Hello! My Name is Unassigned, I am an alcoholic and your leader for today. Welcome to the Back Bay Online Meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. This is a one-hour closed men’s discussion meeting and we ask that only alcoholics participate.
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of people who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for A.A. membership; we are self-supporting through our own contributions. A.A. is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization, or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety.
I have asked Unassigned to read “The Twelve Steps” (Pg. 59)
1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
In order that we may get to know you better, we ask that anyone with less than 30 days of continuous sobriety to please identify themselves.
Are there any brothers here from outside the Orange County, California area?
Welcome.
This is a closed meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. In support of A.A.’s singleness of purpose, attendance at closed meetings is limited to those who have a desire to stop drinking. If you think that you have a problem with alcohol, you are welcome to attend this meeting. We ask that when discussing our problems, we confine ourselves to those problems as they relate to alcohol.
We would like to recognize birthdays at this meeting. Is there anyone who has celebrated an A.A. birthday since last week? Would you please tell us your name, and how many years?
I have asked Unassigned to read “The Daily Reflection” for today.
The meeting is now open for discussion. We ask that if you have been or are under the influence today, that you please abstain from sharing today.
I want to remind everyone to please speak into your phone or microphone and to limit your sharing to 4 minutes. At 4 minutes you may receive a gentle reminder to wrap up your share.
(Leader may share first or choose someone with time to kick the meeting off. Leader may randomly call on people to share to keep the pace of the meeting going. If we have any birthday men they maybe given the opportunity to share first.)
Our 7th Tradition States:
"Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions."
You can contribute to:
The Back Bay Men's Zoom Meeting via Venmo:
Venmo Tag: @Bob-Caminiti-1
Venmo Email: bobc92660@yahoo.com
Venmo Cell: 949-375-1277
Contribute to General Service Office (NY) at:
https://contribution.aa.org/login-register
Contribute to Orange County Intergroup:
https://oc-aa.org
Thank you for your support of Alcoholics Anonymous.
To be included on the Back Bay Online meeting phone list, send name, cell phone number, email, or sobriety date to: backbayonline@gmail.com or add the info here in the chat section.
1. There are no dues or fees for A.A. membership. Our 7th Tradition states that every AA group ought to be fully self-supporting declining outside contributions. We do have a virtual basket to pay for the Zoom platform and for the continued support of AA’s overall services. To contribute, please do so via Venmo by following the link in the chat section of this meeting.
2. Welcome newcomers by name: . Welcome home & please keep coming back!
3. Welcome brothers outside OC by name: .
4. Congratulations to our birthday men: .
5. Are there any AA or AA Related announcements?
6. Reports:
• Literature: If anyone needs a phone list, Big Book, 12 & 12 or Zoom meeting information please stay on after this meeting.
• Note: For proof of attendance, please email your first and last name to backbayonline@gmail.com.
7. To be included on the Back Bay Online meeting phone list, send any of the following you would like (cell, email and sobriety date) to: backbayonline@gmail.com; or list it in the chat section of this meeting.
8. Thanks for letting me be of service and thanks to our readers: Unassigned for the 12 steps, Unassigned for the Daily Reflection, Unassigned for A Vision for You and to Unassigned for leading the meeting. I will now turn the meeting back over to him.
Our book is meant to be suggestive only. We realize we know only a little. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come, if your own house is in order. But obviously you cannot transmit something you haven't got. See to it that your relationship with Him is right, and great events will come to pass for you and countless others. This is the Great Fact for us.
Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny.