AUGUST 29
I CHOOSE ANONYMITY
We are sure that humility, expressed by anonymity, is the greatest safeguard that Alcoholics Anonymous can ever have.TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 187
Since there are no rules in A.A. I place myself where I want to be, and so I choose anonymity. I want my God to use me, humbly, as one of His tools in this program. Sacrifice is the art of giving of myself freely, allowing humility to replace my ego. With sobriety, I suppress that urge to cry out to the world, “I am a member of A.A.” and I experience inner joy and peace. I let people see the changes in me and hope they will ask what happened to me. I place the principles of spirituality ahead of judging, fault-finding, and criticism. I want love and caring in my group, so I can grow.July Birthdays… IF They Make It!
July 13th… Bob R. celebrates 11 years
July 13th… Dave R. celebrates 14 years
July 14th… Daniel O. celebrates 6 years
July 21st… Wally G. celebrates 25 years
July 28th… Dave M. celebrates 33 years
If your birthday has been missed…. fill out the birthday form.
We really want to celebrate your AA anniversary because your birthday made ours possible!
Thanks everybody and apologies to you if you were missed or incorrectly noted.
Always on my Mind
You know, if I asked you to give me a list of five or so of your shortcomings or flaws that you would like your Higher Power to remove, you might look at me like Mark W. does and ask. “What do you mean? “
Perhaps that is the perfection one attains with forty years of sobriety.
For the rest of us, I could ask you the same question and in most honesty, you would not be able to give me more than one or two. Yet, if we worked at it, we could open door number three and find fifty more.
I would have more luck trying to catch a greased pig at the State Fair in a Sunday, Going to Meetin’ suit than list all of the character defects I have. The list is too long and too complicated and shaded in many circumstances. I mean, c’mon, some of those guys had it coming.
I have told the story of Ray ad nauseum. In brief, he was the guy I met early on in AA who took me aside and said I only had to get Step One down, the rest I could work on. I do not think this missive is more accurate than in contemplating Step Seven.
Two reasons. None of us can remember all of our flaws from a static position. We barely remember them when someone like an x-wife is explaining them in detail.
Second, to be thorough, it’s best to take our time in removing these defects. Some make take a lot of time, practice and discipline.
It is something to work on.
Best Wishes to our Own Dave Meeker
Contributed by John M.
“Mouse’s Corner”
A.A. member Dave Mc. curates a few selected readings from a variety of A.A. related publications each month.
If we are about to ask forgiveness for ourselves, why shouldn’t we start out by forgiving (people), one and all?
As Bill sees it page 151
We thought “conditions” drove us to drink, and when we tried to correct these conditions and found that we couldn’t do so to our entire satisfaction, our drinking went out of hand and we became alcoholics. It never ocurred to us that we needed to change ourselves to meet conditions, whatever they were.
As Bill sees it page 1
Contributed by Dave Mc.
The GSR Says!
GENERAL SERVICE REPORT FOR July, 2025
Central California Fellowship of AA Delegates Meeting
June 21, 2025
The following is a summary of the June 21, 2025 CCFAA Delegates Meeting Opening
a. Call to order at 3:00PM. Moment of Silence, Serenity Prayer
b. Readings: Twelve Traditions, CCFAA Preamble
c. 7th Tradition Reminder
Delegate and Visitors Check-in
a. A Quorum was reached. 64 delegates were in attendance.
Sobriety Birthdays for June
a. 89 years of sobriety for the June delegates birthdays
New Group Applications for May and June 2025
a. Plain Language Big Book Study – Placerville, CA
b. Spiritually Fit Condition – Auburn
c. The Oasis – Sacramento
d. Steppingstone Recovery Meeting – Rio Linda
e. Group 2 – Online Zoom Sunday’s at 7:00PM (Meeting ID 831 7782 2130, Passcode – 453822)
Approval of Minutes
a. The minutes for the May 2025 meeting were approved
CCFAA Budget Information
● FYI – The main source of revenue for CCFAA comes from literature sales, medallion sales and group contributions
a. Literature Sales were soft for May 2025 at $4,496 vs. the budget of $8636 b. Medallion Sales for May 2025 were below budget at $3,594 vs. the budget of $4,013 c. Group Contributions for May 2025 were good at $7,570 vs. a budget of $6,522
Overall, CCFAA still remains in a good financial position.
Vontage Call Report
a. Answered Calls – 309
b. Outbound Calls – 85
This is all for the June 2025 delegate meeting
Thank you for allowing me to be of service.
Mark Q.
Step 2 Men’s Group Believes…
“Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.”
We’d never presume that the 12 Steps are not clear. Nor would we imply that they need ‘improvement’. However…for purposes of assisting to keep the meeting pointed in an important direction each day, the “Step 2 Men’s Group Statement” is read as follows:
Step 2 Men’s Group is founded on the belief that spirituality is essential to our sobriety.
Our group is non-religious, but we do not oppose anyone’s religious beliefs. We believe that respect for others and their beliefs is essential to our spiritual development.
Accordingly we ask that avoid criticism of others or of their religion or lack of religion, their race, ethnicity, national origin, age, sexual orientation, physical appearance, trade or profession, length of sobriety, or personal beliefs.
Our goal is to further our spirituality, our sobriety and our personal development, not to confront or belittle others. Always remember to be kind to others.
Our Trusted Servants Continue to Be:
The current Step 2 Men’s Group meeting schedule is Monday, Wednesday & Friday at Tim’s (3809 J St), Tuesday & Thursday online, Saturday in the park is “Daily Reflections” and Sunday is our Rogue meeting in the park. Each gathering is one hour. Great job men!
- Monday: Tim C.
- Tuesday: Mark C.
- Wednesday: John M.
- Thursday: Sean F.
- Friday: Jon B.
- Saturday: Dave M.
- Sunday: Mark C.
Want to add your name to the “Back-up-Help-Substitute Secretary List”? Just contact Group GS, John M., Treasurer Mark W. or any of our other Secretaries and let them know!
Extra Special Thanks Dept:
Thanks to our General Secretary John M. for “Always on my Mind”, Dave Mc. for “Mouse’s Corner” and our Treasurer Mark W. for all your contributions. We’re still waiting for YOU gentle reader…Why don’t YOU contribute a short “something?” Any length, most any AA related topic. Reply now and it will get included next month!
Men’s Gazette – June 2025
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