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FIRST ISSUE OF SOBRIETY NEWS CAME OUT IN MARCH 2004. IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE BACK COPIES OF THIS NEWSLETTER PLEASE
LET US KNOW AT: WEBMASTER@NIAGARAINTERGROUP.COM OR NIAGCOUNTYAA@YAHOO.COM OR IF YOU WANT
TO PRINT FROM THIS SCREEN THEN RIGHT CLICK WITH YOUR MOUSE AND CLICK ON "SAVE AS" THEN SAVE AS BITMAP AND
OPEN IN WINDOWS VIEWER AND HIT PRINT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. LET US KNOW IF WE CAN BE OF SERVICE.
NEWSLETTER SURVEY:
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Contact Diane
at storier@myway.com or email to niagcountyAA@yahoo.com, or mail to
Niagara Intergroup, P.O. Box 2841, Niagara Falls, NY 14302,
attn Diane.
YOU HAVE A NEW EDITOR
Letter from the editor:
My name is Diane and I am an alcoholic. I also happen to
be a journalist, so the newsletter seems an appropriate means of giving back to AA. My home group is Sisters and Brothers
in Sobriety, although I generally think of it as 4th and Main. I guess that’s because I tend to think finding
the meeting is more important than the formal name of the group. I came into the rooms of AA in 2003 after my doctor told
me I had liver damage and should quit drinking to stop its progression, but relapsed repeatedly until 2007. Nothing worked
– not outpatient, rehab, medical detoxes, and jail, not even the prospect of imminent death. What did work? AA. That
was my constant, my compass. Early on in the program, a friend told me these two things over and over: Do the next right thing.
Keep putting one foot in front of the other. Those are touchstones for me. And here’s another I picked up at Clearview: Baby steps. I still turn to those touchstones every day, as well as the Serenity Prayer
and many AA //other slogans that I found helpful on the road to recovery. There’s a Web site where you can find 250
of them, if you’re so inclined. Setting the tone for the day is also important for me. I start my day with Daily Reflections,
which gives you 12 and 12 in tiny doses – baby steps -- and try to make it to a 10 a.m. meeting when I can. And I usually
try to make a meeting every day. It works for me. Just keep it simple and keep
coming back. I view our newsletter and Web site as operating in tandem, just as newspapers these days appear in print and
online. I am the point person for the newsletter, with a strong assist and backup
from Vinnie, who’s other hat, is head honcho for the Web site. Both are an Intergroup effort. We welcome comments and
suggestions, and we will distribute a check-off and/or comments survey with the April newsletter. Diane H. storier@myway.com 579-5556
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