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SCOTTISH LIFE (GA)
Scottish National News Volume 12 Issue 3 October 2015
When Anyone, Anywhere, At Any Time, Reaches Out For Help,
I Want The Hand Of GA And Gam-Anon Always To Be There;
And For That I Am Responsible. EDITORIAL
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Hello Fellowship, I hope everyone is enjoying their recovery One Day at a Time.
Thank you to those who contributed this month and thanks to the Web Team for all
their help. I’ve been thinking a lot recently about responsibility and patience and
therefore hope to make them the theme for the next issue in December. This will also
be the Christmas edition in which it would be wonderful to hear about the
comparison between before you came in the door and now. These are just a few
ideas, but as always the Scottish Life is a tool in Recovery where all stories on any
subject are welcome. Have A Happy New Day. Thanks Again-Pam
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Useful Numbers as of 01/06/2014
Citizens Advice Scotland Debt Advice Centre
Aberdeen 01224 569 750 Aberdeen 01224 523 738
Dumfries 0300 303 4321 Dumfries 0800 019 1278
Dundee 01382 307 494 Dundee 01382 431 167
Edinburgh 01315 548 144 Edinburgh 0131 200 2360
Falkirk 01324 626070 Falkirk 01324 506735
Glasgow 0141 552 5556 Glasgow 0808 801 1011
Inverness 0844 4994 111 Highland 0800 090 1004
Perth 01738 450580(1) Perth 01738 450580
Saltcoats 01294 467 848 Saltcoats 08001383328
What to take with you to the Citizens Advice Bureau www.cas.org.uk/bureaux
You should not delay seeking advice even if you haven't got all the information listed below.
In some cases there may be only a limited time in which to take certain action. It is important
that the adviser who deals with your problem has as much information about your case as
possible. (It may take longer to deal with your case if you cannot provide the relevant information)
Debt/money problems
Details of your income
Details of all those that you owe money to (creditors)
Copy of original agreements
Copy of any court papers
Proof of income
Wage slips/benefit/tax credit details
Details of household expenditure/bills (food, utilities, etc.)
Copy of the latest correspondence you have received
Housing problems
Tenancy agreement/letters from your landlord (for rented accommodation)
Mortgage details (if applicable)
Title deeds (for owner occupiers)
Proof of income
Wage slips/benefit/tax credit details
HELP NEEDED
We have members in outlying areas that cannot get to a meeting. Contact with a group or
individual can be sporadic for these people. Do you have time for a five minute chat via
phone or Skype? If you are willing to give this a try call the office on 0141 353 3223.
G.A. Scotland Website
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***REMEMBER GAM-ANON***
Gam-Anon can help and support the partner, relative or friend of any
compulsive gambler. Our gambling and its consequences, sometimes affects
those around us. It can be beneficial for those affected to contact Gam-Anon.
Please email: [email protected] (or contact the G.A. office)
Literature
o Deviations along the road to Recovery
o GA Handbook (orange)
o Towards Recovery In Prison
o The 12 Steps Of Recovery
o Newcomers Handbook
o The 12 Steps Of Unity
o Climbing The 12 Steps
o GA Manual
o Who Am I?
o Unity Checklist
o Towards 90 Days
o Beyond 90 Days
o Sponsorship Booklet
Please ask your group Secretary for any literature you require
Convention
Specific, Measurable And Realistic Targets
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As you know I am putting together a magazine for our Convention in
October and am looking for some assistance. I would be grateful if
members could send me stories, articles etc. particularly if they have
a Convention theme. Thank you from Charles
Articles can be sent to the office by email to [email protected] or send di-
rectly to me at [email protected]. You can also post an article to either
of the following-
GA Service Office, G.A. (F.A.O. Charles)
St Columbkilles Halls, Room 3, Neighbourhood Centre
2 Kirkwood Street, Daisy Street, Govanhill
Rutherglen G73 2SL Glasgow G42 8JL
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The Editor reserves the right of refusal on all submissions and may shorten/amend articles where appropriate. Views
and opinions reflected in articles in the Scottish life (GA) are not necessarily the aims and ideals of GA or the Editor.
ALL WELCOME AT THE
GA SCOTLAND CONVENTION Celebrate 50 years of GA in Scotland.
The Erskine Bridge Hotel
16th
-18th
October 2015.
Contact the office for details
0141 353 3223
NEW MEETING
Starting on Wednesday 16th September 2015
Partick Burgh Halls from 7-30pm till 9-45pm
Burgh Hall Street, Glasgow, G11 5LW
(Next to Peel Street)
Same Location as all Partick Meetings
ALL WELCOME
Aberdeen Gam-Anon
Are Moving To the Same Premises as G.A.
on Tuesday 22nd September
(Every fortnight thereafter)
Ruthrieston Community Centre,
532 - 536 Holburn Street
Aberdeen AB10 1XZ
7.30pm-9.30pm
ALL WELCOME
On The 26th October 2015
The Elgin Meeting Will Celebrate Their First Anniversary
The first half will be a standard Meeting
The second half will be a pot luck buffet
All G.A. Members Are Welcome To Join Us
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Hannah Aberdeen
Hi my name’s Hannah and I am a compulsive gambler. I joined Gamblers Anonymous on
Wednesday, 15th of July 2015. After 12 years of gambling (some years worse than others)
and after years and years of lies to myself, friends and family, building up debt, losing jobs,
getting myself in trouble, ruining relationships, hurting people and losing everything.
At the age of 27 I finally decided something had to be done. It took a push from my partner
to get me through the door, but after my first meeting it was like a weight had been lifted
from my shoulders. Being just 27 and female, I was very nervous to say the least! As I was
going through the doors, I was thinking in my head I was the only female out there gambling
and who had a problem spending all my money but this is not the case at all! Gamblers come
in all shapes, sizes and genders and come from all backgrounds. There is absolutely no
judgement and I can't stress enough how welcoming and at ease everyone makes you feel!
I have a very long way to go, but 100% believe that if I give everything I can to GA, I will
get 100% back from it! The people I have met in the past few weeks have been a huge
support for me and really inspiring. I hope, one day, that someone thinks of me like that and
how I have helped them along in their journey of recovery.
My goal for myself is just to stay off a bet and I believe that with going to my meetings
every week that this will be 100% possible! I wish everyone in the program the best of luck
and thanks for all the support!!
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Carol Parkhead
It’s lovely to be humble,
And admit when you are wrong.
It keeps a friendship even,
And you feel like you belong.
But, the greatest friend of all
Is the one who acts bright-
And kindly says “I was wrong”
When we all know they were right
‘You're imperfect, and you're wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging’
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Deviations along the Road to Recovery Section 2-Some Deviations along the Road to Recovery
9. Dishonesty
For many, especially for gamblers but for some drinkers and unfaithful people too, lying becomes a
natural way of life. Some even see it as an art form and take a pride in their more inspired efforts
and success. Lying is an escape. It avoids reality and protects oneself and others from the truth.
Some can lie so convincingly to themselves as well as to others that they lose sight of the truth
altogether and end up in some bizarre play-act of a life or in a state of hopeless confusion. Others
work so hard at maintaining a complex web of lies to all, that they exhaust themselves before they
have begun the real business of life. Lying can easily be seen as another instance of short term gain
for long term loss. The recovering addict needs to make out a careful personal balance sheet. What
are the gains of lying in this way? Avoiding trouble? Admiration of self? How long do these gains
last? What are the losses? Peace of mind? Trust of others? How long do these losses last?
10. Longings
Longings can be about the past and about the future. The dream world of the compulsive gambler is
about longings for the future and when gambling stops these longings don’t always just go away.
They need to be looked straight in the eye and they will then often be found to be about material
ways of getting something immaterial, about restoring self-respect and affection of others, about
buying affection and love. The recovering addict can begin to find slower but surer ways of
obtaining these things. “Longings” is not the same as “cravings”, they are more like a longer term
feeling of deprivation, sadness or incompleteness. Usually when people lose something or someone
valuable, they suffer a sense of loss, they grieve and they endure bereavement. If your addiction has
been the very center of your life and you are left with that great “gambling shaped gap” then, no
matter how relieved and glad you are to be stopped at last, you will still, on occasions, suffer an
experience of bereavement, often without recognizing it for what it, and usually without being
allowed to talk to anyone about it, especially to anyone in GA.
The whole psychology of such a “hidden bereavement” is too deep and complex to go into here, but
the most important things are: (1) to know that this state can exist even in the most determined and
happy-to-be-stopped addict and to recognise it when you see it and (2) not to be afraid to talk about
it. (i.e. possibly not at first when your spouse/partner or even a member of GA.) Talking about it
and facing up to what it really is that you feel is lost, is often less likely to lead you back to
gambling than pretending the loss isn’t there. Allow yourself to mourn a bit with those who can take
it from you, and you may be able to recover more quickly
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I Am A Part of A Fellowship Not A Me-Ship
‘When I meet a new person, I am on the lookout for signs of what he or she is loyal to. It is a preliminary
clue to the sense of belonging, and hence of his or her humanity’
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Jim Perth Login-Member Password- r3cov3ry
Hi everyone , it's been about two and a half years since I came through the doors
of G.A. this time around and I am coming to realise the best thing it gives you is
the ability to learn. For if I'm honest, the only thing I learned while gambling was
faster ways to lose money, friends and family. Now with the help of some very
experienced people, who have all been there and made the same mistakes I have
and with the benefit of a few simple ideas that were given to us by others that
went through the same illness and came out the other side, I am being steered in
the right direction.
When I started this journey only about ten percent of those ideas made any sense
to me, but that was all I needed to make a start on my recovery because it was
enough to open my mind to other possibilities. Now I realise something my dad
said to me when I told him I'd passed my driving test all those years ago “Well
done son, now you’re learning to drive.” A wise man, as we never stop learning
as long as we are willing too. All it takes is the courage to listen to those who’ve
gone before us and realise, as I have, that I'm not the genius I thought I was. If I
stay willing to listen and learn, maybe one day I will be able to help others in the
same way.
The really amazing thing I'm learning in G.A. is that what I learn in the rooms
makes life in the 'real' world so much better. It’s not magic -it's just common
sense; not gambling gives me the time to do the fun stuff that makes life worth-
while. Recently I was on holiday with my eldest daughter and grandsons and had
a fantastic time. I’m not saying this to say how great my life is, it was just a sim-
ple caravan holiday, but a similar holiday a few years back was miserable as my
family lost me for an entire day as I gambled my life away hiding from every-
thing important. They even had camp security looking for me thinking I was ly-
ing hurt somewhere or worse. I don't want to put them through that ever again.
I now have friends and family back in my life, all thanks GA and its members for
showing me a better happier way to live. Here to listening and learning. My
name's Jim a compulsive gambler with no gambling to report and a life to live.
‘A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognitively,
physically, and spiritually wired to love, to be loved, and to belong. When those needs are not met, we don't
function as we were meant to. We break. We fall apart. We numb. We ache. We hurt others. We get sick’
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TOLERANCE- Putting up with the opinions or behaviour of others without necessarily
agreeing or sympathising
HONESTY-Being fair and candid in dealing and talking with other people. Being open and
sincere
DIGNITY- A state of worthiness, honour and self-respect about one’s general appearance
and manner
HUMILITY-Regardless of ability, fame or fortune, the state of mind that one is not better
than another person
INDUSTRIOUSNESS- The giving of an earnest, hardworking, diligent and steady effort to
all challenges undertaken
OPTIMISM- The tendency to take the most hopeful view of matters or expect the best out-
come regardless of circumstances; the practice of looking on the bright side of things
FORGIVENESS-To give up the wish to punish or get even with; to pardon or excuse
RESPONSIBILITY-obliged or expected; to account for, the ability to tell right from wrong
CONSIDERATION- To be thoughtful of others and their feelings
FRIENDLINESS- On good terms, not hostile; the quality or condition of being friendly
COMMUNICATION- The ability to transmit and receive information, feelings and under-
standing through talk, gestures or writing
CHARITY-Being kind and generous in the giving of help, understand and compassion to
those in need
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L.O.V.E.
Listen, Observe, Value, Embrace
‘I had come to a place where I was meant to be. I don't mean anything as prosaic as a sense of coming
home. This was different, very different. It was like arriving at a place much safer than home’
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Andrew Login-Member Password- r3cov3ry
I attended my first GA meeting on the 14th
of April 2015 after things came to a
serious head at home and I was at risk of losing everything. I came clean to my
wife about my gambling and the reasons for me not having any cash.
I had been a gambler since I was probably aged 16 until the age of 42 and I have
now been gamble free since the 14th
of April 2015, something I never thought I
would hear myself say and it feels great to actually say that.
I just wanted to write something down to express how good it feels to actually be
gambling free. The fact that I can sleep at night and that my family and close
friends know about my problem makes life so much easier.
I am very early into my recovery programme, but the welcome, the advice and
the support I have received from the fellowship so far has been nothing short of
fantastic. Just being able to speak to people who understand what we go through
is amazing and I will be forever grateful for this.
Yes, I am very early in my recovery and I have had a couple of testing moments,
but, speaking about this at my base meeting got me sorted quickly and got me
back on track and long may it continue. I know that there will be other testing
times in the days, weeks, months and hopefully years ahead, but, following the
programme and doing it ‘One Day at a Time’ I am sure I will continue to get
stronger.
I take so much out of my Tuesday meeting simply by talking to other members
and listening to what others have to say.
From me, to GA, thank you, for simply just being there.
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How Does Your Garden Grow?
“My mind sees possibilities about people, places, things that happen. I count my
blessings. I accept my thinking can be unorthodox at times and I can’t explain
myself. But, this I do know-that I feel good, upbeat, raring to go. Let’s get on
with it and encourage others to feel their own positivity today”
‘Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition’
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I awoke this morning in the gold light
turning this way and that thinking for a moment
it was one day like any other. But the veil had gone from my darkened heart
And I thought
It must have been the quiet candlelight that filled my room,
It must have been the first easy rhythm,
with which I breathed myself to sleep,
It must have been the prayer I said
speaking to the otherness of the night.
And I thought
this is the good day you could meet your love,
This is the black day someone close to you could die.
This is the day you realize
how easily the thread is broken between this world and the next.
And I found myself sitting up in the quiet pathway of light,
The tawny, close grained cedar burning round me like fire
and all the angels of this housely heaven ascending
through the first roof of light the sun has made.
This is the bright home in which I live,
this is where I ask my friends to come,
this is where I want to love all the things
it has taken me so long to learn to love.
This is the temple of my adult aloneness
and I belong to that aloneness as I belong to my life.
There is no house
like the house of belonging.
By David Whyte June 1996
‘When you get to a place where you understand that love and belonging, your worthiness,
is a birthright and not something you have to earn, anything is possible’
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Mark -East Kilbride Happy to be a compulsive gambler first published March 2014
I have often said, in G.A. rooms, that I am genuinely happy to be a compulsive gambler.
Some may think this is absurd, knowing themselves what misery they have gone through,
due to this illness, that is, compulsive gambling. Let me explain my statement…
When I was in the throes of gambling I was a selfish, deceitful, fearful and angry person. I
could, in fact, list most of the defects of character in the G.A. manual as my “qualities”.
Today it is quite the opposite. I try to be selfless, honest, fearless, calm and happy every day.
I use the word “try” because the programme has taught me that I will never be the finished
article and all that is asked of me is to try to improve myself. I have good and bad days in
this respect. Some days I am fearful of the future and other liabilities creep back into my life,
but I can now notice when this happens and use the programme to fight them off. I would not
have this ability, to be a better person today, if I was not a compulsive gambler in G.A. In
fact, if you look at the general population (those who are not compulsive gamblers) you can
find people who live a good life and others that don’t.
Another thing I have learnt in G.A. is that I am not just a compulsive gambler, but a
compulsive person. If it wasn’t gambling it could have been another addiction. I have, whilst
in G.A., let other compulsions take over my life at times. Thankfully these compulsions
haven’t been as destructive as my gambling was. Through G.A., I understand why I am a
compulsive person and this allows me, to hopefully, spot the issues before they become
major problems.
Most importantly, is the group of people I have met in the many rooms, of the fellowship, I
have been to. Nowhere else in the world would you find as nice a group of people, who are
technically strangers, but understand who you are, what you have been through and are
willing to do anything for you, to help you recover. I needed this help when I first came to
G.A. and during other times in my recovery. I am now happy that I can give back and help
anyone who is struggling with this addiction and what it has done to their life. If a stranger
came up to you in the street, before you were in G.A., asking for your help, would you have
helped them? Knowing the person I was back then, I am ashamed to say, the chances are that
I would have ignored them, walk past and carried on planning how to get money for my next
bet. Finally, I want to clarify, that I am not for one second saying that the hardship I went
through, during my gambling days was good in any way. They were some of the most
depressing, horrible and lonely days of my life. My life was terrible back then. However,
bearing in mind everything I have mentioned and the way I feel today, living the life I
currently have, it is hard not to think it was all worth it.
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‘One should live as if the very rocks are glad you are here’
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GA Unity Programme Step Eleven: Our public relations policy is based on attraction
rather than promotion; we must always maintain personal anonymity at the level of
press, radio and films
1. Do I sometimes promote GA so fanatically that I make it seem unattractive?
2. Am I always careful to keep the confidences reposed in me as a GA member?
3. Am I careful about throwing GA names around-even within the fellowship?
4. Am I ashamed of being a recovering compulsive gambler?
5. What would GA be like if we weren’t guided by the ideas in Step 11? Where would I be?
6. Is my GA recovery attractive enough that another compulsive gambler would want such a
quality for their selves?
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October 1st Reflection For The Day from the GA Blue Book
We can be surrounded by people and still feel lonely. We can be all by ourselves and still feel
happy and content. What makes the difference? We feel lonely if we look to other people for
something they really can’t provide. No one else can give US peace of mind, an inner sense
of acceptance and serenity. And when we find ourselves alone, we needn’t feel lonely. God is
with us; God’s presence is like warmth enfolding us. The more we are aware of ourselves as
beloved by God, the more we’re able to feel content and secure-whether we’re with others or
alone.
Am I experiencing a sense of God at all times and in all places?
Today I Pray
May I understand that we each have our own kind of lonliness-whether we are young and
friendless, old and kept waiting by death, bereft, left, running away or just feeling out of it in
a crowd. May my lonliness be eased a bit by the fact that loneliness is, indeed, a universal
feeling that everyone knows first-hand-even though some lives seem more empty than
others.May I-and all the lonely people-take comfort in the companionship of God.
Today I Will Remember
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Positive feelings come from being honest about yourself and accepting your personality, and physical
characteristics, warts and all; and, from belonging to a family that accepts you without question.
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Dave, Dundee Gam-Anon RECOVERY first published April 2014
I had been married for 20 years. During which time, I had built, brick by brick, a wall around
myself. I built this wall initially with small bricks made from doubt, suspicion and irritation. As time
progressed the bricks I used got bigger and bigger. Some were made from lies, some from fear and
some from jealousy. As I completed my wall, I used my biggest bricks made from debt, self-
loathing, insecurity, pain, hurt and anger.
My wall protected me from reality and, as I could not see over my wall, I could not see what was
happening to my life. No one could get through my wall, I thought I was safe. Six years ago I
discovered that my wife was a compulsive gambler and my wall came crashing down.
Probably for the first time, since I got married, I was forced to deal with the reality that my life was
a sham. My wife had become a stranger, I had lost all my friends, and I had debts I could not repay.
I was not a husband or father, but a person whose only purpose in life was to enable my wife to
gamble. I did not know what to do or where to turn. Then I found Gam-Anon.
Like many others, I came to my first meeting not knowing what to expect. My wife had phoned the
GA help line that had mentioned Gam-Anon and been to her first GA meeting earlier that week. I
thought I should go along to her next meeting to give her a bit of support.
I walked into a room full of strangers dragging my bricks behind me. From the minute I began to
tell my story I knew I was in the right place. No one judged me and I could start to find me again.
Gam-Anon made me realise that my wall may have fallen down but the bricks I used to build it
were still lying all around me. For the first time I had choices. I could either use my bricks to
rebuild my wall or. I could use the new bricks that Gam-Anon were giving me, to rebuild my life
and my marriage.
The first brick I was given was hope. I decided to use this brick and one day at a time, brick by
brick, I began, not to build a new wall, but a path I could follow to serenity.
I have been in the fellowship for 6 years and have been steadily moving along my path.
It has not always been straight. Sometimes I would walk along my path, sometimes I would run and
some parts of the path were so steep I did not think I could climb them.
When I was unsure of my route or came to a crossroads and did not know which way to turn, I knew
that I could ask my Gam-Anon room to help me choose the right path.
I have continued to build my path, but the bricks I now use are happiness, contentment, self-worth,
confidence, love and serenity.
I also know that I will never need to walk my path alone. I will always have my Gam-Anon friends
with me and I know they will pick me up if I stumble or fall on my path. I can only thank my higher
power for putting me on the path to my first meeting. Without Gam-Anon and GA I would not have
rebuilt my marriage, fallen in love again and found the strength to try to atone for the damage I did
while building my wall.
Words alone are not sufficient to thank my room, for the bricks they have given me to build my path
and for the new friendships I have made that will last a lifetime.
‘Positive feelings come from being honest about yourself and accepting your personality, and physical
characteristics, warts and all; and, from belonging to a family that accepts you without question’
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DAY AREA GROUP ADDRESS START Additional Info
MON Glasgow GA Parkhead Congregational Church, Ravel Row, (off Westmuir Street) Parkhead, G31 5EW
10am-12noon
Ravel Row Side to enter
2 GA Wee Monday Duns Scotas Church, 147 Ballater St, Gorbals, G5 OYT 7.30pm 9.30pm finish
3 GA Big Monday Anderson &Kelvingrove Church,Ellderslie St, G3 8DS(off St Vincent St.) 7.30pm Gam Anon7.30pm
4 GA Clydebank Radnor Parish Church, Radnor Park Spencer Street,G813AS(off Killbowie Rd) 7.30pm
5 GA Croftfoot United Free Church, Crofrtfoot Avenue,Croftfoot, Glasgow,G44 5HH 7.45pm
Enter off Carmunnock Road
6 Ayrshire GA Ardrossen Civic Centre, Cumbrae Room 150 Glasgow street, Ardrossan, Ayrshire, KA22 8EU 7.30pm
NEW MEETING ELGIN Moray College Elgin in the Community Hub room 6.30-8.30pm
8 Hurlford GA Hurlford The Thistle Pub, 2-4 Riccarton Road, Hurlford, Ayr-shire, KA1 5AQ 7.30pm Rear of Thistle
9 Fife GA Dunfermline Del Farquarson Centre,7 Netherton Broad St.Dunfermline, KY12 7DS 7.15pm
10 Edinburgh GA Edinburgh Methodist Church The Square Centre, Nicholson Square, EH8 9BX 7.15pm
11 Lothian GA Blackburn Church Of Scotland East Mains St. EH47 7QR 7.30pm
12 Cumbernauld GA Cumbernauld Greenfaulds Meeting Rooms Lochinvar Rd, Green-faulds Cumbernauld G67 4AR 7.30pm
13 England GA Carlisle Church of Scotland , Chapel St. CA1 1JA 7.30pm
14 Airdrie GA Whinhall Beechbank Community Centre, Wester Mavisbank Ave, Airdrie, ML6 0HE 7.30pm
15 Dundee GA Dundee St Andrews Parish Church 2 King St. DD1 2JB 7.30pm
TUES
16 Glasgow GA Maryhill Central Halls, 304 Maryhill Road,G20 7YE 2.00pm
17 GA Oxgangs Colinton Mains Parish Church, 223 Oxgangs Road North, Edinburgh, EH13 9ED 7.00pm
18 GA Coatbridge St Andrews School, Sports Community Centre, Coat-bridge, ML5 5EA 7.30pm
19 GA Partick Partick Burgh Hall, Burgh Hall Street, Glasgow, G11 5LW Next to Peel Street 7.30pm Beginners 7.30pm
20 GA Rutherglen St Columbkilles, Kirkwood St,, G73 2SL 7.30pm Room 5
21 GA Dennistoun Our Lady of Good Counsel, Craigpark, G31 2JF Off Alexandra Parade 7.30pm
Beginners 6.30-7.15pm
22 Dumbarton GA Dumbarton Ben View Resource Centre, Strathleven Place, Dum-barton, G82 1BA 7.30pm
23 Falkirk GA Falkirk Falkirk Old St Monans Parish Church, Manse Pl, Fal-kirk, FK1 1JN opposite M&S Falkirk High Street 7.30pm
Steps Please park in street {not church)
24 Hamilton GA Hamilton Whitehill Neighbourhood Centre, 9 Hunter Road, Whitehill, Hamilton, ML3 0LH 7.30pm
Beginners 1st Half
25 Aberdeen GA Aberdeen Ruthrieston Community Centre, 532 - 536 Holburn Street Aberdeen AB10 1LL 7.30pm
Gam-Anon22/9/15 thenEvery fortnight
26 Paisley GA Paisley Ralston Community Centre, Allanton Avenue PA1 3BL 7.30pm Beginners 7.30pm
27 Perth GA Perth Caladh Centre, 6 Milne Street, Perth, PH1 5QL 7.30pm Gam anon 7.30pm
WED
NEW Glasgow GA Partick NEW Partick Burgh Halls, Burgh Hall Street, , G11 5LW 7.30pm-9.45pm Starts 16/09/2015
28 Glasgow GA Partick Partick Burgh Halls, Burgh Hall Street, , G11 5LW 1.00pm
30 GA Parkhead Congregational Church, Ravel Row, (off Westmuir Street) Parkhead, G31 5EW 5pm-7pm
Enter Ravel Row Side
31 GA Glasgow Wed Neighbourhood Centre, Daisy Street, Govanhill, Glas-gow, G42 8JL 7.15pm
Beginners 7.30pm Gam Anon 7.15pm-9.15pm
32 GA Blackhill Molendinar Community Centre, 1210 Royston Road, Blackhill, Glasgow, G33 1HE 7.00pm
33 GA Halfway The Archway Centre, Craigallian Ave, Halfway, G72 8RP 7.00pm
34 GA Inverness Raigmore Hospital, Recreation Hall, IV2 3UJ 6.30pm
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35 Coatbridge GA Coatbridge St Bartholemews Church, 1 Trent Street, ML25 2NT 7.30pm
36 Kilmarnock GA Kilmarnock Henderson Parish Church, London Road, , KA3 7AD 7.30pm
NEW Peebleshire GA West Linton NEW Castle Craig Hospital EH46 7DH 7-8.30pm Steps starts 22/10/14
38 Kirkcaldy GA Kirkcaldy Saint Brycedale Church, Saint Brycedale Road, Kirk-caldy, KY1 1ET 7.30pm
THU
39 Glasgow GA Parkhead Parkhead Congregational Church, 77 Westmuir Street, Glasgow, G31 5EW 2.00pm
Entrance Ravel Row side
40 GA Maryhill Central Halls, 304 Maryhill Road,G20 7YE 7.30pm Gam Anon same time as GA
41 GA Rutherglen St Columbkilles Church Hall Room 5, Kirkwood Street, Off Main Street,, G73 2SL 7.30pm
42 Edinburgh GA Edinburgh Oxgangs Neighbourhood Centre, 71 Firrhill Drive, Edinburgh, EH13 9EU 7.00pm
43 GA Edinburgh Methodist Church, The Square Centre, Nicholson Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9BX 7.30pm
Gam Anon same time as GA
NB Venue Change Livingstone 126 VICTORIA STREET, CRAIGSHILL , EH54 5BJ 7.30pm From 04/02/15
45 Ayr GA Ayr Forrester halls, New Road, Ayr, KA8 8EX 7.30pm
46 Dundee GA Dundee St Peter Pauls Church Hall, Milton Street, DD3 6QN 7.30pm Gam Anon same time as GA
47 East Kilbride GA East Kilbride East Mains Baptist Church, Maxwell Drive, East Kil-bride, G74 4HG 7.30pm
Beginners within meeting 7.30pm
48 Erskine GA Erskine The Erskine Hotel, Floor 5 Room 1, PA8 6AN 7.30pm Finish 9.50pm
49 Falkirk GA Falkirk Salvation Army, Main Street, Stenhousemuir,FK5 4BH 7.30pm
50 Kelso GA Roxburghshire The Parish of Kelso North and Edna, 42 Bowmont Street, Kelso,TD5 7JH 7.30pm
Access through blue door Bowmont st.
51 Kilmaurs GA Kilmaurs The Cabin, Townhead, Kilmaurs, KA3 2TY 8.00pm Next to Wheatsheaf pub
52 Kirkintilloch GA Kirkintilloch AR Centre, 29 Townhead,, G66 1NG 8.00pm
NEW Hamilton GA Hamilton NEW
Hamilton Accies Football Ground, New Douglas Park, ML3 0FT.
1pm till 2.30pm NEW
FRID
54 Glasgow GA Parkhead Congregational Church, Ravel Row, (off Westmuir Street) Parkhead, G31 5EW
10am-12noon
Enter Ravel Row side-Beginners 9am-10am
55 GA Anderson Kelvingrove Church, Elderslie St,, G3 8DS off St. Vincents Street 7.30pm
Beginners same time as meeting
56 Glasgow GA Glasgow St Stephens Church, 260 Bath Street, , Glasgow G2 4JP 7.30pm
Gam Anon 7.30pm Beginner 6.45-7.25pm
57 GA Cambuslang Cathkin Community Wing, Cathkin Primary School, Burnside Road, Burnside, G73 4AA 7.30pm
58 Dundee GA Dundee St Andrews Parish Church , 2 King St, DD1 2JB 6.30pm Steps
59 Dumfries GA Dumfries Activity resource centre Burns St., DG1 2PS 7.00pm
60 Motherwell GA Motherwell St Brendans RC Church, 51 Barons Road,, ML1 2NB 7.30pm SAT
61 Edinburgh GA Oxgangs Colinton Mains Parish Church, 223 Oxgangs Road North, Edinburgh, EH13 9ED-Upstairs 10.00am
Beginners Downstairs
62 Hamilton GA Hamilton Fernigair Hall, 150 Carlisle Road, Hamilton, Lanark-shire, ML3 7TX 10.00am
63 Glasgow GA Rutherglen Reuther Hall, Victoria Street, G73 1DS 10.00am
Gam Anon 10am-noon Beginners 9am-10am
64 Aberdeen GA Aberdeen Ruthrieston Community Centre, 532 - 536 Holburn Street Aberdeen AB10 1LL
9.45am-11.45am
NEW Kirkcaldy GA Kirkcaldy NEW VOLUNTEER CENTRE, 10 ST. BRYCEDALE AVENUE KY1 1ET 10am-12am (Opposite Adam Smith Theatre Car Park)
SUN Glasgow GA Maryhill Central Halls, 304 Maryhill Road, G20 7YE 6.00pm Steps
67 GA Rutherglen St Columbkilles Halls 2 Kirkwood St, G73 2SL 7-9pm Steps
NEW Partick GA Partick NEW Partick Burgh Hall, Burgh Hall St, G11 5LW 11.45am-1.45pm
Next to Peel Street
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