline February 2009 November VOLUNTEERS Central Office Jerry G Peggy M Jill J li Phillip F Jim D Steve C Mike B Vijay Vou OU Steve P Pat W Stuart H Suzy amp BobA n Patrick L Tony M Tem Vou Pat W Tracy M UB Pa
17. slowly close into a tight bud As the prefrontal cortex slowly closes by growth time more and more of the missing disciplines become mature and functional Two of the favorite mantras of a newly sober person are Time doesn t count we ALL have only today Who ever got up earliest this morning has the most sobriety This is true but not well thought out because as sobriety matures this sort of thinking will change Just what are we trying to do one day ata time According to Chapter 5 of the book Alcoholics Anonymous We are grasping and developing a manner of living that demands rigorous honesty We are developing a sober lifestyle and this doesn t happen overnight or in a single 24 hours Consider for a moment in chapter 5 in the ABC s we acknowledge that no human power could relive our alcoholism conceding our lack in problem solving In Step 6 we were ready to have God remove our character defects acknowledging our inadequacy in our judgment to choose what should go or stay In Step 7 we ask God to remove our shortcomings again acknowledging our deficit in impulse control It is not until Step 10 that we are told that by this time sanity will have returned and we began to do the daily inventories and the spot check inventory Step 10 deals with emotional sobriety in depth We are told that the ability to spot admit and correct is the essence of good living and character building This is a maturing process and
18. t be passed on from one generation to the next Connie Z Fellowship Hall Palm Desert Desert Lifeline February 2009 www wwwwwwwwwwwww ww A A DESERT POW WOW WITH AL ANON PARTICIPATION RENAISSANCE ESMERALDA RESORT vvv JUNE 18 19 20 21 2009 INDIAN WELLS CALIFORNIA Desert Lifeline February 2009 CENTRAL INTERGROUP OF THE DESERT INTERGROUP MINUTES December 4 2008 SherAli called the meeting to order with the Serenity Prayer Board Members Chairman SherAli J Vice Chairman John E Secretary Wendy B Treasurer Rebecca K Absent Directors Jim D Garrett D Paul A Paul R Mike B Also Present Jim K Office Manager 27 people were in attendance STATEMENT OF PURPOSE SherAli read the Reason for Central Office and passed around the 12 Traditions to be read by attendees INTRODUCTION OF NEW ATTENDEES Elmo Roadrunners Monday 7 30PM Pathfinder in La Quinta MINUTES Wendy read the minutes for November 6 2008 Upon motion duly made and seconded the minutes were approved with the following corrections Garrett s name is spelled with 2 t s TREASURER S REPORT Jim presented the Monthly Financial Report for October 2008 Upon motion duly made and seconded the Financial Report was approved as presented MANAGER S REPORT Jim reported on the following A Please sign in at the door This is used for calling with the meeting reminder and also used for the election eligibility determination
19. ul A DESERT LIFELINE UN Please mail the Subscription Subscription Form form with your annual subscription fee of 20 to the Name address on the front of the Desert Lifeline for your Central Intergroup Office Address City Don t miss an issue have the State 1 1 1 Zipcode DESERT LIFELINE Phone 4 delivered to your mail Home Group V box each month G5 00 Book of the month j 12 Steps and 12 Traditions soft cover edition s Q 00 Normally 6 00 this month 5 00 50 4 Desert Lifeline February 2009 January Puzzle Solution RI wigiviBiEin S Ebde E RULE c r ES NI E L e R a P Ejv N E ERE NI T k o m EJ E m g o i im r o m o z z z c ET T E gt E EE i L K w o R T H E u ejsjo Pial mislei NU I suppose this Seventh Step is for those who have shortcomings Irs not a resentment really she just makes me sick Desert Lifeline February 2009 LI LETT IJI ELILEELTI J ACROSS 1 In what city did Bill meet Bob 1 Saturday Evening Post 4 Bill was offered a job at his lab 2 Crossing the River of 5 Group prior to AA 3 principle behind step 9 10 The Sermon on the Mount 2 words 6 How often we ve seen them fail 11 Physician Heal 7 soundness of mind 13 Bill s sponsor 8 our life when we got to AA 16 Alcoholics are like men who have 9
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