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Southern Maryland Intergroup Association, Inc. Tri-County Area: Calvert, Charles & St. Mary’s Counties
RESPONSIBILITY DECLARATION
I am responsible when anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help,
I want the hand of A.A. always to be there; And for that I am responsible.
“The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking.”
Made a decision to turn our will and
our lives over to the care of
God as we understood Him. 2018
One night, a newcomer took his daughter
to dinner at a downtown restaurant. As
they walked in the door, the first thing
they saw was an enormous sign advertis-
ing what used to be his favorite beer. The
man’s eyes immediately widened and he
began remembering just how good the old
brew tasted. Then his daughter interrupt-
ed. “Oh, look Daddy,” she said, pointing to
the sign. “THEY HAVE YOUR-LIFE’S IN
THE TOILET ON TAP.”
Doug R. New York, New York
January 2001 © Grapevine
LIFELINE
SMIA needs
Nominations at
the March 10th
meeting for
SMIA Chair
& Secretary
“It’s about twelve steps from here. We can
make it!” Dee D. Louisville, Ky.
© Grapevine
March 2018
Volume 42
No. 3
November 2013
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The 60th ICYPAA Host
Committee Presents Summer
Party in The Winter March 3, St.
Johns Episcopal Church 9120
Frederick Rd. Ellicott City Md.
60th ICYPAA.ORG
District 35 Fourth Step Workshop Saturday April 22nd
11:00am. –3:00pm Good Samaritan Church 13025 Good
Samaritan Dr. Waldorf, Md.
Announcing
Welcome to the 48th Annual
Area State Convention
“Our Kit of Spiritual Tools”
June 29 to July 1 2018
Clarion Inn Frederick Event
Center Frederick Md.
The 60th ICYPAA
Hilton Baltimore
401 W. Pratt St.
Aug. 30—Sept. 2, 2018
Register now at
ICYPAA.ORG
Southern Maryland Serenity Camping Trip Spring Fling
at Smallwood State Park May 18-20, 2018 For more info
District 36 Workshop
The Three Legacies Unity; Service; Recovery
March 24th 10:00am to 2:00pm. 46855 South
Shangri La Dr. Lexington Park Md. 20653
one speaker for unity one speaker for service
and one speaker for Recovery
COME ON OUT AND ATTEND!
Clean Air has changed Their meeting format see flyer Pg. 14
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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 25 26
Mark T. 1yrs. @ More Will Be Revealed
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28 Carole W. 2yrs. @ Do Drop In
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2 Brian B. 11yrs. @ Cove Point
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4 Ben (Mad Dog) L. 4yrs. Charlie D. 21yrs. @ Kiss Group
5 David H. 4yrs. @ Monday Night Traditions
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8 Dan W. 21yrs. @ St. Charles Step
9 10 Jimmy V. 1yrs. @ Waldorf Group
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13 John O. 10yrs. @ Lexington Park Big Book
14 Dan H. 24yrs. @ Brown Bag
15 Jake P. 3yrs. @ Daily Reprieve
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Tim S. 21yrs. @ Early Risers Doug S. 6yrs. @ Early Bird
18 Dan L. 2yrs. @ Bedouin Group Terri C. 8yrs. @ Kiss Group
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24 Tricia D. 1yrs. @ Saturday Serenity Diana M. 9yrs. @ Living Sober Mike C. 29yrs. Jeff U. 17yrs. @ North Beach
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Little Joe 10yrs. @ Tracey’s Landing
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28 Valerine S. 20yrs. @ Turn It Over Group
29 Pat S. 6yrs. @ Poplar Hill
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31 Candy L. 32yrs. @ We Wuz Wruz Roger M. 9yrs. @ Living Sober
March 2018
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April 2018 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
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2 Michele M. 2yrs. Charles B. 19yrs. @ Monday Night Traditions
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12 Gisela R. 27yrs. @ Almost Normal
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16 Donald R. 18yrs. @ Lusby Group Big Book Meeting
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18 19 Joe O. 15yrs. @ Basic Text
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23 Joe B. 28yrs. @ Brown Bag.
24 Chelsea B. 5yrs. @ Tuesday Night Big Book
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26 Josh J. 4yrs. @ Poplar Hill
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February 10 Meeting Minutes Opening: 10:03 by Wally with the Responsibility Pledge New Members and Visitors: None. Board Members Present: Wally – Chair, John L. - Vice Chair, T Bill L. – Treasurer, Bruce 0. - Parliamentarian, Tressie F. - Secretary Committee Chairs and District Reps: Bill L. – Calvert District Rep. and Website, SMIA Rep., John W. – St. Mary’s P&I, Becky – St. Mary’s C&T, Dee – Charles P&I and Charles District Rep; Emme J. – Telephone, Keenan – Bookstall, Buddy F. – District 36 Secretary, Keith – Lifeline, Pat S. – District 36 Alt. DCM Groups represented: Bruce O. – Waldorf, Bill L. – Sunderland, Rev – Early Bird, Pat P. – North Beach, Buddy F. – Basic Text, Bob E. – Solomon’s, Chuck M. – Sobriety First & Inspirations, Emme J. – Graceful Sobriety, Becky B. – Poplar Hill Previous month’s Minutes: . Accepted as read with corrections Treasurer’s Report: Bill - As of 1/27/2017 our operating fund is at a surplus for the first time this fiscal year - See report. If operating budget exceeds prudent reserve than we will make donations to MGS and GSO. Fiscal year ends April 30th. Report accepted. Where and When: Bryan G. unavailable at meeting; however will continue to be Where and When chair. Accepting corrections / updates through 2/15. Updated Where and Whens will be delivered in March. Dee requested emphasis to remove meetings no longer in existence and get in corrections. Bookstall: Keenan – sales totaled $756.30 and expenses totaled 418.96. Telephone: Emme – 23 calls total. Reviewing emails for each call that is received. Emme is working with the company on call results for calls that are not answered. Emme needs to forward telephone report to Keith. Keith bought up call rotation forwarding. Service needs to ensure call is for SMIA area. We have received calls from CA and KY. There is a volunteer list on the website. There is a field for email. Lifeline: Keith – working with Rev to transition. Keith suggested moving date up to receive reports to either the 15th or 20th. This will be discussed next month. Web Committee: There were 3243 visits. Corrections and Institutions: Calvert County: No report. Charles County: Dee – need women to take meeting into jail. St. Mary’s County: Becky – everything is running smoothly. Public Information: Calvert County: Bill for Roger – updating the racks. Tri county memory walk 5/16 and AA will have a table.ens. Charles County: Dee - in good shape. St. Mary’s County: John – there are 4000 pieces of materials and John has picked up racks and filled them. Gratitude Dinner: Suzie F. will chair next year. Still need a formal report. Serenity Breakfast: John - flyers have been prepared. John has tickets available at $10 per ticket for up to 120 people. Picnic: Keenan – in planning phases. Keenan has assistant chair in training. Old Business: Telephone script changed tabled. New Business: SMIA board jobs up for rotation are the chair person (preferably St. Marys in rotation), secretary and parliamentarian positions. Nominating committee should be appointed in January which did not happen. Formed nomination committee today (Wally, Bruce, and Bill). Bruce read the bylaws from section 5.3. The body discussed if Bruce can be re-elected. Since Bruce was appointed and did not serve a full term, a point of was made he could be nominated because he will not serve two full consecutive terms. He was subsequently nominated for the position. Online meeting guide not sanctioned by Maryland General Services. Dee is going to check with her contact. Some districts and intergroups are feeding information to these apps (for example District One is sharing information). Meetingguide.org\contact) to send the information For the Good of Order: Adjourned at 11:30.
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Treasurer’s Report March 2018
The SMIA continues to be on solid financial footing going into March 2018. Our net income for the last 30 days
was $817, which brought out FY ‘17 net income to $1793. Our total expenses for this fiscal year have
been $18,432. We can expect large expenditures from the Where and When and the Bookstall over the next
couple of months, which will likely bring us closer to a balanced budget, yet there are no genuine predictors of
donations or other expenses for March. In any event, the SMIA has been good stewards of the funds we
have received from our kind and generous groups.
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Telephone Report January 2018 Telephone Report submitted to THE lifeline
Where & when Corner
Please Send any information changes to the Where & When Chair [email protected] The Newest Where
and Whens will be available for pick-up at the March monthly SMIA meeting
Southern Maryland Intergroup Association On-Line One of the most important things we will do in our recovery is to help the still suffering
alcoholic. The SMIA is committed to this principle and provides a 24x7 Telephone Service . But phone support is of no benefit if we do not have service committed people to call . We are providing a simple and secure method for you to add your name to the SMIA 12 Step Call List. This information will only be shared with the
Phone Committee Chair. Go online to the intergroup website somdintergroup.org ( the 12 step Phone list link is on this page. Click it to access the form) Fill out the
form on site if you are Interested in this valuable service opportunity
County Want to
Talk
Meeting
Location
Request
Meeting List/
Literature
Ride to
Meeting
Hang-ups
Alanon, Na,
Oa, Etc./non aa
Total
Calls
Twelve
step
Other
Calvert 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
Charles 0 0 0 6 0 8 2 0
St. Mary’s 0 0 4 2 0 6 0 0
PG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Out of Ar-
ea
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 0 0 5 0 0 6 1 0
Total Calls 0 0 9 8 0 23 6 0
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District 1
Calvert County District Meeting: 7 PM, 3rd Monday
@ St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Prince Frederick, MD
New meeting “As Bill Sees It” Thursday 10:00am to 11:00am.
9463 H.G. Trueman Rd. Lusby Md. 20657
Southern Maryland Serenity Camping Trip Spring Fling at
Smallwood State Park May 18-20 2018
Mailing Address: District 1 Trust Fund, PO Box 234, Barstow,
MD 20610
www.calvertaa.org
District 35
Charles County
District Meeting: 7 PM, 1st Thursday
@ Peace Lutheran Church, Waldorf
Looking for Men & Women to take meetings
into the Detention Center step up for these
rewarding service positions.
Mailing Address: District 35, PO Box 1981,
La Plata, MD 20646
District 36
St. Mary’s County
District Meeting: 6:30 PM, 2nd Tuesday
@ Hollywood Rescue Squad Bldg., Hollywood Md.
C & T committee is looking for women to sign up to take
meetings into the Detention Center. District 36 Workshop “The
Three Lagacies” Unity : Service and Recovery March 24th see
flyer on page 12
Mailing Address: District 36, PO Box 1334,
Southern Maryland
Intergroup Association (SMIA)
Mailing Address: Post Office Box 767
Charlotte Hall, MD 20622
Meeting Location: Mt. Olive Methodist Church (old bldg.)
SMIA is Looking for nominations at the March meeting
for SMIA Chair: Secretary The Chair should come from
district 36. Elections on March 10th.
811 Dares Beach Road
Prince Frederick, MD
Meetings: 2nd Saturday @ 10:00 AM
Bookstall opens: 9:00 AM
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It Happened
in March
March 1, 1939– Readers Digest Declined
to write article
March 3, 1947- Neil, Bill’s secretary
and first archivist of AA, began her career
at Lexington Alcoholic Foundation Office
at 415 Avenue.
March 1, 1941– Saturday Evening
Post article Jack Alexander created
national sensation . AA membership
quadrupled in one year from 2000 to 8000
March 4, 1891– Lois Wilson was born.
March 7, 1941–Boston newspaper reported
that any drunk who wanted to get well was
more than welcome at the AA meeting at 115
Newbury St., at 8 pm. Wednesday
March 12, 1940– Ebby
Thatcher, Bill Wilson’s
boyhood friend and sponsor,
was reported sober again.
March 16,1940– Bill moved the
Alcoholic Foundation office to 30 Vesey
St., NY (Which was nearly destroyed on
September 11, 2001.)
March 23, 1936– Bill & Lois Wilson visited
Fitz Mayo, “Our Southern Friend,” in Maryland
March 22, 1984– The Clarence Snyder,
Founder of Cleveland AA and author of
“Home Brewmeister, “died at 81, 46 years
sober.
March 22, 1951– Dr. William Duncan
Silkworth died at Towns Hospital.
March 21, 1966– Ebby Thatcher, Bill Wilson’s
sponsor, died sober
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“Our leaders are but trusted
servants, they do not govern”.
SMIA BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIR: Wally S. [email protected]
VICE CHAIR: John L. [email protected] SECRETARY: Tressie F. [email protected] TREASURER: Bill L.. [email protected]
PARLIAMENTARIAN: Bruce O. [email protected]
Where & When: Bryan G. [email protected] Lifeline: Keith H. [email protected] Telephone: Emme J. [email protected] Website: Bill L. [email protected] Bookstall: Keenan W. [email protected] The Lifeline is an unofficial newsletter published by Southern Maryland Intergroup Associa-tion, Inc. Any opinions expressed are those of the writers. They are not endorsed by SMIA, any group or AA as a whole. Group secretaries and individuals are encouraged to send group news, anniversaries and events. Material may be edited for space and content. Please send email to: [email protected] , or mail to SMIA at the above address.
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