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Volume 43, Number 2

February, 2013

Step 2: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. I had been sober for several months, enjoying the fel-lowship, the meetings and the fact that my mind was clearing. Family life was starting to improve, though my wife was complaining about how many meetings I was attending. I figured I could just keep following this routine indefinitely. Besides, I wasn’t ready to deal with all the “God” stuff. I particularly resented old Claude W. who was always quoting the Bible, Victor Hugo or Emerson. His fa-vorite was, “If God did not exist, man would have to invent Him.” I thought that he was being less than helpful as I struggled to move on with the Steps. I did-n’t have a workable concept of “God”, and I didn’t want somebody else’s stuffed down my throat. One Friday night, at the post-newcomers discussion meeting, “Hostile Bob” was finally recognized by the leader. He began to refute Claude’s emphasis on “God”. He said that all we really needed to do was to have a “massive psychic change.” “Aha!” I said to my-self, “I don’t have to believe, I just have to wait for a massive psychic change.” Good news! One problem; how do I get this to happen? As I began attending a 12 Steps & 12 Traditions meeting, a clearer picture began to form in my mind. Something power-ful had happened to me: I had received the gift of so-briety by surrendering. So, a power not my own had certainly effected a psychic change of some sort. Therefore, I had to accept the fact that Alcoholics Anonymous was a power greater than me, and I sensed the presence of this power at every meeting. While I began to realize these “psychic” events, I still had no concept of a power greater than myself. Not to worry. The “12 and 12” tells me that, “True humility and an open mind can lead us to faith, and every A.A. meeting is an assurance that God will restore us to

sanity if we rightly relate ourselves to him.” In the beginning of my sober journey, I thought that the implied insanity had more to do with my distorted perceptions, burning resentments and neu-rotic thinking than with my drinking. These days, I believe that the Step is really talking about the insane thought that somehow things will be different if I pick up a drink. It was that strange mental quirk that always said, “Go ahead, you de-serve it, you need it. This time it will be O.K.” That was the ultimate insanity for an alcoholic. So both the coming to believe and the restoration of some kind of emotional sanity could be a process; something that would happen over time. Bill tells me in the “12 and 12” that if I work on through the rest of the Steps, I will find a faith that works and that I will have a good chance of achieving emotional sobri-ety as well. This has been my experience. Appendix 2 of our “Big Book” tells us that most members have spiritual experiences of the “educational variety.” “With few exceptions our members find that they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with their own conception of a Power greater than themselves.” And that sounds a lot like a “massive psychic change.” Phil F., Tustin

It is an attitude which can only be changed by a deep

and honest search of our motives and actions.

Twelve and Twelve, p. 79

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Volume 43, Number 2

THE LIFELINE

1526 BROOKHOLLOW DR., SUITE 75, SANTA ANA, CA 92705

Published monthly by the Orange County Intergroup Association Purpose: The Orange County Lifeline Committee is a committee of volunteer A.A. members, charged with the responsibility of producing and distributing the Orange County Lifeline, (a publication of the Or-ange County Intergroup Association). The Lifeline is published monthly and is supported solely through contributions from the A.A. groups and members of Orange County. The Lifeline is published to meet the following needs of the Orange County A.A. membership: to inform the A.A. membership regarding A.A. service, A.A. events and A.A. announcements; also to share experience in recovery, unity and service; to keep the A.A. membership informed regarding the actions, finances and meetings of the Orange County Intergroup Association and other Central Office committees.

Lifeline Committee: Meets the 1st Thursday of each month at the Central Office. Join us @ 7PM. Doug B., (Chair), Jim S.‚ Phil F., Richard H., Mike T., Tarcy H.

Mail submissions to the above address or send email to: LifelineCommittee@gmail.com

The Orange County Intergroup Association Meeting

Wednesday, February 13th at 7:00 PM

Costa Mesa Senior Center

695 W. 19th Street

Costa Mesa, CA 92627

Features and Fun Stuff:

Step Two, by Phil F. ............................................. 1

Tradition Two, News & Notes from GSO ........... 3

Profiles in Sobriety ............................................... 4

Birthdays .............................................................. 4

Wine Snob or Alcoholic, by Kristen B. ............... 5

What Do You Think? ........................................... 5

Another Buck in the Basket ................................. 8

A Letter from Bill W. on Depression ................... 9

We Are Not a Glum Lot ....................................... 12

Step Two Word Search ........................................ 12

Business:

Central Office Activity ......................................... 4

Group Contributions to Central Office ................. 6,7,10

Meeting Changes .................................................. 8

O.C. Central Office NEW holiday hours ............. 8

O.C. Intergroup Assoc. Web Site Statistics.......... 8

Events/Speaker Meetings.. ................................... 10

Call Forwarding ................................................... 11

Statement of Income & Expense.. ........................ 11

Chair, Alex N.

Vice Chair, Ron B.

Treasurer, Erick P.

Secretary, Kristen V.

Central Office, Mary O.

Group Relations, Jennifer M.

Hospitals & Institutions, Vacant

Lifeline, Douglas B.

Public Information, Scott R.

Special Events, Bill C.

Who? What? When? Where?

Public Information Committee

Meets the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm

Group Relations Committee

Meetings scheduled as needed

Lifeline Committee

Meets the 1st Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm

Special Events Committee

Meetings scheduled as needed

H & I Committee

Meets the 2nd Sunday of the month at the Garden Grove Alano

Club. Institutions meet at 4:00 pm; Hospitals meet at 6:00 pm.

South Orange County H & I meets at the Laguna Beach

Canyon Club the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7:30 pm.

With the exception of H & I, the above committees meet at

Central Office, 1526 Brookhollow, Suite 75, Santa Ana, CA

92705. If you are interested in serving on a committee or would

like more information please contact Central Office at

(714) 556-4555.

ORANGE COUNTY CENTRAL OFFICE 1526 Brookhollow, Suite 75

Santa Ana, CA 92705

Phone: (714) 556-4555; Fax: (714) 556-7231

E-mail: ocaa7664@sbcglobal.net

Web site: www.oc-aa.org

Office hours:

Monday-Friday: 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM

Saturday and Holidays: 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM

South County Office 27281 Las Ramblas, Ste.135, Mission Viejo, CA 92691

Phone: (949) 582-2697; Fax: (949) 582-2611

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Office hours:

Monday-Friday: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

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Volume 43, Number 2

Tradition Two For our group purpose there is but one

ultimate authority—a loving God as he may express

Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are

but trusted servants; they do not govern.

Co-founder Bill. W liked to call A.A. a “benign anar-

chy,” and for good reason. A.A. is a spiritual movement,

and as Tradition Two clearly states, our sole authority “is

a loving God as He may express Himself in the group

conscience.” But what exactly is the group conscience?

How does it differ from a group opinion or a majority

vote? And what is the best way to get there?

It is generally agreed that the group conscience strives

for unanimity through enlightenment, spirituality and

adherence to

our Steps,

Traditions and

Concepts. On

sensitive is-

sues, the

group works

slowly—

discouraging

formal mo-

tions until a

clear sense of

its collective view emerges. Placing principles before

personalities, the group is wary of dominant opinions. Its

voice is heard when a well-informed group arrives at a

decision. The result rests on more than a “yes” or “no”

count—precisely because it is the spiritual expression of

the group conscience.

The late Dean K., who served a term as delegate, Cali-

fornia/Northern Interior, and then managed the Seattle

Central Office for a time, said that there are two ways to

arrive at a group conscience: “The competitive way per-

mits the person with the loudest voice to push his idea

across, take a vote and come up with a majority decision.

This is not informed group conscience. 1n the coopera-

tive way, group members come together in mutual trust

to arrive at a group decision, not one individual’s person-

al triumph.

Dean's formula for a cooperative and informed group

conscience calls for facts (or presentations) on both sides

of a question. “The meeting is not thrown open for gen-

eral discussion,” he stressed. “This would allow the more

vocal members to set the debate. It is suggested that the

chairperson call on each member in turn, allowing two

minutes for each to speak. No member should speak a

second time until all have had their turns; this gives even

the quietest person an equal chance. The chairperson

expresses his or her opinions only after all the others

have spoken.”

“It is important,” Dean noted, “that the minority voice

always be heard; but it should be born in mind that

while the minority voice sometimes is right, it is just as

often wrong. Unless the minority voice is decidedly

persuasive, it should be considered in its proper light—

as a minority voice. To permit the minority always to

influence the majority is to permit the tail to wag the

dog.”

Beyond the group level, the A.A. General Service Con-

ference has the responsibility of acting as the collective

group conscience of the Fellowship. About the closest

thing to a collective voice that A.A. has, the Conference

produces statements on important matters of policy that

affect A.A. as a whole; approves the choice of some

trustee nominees for the General Service Board and

directly elects others. But neither the Conference nor

the board can dictate to any A.A. group or member.

Not always understood, group conscience as expressed

in Tradition Two is a powerful spiritual concept that

makes it possible for people of diverse backgrounds

and temperament to rise above personal ambition and

unite in our common purpose: to stay sober and extend

the hand of A.A. to the alcoholic who still suffers.

Box 459, News & Notes From the General Service

Office of Alcoholics Anonymous®

VOL 35, NO 1, FEB/MARCH 1989 http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/pages/recovery/print/

groupconscienceprint.html

Step Two

Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves

could restore us to sanity.

Tradition Two

For our group purpose there is but one

ultimate authority—a loving God as he may express

Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are

but trusted servants; they do not govern.

Concept Two

The General Service Conference of A.A. has be-

come, for nearly every practical purpose, the active

voice and the effective conscience of our whole so-

ciety in its world affairs.

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Volume 43, Number 2

Profiles in Sobriety

First name, last initial: Paul C.

City of residence: Irvine

Years sober: 23

Sobriety date: January 8, 1990

What was your first impression of A.A.?

That it should be named by all nations as the savior

of the world.

What made you realize A.A. would work for you?

This was the final & last resort, all else had failed.

In your opinion, what is the most important thing a

newcomer should know about A.A.?

That it's a spiritual program, and change will hap-

pen.

Take a wild guess - how many A.A. meetings have

you been to?

I don't know or care. All I care about is I feel better

when I leave.

What’s your current weekly meeting routine?

I attend four men’s stag & one mixed speaker.

Why do you continue to go to meetings?

To hear the solution.

What do you remember the most about your first

few months of sobriety?

Excitement, confusion, peace.

Do you remember the first time you asked for help –

what was that like?

Complete surrender.

What has been your biggest challenge in sustained

sobriety?

Not helping enough Newcomers.

Do you ever think you might be cured for good?

NEVER

Besides yourself, who benefits the most from your

sobriety?

My kids, friends, clients.

What’s the best thing about being sober?

Waking-up in the AM, not coming-to. Going to

sleep at night, not passing-out.

Fidel Dana Point 1 year

Terry M. Laguna Niguel 3 years

Matt C. Dana Point 5 years

Michelle M. Capo Beach 6 years

Johanna L. Laguna Woods 7 years

Deb A. Laguna Niguel 8 years

Gerry L. San Clemente 8 years

Kaeri S. Dana Point 10 years

Brad N. Laguna Beach 17 years

Heather E. Huntington Beach 25 years

Lori D. Dana Point 28 years

Dianne S. Huntington Beach 30 years

Jim C. Huntington Beach 30 years

Patricia Ann C. Laguna Niguel 33 years

aka Cindy C.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Help keep the doors of A.A. open so that new members may receive the same help so many of us have already received.

Make a donation of any amount for an A.A. Birthday—yours or someone else’s and we will help celebrate by publishing their name and years of sobriety in the Lifeline.

Please send March Birthday donations by February 10th with name, city and years to: Orange County Central Office 1526 Brookhollow, Suite 75, Santa Ana, California 92705.

1788

CENTRAL OFFICE ACTIVITY

December 2012

TOTAL

CALLS:

12

Step

Calls

Meeting

Info

General

Info Customers

OFFICE

VOLUNTEERS

(MAIN +

SATELLITE)

17 641 382 260

NIGHT OWL

VOLUNTEERS 12 461 275 0

Everyone has the right to be wrong and

I don’t have to prove it to them.

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Volume 43, Number 2

This month’s question:

Alcoholic A says people shouldn't go too deep when

sharing in meetings. Stories of childhood abuse, suicide

attempts and the like should be reserved for a sponsor,

therapist or other close confidant.

Alcoholic B disagrees and says the deeper the better.

Any story, no matter how chilling, should be welcome in

a meeting if it relates to alcoholism and recovery.

What do you think?

Send responses to Email:

LifelineCommittee@gmail.com

What do you think?

Wine Snob or Alcoholoc?

A Moment of Clarity

The moment I knew I had to either stop drinking or die was one of the most powerful in my life, and yet it's also one of the hardest to explain. I was one of those drink-every-day­ and-pretend-it's-social alcoholics. I didn't pass out at parties or drive somewhere in a blackout or wake up in a stranger's bed and wonder how I got there (I had at least a vague memory of how I had gotten there). No, my drinking was the kind that appeared to be just normal enough to lend itself to massive self- decep­tion.

This is what I thought of myself: I was a wind-down-after -work drinker. A red wine snob drinker. A non­partying drinker. (I stopped the partying around age 33 and mi­grated to being an at-home and out-to­dinner drinker, proof of my growing maturity.) On an online dating site I listed my passions as wine tasting and going out to dinner (at fine restaurants with lots of wine). I showed up at events after imbibing two or three glasses, drank the socially cor­rect amount, and then finished off the night with another two or three when I got home. This, I was sure, did not make me an alcohol­ic. Alcoholics couldn't stop drinking— and they drank the hard stuff, not wine. Me? Nah. I habitually left small amounts of wine in the bottom of my bottles to prove to myself that this wasn't the case for me. And as the years went on, I added “cut down on alcohol” to the long list of things I needed to do to improve my life: re­duce caffeine, eliminate sugar, exercise regularly. I was going to do it—just as soon as I did all those other things first.

Although my drinking did not, to my knowledge, affect my life, I did get the sense that I was unraveling at an alarming rate, and I couldn't figure out why. I was shak­ing all the time, and I thought it was because of my stressful job, or my latest break-up. The made-up rea­sons kept changing.

The unraveling didn't. It wasn't long after that I hired someone to work for me at my company who began using his finely honed Twelfth­stepping skills to bring me the solution.

There was a time after I met this man and before I had my moment of clarity that I knew I was going to stop drinking. I grieved. I walked through the wine section at Andronico's and spent a long time breathing in the oaky smell of the barrels and admiring the beautiful labels. I ordered fabulous, expensive bottles at dinner and told my friends each time that it was close to being my last.

And yet still I didn't stop, couldn't stop. Until one night, after making a fool out of myself with a man I truly cared for, I found myself at home, drunk and stumbling and standing in front of my kitchen sink with every bottle of alcohol in my house. I was looking out the window, and suddenly I had the sensation that I was in a car speed­ing toward the edge of a cliff. I felt time slow down, then pause, and I saw myself going over the edge and all the way down. I knew without a shred of doubt that I had to leap out of that car and I had to do it right now. It al­most felt as if some powerful force pushed me out. I stood there at my sink and emptied every bottle in my house. The last drink I took was a big gulp of Nyquil be­fore it, too, went down the drain. More than anything else, it is this moment that has kept me sober for the last four and a half years. It cuts through the delusional crap that continues to rattle around my brain from time to time, telling me I'm not an alcoholic and I could have just one and all the other things voices like that tell us. That moment sits some­where at the center of who I am right now; it is a pol­ished piece of truth about myself that I can't deny, and it's saving my life.

by Kristen B.

Borrowed from The Point, San Francisco

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GROUP CONTRIBUTIONS TO CENTRAL OFFICE— December

Continued on page 7

DEC YTD

ALISO VIEJO ^ ^

ANAHEIM ^ ^

Th 7:30P-We Got a C/P,5340 E. La Palma $490

BUENA PARK ^ ^

CAPISTRANO BEACH ^ ^

Fr 7:00P-Friday Knights, 25976 Domingo $100 $405

Sa 9:30A-Pines Park Disc, Pine Bluffs $50

CORONA DEL MAR ^ ^

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Tu 12:00P-Noonatics, 611 Heliotrope $70 $315

Tu 7:00P-(M)'s Part, 611 Heliotrope $2,586

We 7:00A-Women's B/B Study, 3233 Pacific $385

We 7:30P-Living Sober Discussion, 611 Hel $375 $375

Th 6:00P-Happy Hour (M)'s Pacific View $70 $280

Th 7:00P-Big Book Study, 611 Heliotrope $100

Fr 7:30P-Rebels Disc, 611 Helio $279

Fr 8:00P-BB Stdy, 3233 Pacific View $350 $866

COSTA MESA ^ ^

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Dly 7:30A-As Bill Sees It, 2501 Harbor $200

M-F 6:45A-Morning Meditat, 183 E. Bay $9

M-F 12:00P-Noon Rec, 420 W. 19th St. $150 $1,044

Su 8:45A-Chow Hound Hooligans, 2040 $30

Su 6:00P-60 Minute Beginners, 2144 Thurin $70 $140

Su 7:00P-12 S/ S M's Stag, 2015 Charle St. $364

Su 7:00P-Sun Speaker, 678 W. 19th St. $160

Mo 12:00P-Clean & Serene BB, 183 E. Bay $593

Mo 6:00P-As Bill Sees It, 2040 Placentia $92

Mo 6:00P-Mon Night Men's Book Study, 20 $90

Mo 7:00P-Men's Sober Flow, 420 W. 19th $140 $908

Tu 7:00P-CDM Soup Kit Men 420 W. 19th St $100 $100

Tu 7:05P-Women of Courage, 2040 Placent $50

Tu 7:30P-Balboa Broads, 420 W 19th St $50

Tu 7:30P-Men's One Hour 1865 Anaheim $75

Tu 7:30P-(M)'s Last Gaspers, 695 W 19th $131

Tu 8:30P-Daily Reflections, 2040 Placentia $40

We 12:00P-High Noon Step, 183 E. Bay St. $588

We 7:30P-Sobriety Night Live, 2040 Placent $20

We 8:00P-(M)'s Stdy, 2015 Charle St. $293

Th 5:30P-(W)'s Its/Book Study, 2040 $75

Th 6:00P-Step Study, 2040 Placentia $35

Th 7:00P-12 Steps & 12 Trads, E Bay $120

Fr 10:00A-Big Book Study, 2040 Placentia $20

Fr 12:00P-Friday Noon Men's Stag, 183 E. $83 $403

Fr 6:30P-Family After, 1701 Baker St. $125

Fr 6:30P-TGIF Women 183 E.Bay St. $160

Fr 7:00P- The Q & A Meeting, 183 E. Bay $114

Fr 8:00P-BB Stdy, 1865 Anaheim $80 $80

Sa 7:00A-ARK, 760 Victoria St. $25

Sa 9:30A-(M)'s By The Book, 420 W. 19th $400

Sa 9:30A-Sat Morn (W)'s Gr, 2040 Placen $105

Sa 1:30P-What's/Point, 2040 Placentia $49

Sa 6:00P-Cover-To-Cover, 183 E. Bay St. $120

Sa 6:30P-Sat. Night Refugees, 2144 Thurin $189

Sa 8:00P-Keep It Simple, 2850 Fairview $340

CYPRESS ^ ^

We 7:00P-Cypress Women's S/S, 5100 Ce $509

Fr 7:00P-Girls Night Out, 6143 Ball $160

DANA POINT ^ ^

Dly 7:00A-Hard Core Harbor, 34451 Ens $7,128

Mo 5:30P-(W)'s Disc, Ensenada & DPH $120 $652

Mo 7:00P-Promises, 34052 Del Obispo $60 $492

Tu 9:30A-(W)'s Back/Basics 24642 SJ $207

We 7:00A-(W)'s Harb Topic Disc, S Juan $60 $120

Fr 12:15P-Fri Lunch (W)'s BB, 33841 $260

Fr 7:00P-GV, 33926 Calle Primavera $460 $1,283

Sa 7:00P-Spkr, 33926 Calle Primavera $372

FOUNTAIN VALLEY ^ ^

We 8:00P-Disc, 10280 Slater $30

FULLERTON ^ ^

Sa 4:30P-Hear & Now, 530 Commonwealth $10 $10

GARDEN GROVE ^ ^

Su 10:00A-Speakers, 9842 W. 13th St. $20

Su 5:30P-Participation, 9845 Belfast $25

Mo 12:30P-Daylight Disc, 9845 Belfast $40

Mo 7:00P-Primary Purpose Bookstudy, 10282 $25 $75

Tu 7:00P-Top/Key Book Stdy, 9th & Lamp $220

Tu 7:00P-Heartspeak (W)'s, 13082 Bowen St. $150

Tu 7:00P-(W)'s Bright Spot of Our Lives, 9842 $30 $30

We 10:00A-Ovr 50 Sin/Purp, 9845 Belf $250

We 12:00P-(W)'s, 9845 Belfast $35

We 6:00P-Wed Warriors, 9845 Belfast $64

Th 10:00A-Over 40 Disc. Grp, 9845 Belf $35

Th 5:30P-Women's Cover to Cover, 7212 $35 $35

Th 6:00P-Real Deal, 9845 Belfast $1

Fr 10:30A-(W)'s (C)12 & 12, 9845 Blfst $60

Sa 10:30A-F-Troop Disc, 9845 Belfast $90

Sa 10:30A-BB Stdy, 9845 Belfast $25 $121

Sa 8:00P-Sat Nite Spkrs, 9845 Belfast $20

HUNTINGTON BEACH ^ ^

Dly 6:00A-Early Birds, 19092 Beach Blvd $140

Dly 7:00A-Hggrs/Bill Sees It, 8200 Ellis $1,650

Dly 7:30A-Attitude Mod., 19092 Beach Blvd $180 $420

Dly 8:00A-Hggrs II, H.B Lifegrd Tower 11 $360 $2,829

Su 9:00A-On/Beach, Lifegrd Tower 11 $90 $360

Su 10:00A-Sober Sharing, 19092 Beach Blvd $181

Su 7:30P-Disc, 20444 Magnolia $242

Mo 12:00P-(W)'s Bill Sees It, 18631 Chap $70 $783

Mo 5:00P-Men's Book Study, 19092 Beach $140

Mo 6:00P-Alices Spkr/Q&A/Part, 7641 Talbert $68

Mo 6:00P-Language of the Heart, 16351 Spr $45 $224

Mo 7:00P-(W)'s Sans, 18631 Chapel Ln. $60 $699

Mo 7:30P-(M)'s BB & 12&12, 1912 Florida $60 $140

Mo 7:30P-BB Stdy, 20444 Magnolia (St. Sim $40 $110

Tu 1:00P-Harmony (W)'s, Beach/Denney's $360

Tu 6:00P-(W)'s 12&12,19092 Beach Blvd $70

Tu 7:30P-Beginners (M)'s, 19822 Beach $1,300

Tu 7:30P-Language of the Heart(W)'s Disc. $336

Tu 7:30P-(W)'s Serenity BB, 20444 Magn $676

Tu 8:00P-Newcms (M)'s Grp, 20444 Magn $205

Tu 8:00P-Talbert Tuesday, 7641 Talbert $15

We 1:00P-(W)'s 12&12 Stdy, 9812 Hamilton $70

We 2:00P-Seniors & Friends, 1718 Orange $275

We 6:30P-(W)'s Step Stdy, 7641 Talbert $30

We 8:00P-HB Part, 20444 Magnolia $150 $350

Th 10:00A-(W)'s BB Stdy, 18631 Chapel $344

Th 7:00P-11th Step Disc., 1912 Florida $215

Fr 7:30A-Attitude Modification, 19082 Beach $120

Fr 10:00A-Step Sisters, 18631 Chapel Ln. $84 $577

Fr 6:00P-(M)'s/Solution, 7111 Talbert Ave $115

Sa 7:30A-(M)'s Stag Book Study, 19092 Be $74

Sa 7:30A-Camel(M)'s Disc 9812 Hamilton $60 $240

Sa 9:30A-W BB Stdy, 19092 Beach Blvd $331

Sa 9:30A-Charle St. Overflow, 9812 Hamilton $27 $87

Sa 10:00A-(W)'s BBStdy, 18631 Chapel $20 $566

Sa 7:00P-Sat Nite Live BB, 18631 Chapel $205

IRVINE ^ ^

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Dly 7:00A-Solu Grp Mar, 5001 Newport Coast $8,400

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M-Thur 5:30P-On The Way Home, 17321 Mu $40 $220

Su 10:00A-Donut Mtg, 6670 Alton Pky $205 $1,265

Su 7:30P-BonitaCnyn Disc, 5001 Nwprt $270

Mo 5:00P-Women's Blue Book, 5001Newport $367

Mo 6:00P-(W)'s B. B. Topic, 6670 Alton $70

Mo 6:30P-Easy Does It, 4949 Alton $351

Mo 6:30P-(W)'s BB Topic Disc, 4949 Alt $53

Mo 7:30P-(W)'s Disc., 15 Orange Tree $438

Tu & Th 6:30A- A New Morning, 4945 Alton $37 $603

Tu 10:00A-Women's Reflection Group, 5001 Newp $120

Tu 12:00P-(W)'s BB Stdy, 5101 Alton Pky $411

Tu 6:00P-W's Courage To Change, 18182 $110

Tu 7:00P-(M)'s K.I.S. 12X12, 14701 Har $1,008

Tu 7:30P-Good Guys (M)'s, 55 Deerwood $50

We 6:30P-B. B. Topic Disc., 5001 Nwprt $847

We 7:30P-12 Solutions SS, Harvard $275

Th 6:30P-(W)'s Gypsies, Deerfield & Turt $218

Fr 10:30A-Over 50 Grp, 4400 Barranca $40 $355

Fr 12:00P-(W)'s Topic Disc, 5101 Alton P $91 $410

Fr 5:30P-Topic Disc.Grp, 6650 Alton (Kai $66 $419

Fr 5:30P-On the Way Home $79 $79

Fr 7:00P Winning Tkt Bk Stdy, 1 Sunnyh $167

Fr 7:30P-Brothers in Sobriety, 4400 Barr $520

Fr 8:00P-Little Grp, 18422 Culver $175

Sa 6:30A-Back Room S/S, 4400 Barranca $10 $155

Sa 9:15A-SS, 5101 Alton Pky $121 $1,459

Sa 11:00A-B.B Stdy, 1 Sunnyhill - Turtle $720

Sa 7:00P-Spkrs, 1 Sunnyhill - Turtle $370

LAGUNA BEACH ^ ^

Dly 7:00A-C Club 7AMs Att Adj, 20456 $520

Dly 7:05A-Attitude Adj, 31872 PCH $7,788

M-Sa 7:00A-Good Morning Serenity/Ruby $395

Su 7:05A-Montage Grp, (Montage) $116

Su 10:00A-Heisler Park Disc, Cliff $100

Su 10:30A-Sun Q&A Serenity Hill, 31872 $100 $300

Su 11:45A-11th Step Disc., 20456 LCR $105

Su 6:00P-Disc, 20456 LCR $100

Su 6:00P-As Bill Sees It, 340 St Anns $20

Su 6:00P-GV Stdy, 21632 Wesley Dr $250

Su 7:00P-TIS Spkrs, 31872 Coast Hwy $50 $1,699

Mo 6:30P-(W)'s Perspect, 20456 LCR $16 $92

Mo 6:30P-(W)'s BB Stdy, Wesley $504

Mo 7:00P-Mon Night (M)'s Stag @Pat's 4 $300

Mo 8:00P-(M)'s BB Stdy, 31872 PCH $257

Mo 8:00P-S/Coast (M)'s, 340 S/Ann's $257 $1,047

Tu 7:00A.-Men's BB Stdy, 20456 LCR $140

Tu 12:30P-Serenity-Sea (W)'s, 340 St Ann $353

Tu 12:30P-(W)'s Disc, 20456 LCR $840

Tu 6:00P-Here & Now, 20456 LCR $140

Tu 6:30P-(M)'s Beg, 31872 So/Coast $210 $2,538

Tu 7:30P-By The Book, 20456 LCR $95

We 7:00P-(M)'s SS, 415 Forrest Ave $153

We 8:00P-(M)'s Part, 21632 Wesley $70

Th 7:15A-W's Dolphins at Day, Aliso Cree $280

Th 12:30P-(W)'s Disc., 415 Forest Ave. $300

Th 6:00 P-(W)'s Disc,20456 LCR $140

Th 6:30P-(M)'s BYOB 12& 12 SS, 21632 $500

Fr 6:55A-Women's Workshop, 20456 LCR $325

Fr 6:00P-Fri Nite Lit Disc, 21632 Wesley $323

Fr 5:45P-Happy Hour Disc, 20456 LCR $329

Fr 7:30P-Candlelight Acceptance., 20456 $40

Fr 8:00P-Here & Now, 21632 Wesley $140 $518

Sa 7:00A-Whale Watchers Men's, PCH $1,846

Sa 12:30P-Into Action, 20456 LCR $84

Sa 5:00P-Silence is Golden, 428 Park Ave $50

Sa 7:00P-Beginners, 31872 PCH $1,357

Sa 8:00P-Living Sober Spkrs, 428 Park $273

LAGUNA HILLS ^ ^

Su 7:30P-Legacy Grp, 23802 Ave de la $350 $1,468

Mo 6:00P-(W)'sDisc, 23802 A D Carlota $375

Tu 7:00P-(M)'s Stag, 23802 A D Carlotta $762

Tu 7:30P-(W)'s BBStdy, 24566 Ashland $280

Th 12:00P-(W)'s B/B Study, 23181 Verdug $105

Th 7:00P-Sober Ladies Candlelight Disc. $70

Sa 7:00A-Warmer-Upper, 23802 Ave de $90 $674

Sa 11:00A-Acceptance Grp, 23802 Ave $50 $205

LAGUNA NIGUEL ^ ^

Mo 7:00A-Morn (M)'s Stag B2B, 30071 Ivy $287 $926

Mo 10:30A-(W)'s 12X12 Stdy, 27802 El La $90 $220

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Continued on page 8

Mo 5:30P-What's The Purpose Mens, 30111 $359

Tu 7:00A-Tues Morning (M's) BB/SS, 30111 $96

Tu 6:00P-(M)'s Disc/Munch L N Reg Park $230

Tu 7:30P-Book Stdy, 30111 Niguel Rd. $326

We 6:00P-6PM Book Stdy, 30111 Niguel Rd. $128 $288

Th 7:00A-Th Morn Men's Topic Disc,30111 $218

Fr 7:00A-Back to Basics Men's, 30120 Town $257 $2,736

Fr 10:30A-(W)'s Disc., 30071 Ivy Glenn $330

Fr 7:30P-Here & Now, 24360 Yosemite $90 $185

Fr 8:00P-Endless Summer, 30111 Niguel Rd $210

LAGUNA WOODS ^ ^

Dly 7:30A-Do It Sober, 24442 Moulton $506 $3,894

Mo 7:30P- Nite SS Grp, 24442 Moulton $175

We 1:15P-(W)'s BB Stdy, 24351 El Toro $180

Fr 10:00A-Top/Hill Gang, 24252 El Toro $130

LA HABRA ^ ^

M-F 6:30A-Topic Disc, 100 W. La Habra $40

LAKE FOREST ^ ^

We 7:30P-Back To Basics, 23262 El Toro $45 $65

Th 7:30P-Mustard Seed SS, 23262 El Toro $83

LA MIRADA ^ ^

LAS FLORES ^ ^

Sa 7:15P-Mission Spkrs/Water District., 261 $260 $1,155

LOS ALAMITOS ^ ^

Th 7:30P-(W's)Cover/Cover, 3352 Katella $55

MISSION VIEJO ^ ^

Daily Saddleback Valley Grp, 23166 Los $100 $430

Mo 7:00P- (W)'s SS, 26051 Marg. $360

Mo 7:30P-Mon Night W's S/S, 26052 Marg. $120

Mo 7:00P-(W)'s Book Stdy, 26558 Marg. $116

Tu 7:30P-Design for Living BB, 26558 Marg $40

We 9:30A-(W)'s, 26051 Marguerite Pky $75 $290

We 8:30P-Missionaries Disc, 26558 Marg. $200

Th 9:30A-(W)'s 12 x 12, 26001 Blascos $96

Fr 8:30P-Couch Meeting, 26001 Muirlands $30 $156

NEWPORT BEACH ^ ^

Dly 6:30A-Jumpstart Disc, 414 E. 32nd St. $682

M-S 6:30A-Round Disc, 414 E. 32nd St $960

M-F 6:30A-Chicken Coop Round Table, 414 Old $633

M-F 6:45A-Attitude Adj, Bayside Dr (Yacht $2,317

M-F 12:15P-Shark@Aquatic, 1Whitecliffs $3,415

M-F 5:30P-Fish Out'a Water, 414 E. 32nd $300

Su 7:15A-Men's Closed B/B Study, 798 Do $105 $314

Su 9:30A-Sandy Survivors, On/Beach $305

Su 7:00P-Primary Purp Grp, 1 Whitecliffs Dr. $300

Su 7:30P-Spkrs, 414 E. 32nd St $726

Mo 12:30P-Back Bay (M)'s, 1201 Irvine $250 $1,250

Mo 7:00P-Women's Book & Step Study 2414 $380

Mo 7:00P-Over 40 Disc, 1099 Bayside Dr. $298

Mo 8:00P-(M)'s Disc, 301 Nwprt Blvd $120 $354

Mo 7:45P-(W)'s Beg Disc, 301 Nwprt Blvd $300

Tu 6:00P-Dover (W's) 12 & 12, 798 Dover $179

Tu 7:00P-B St Bonfire-1st Fire Ring/Ocean $100

Tu 7:00P-(W)'s B/Stdy, 2414VistaDelOro $362

Tu 8:00P-(W)'s Topic Discussion, 4141 E. $140

We 7:00P-Steps&Trads, 2200 San Joaqin $60 $180

We 7:30P-Wed Night (M)'s, 2401 Irvine $25

We 8:00P-Recovery Radicals, 301Nwprt $700

Th 7:30P-Balboa Spkr Grp, 414 E. 32nd $375

Fr 12:15P-(M)'s Closed Group Disc, 414 $186 $533

Sa 6:00P-Discovery Grp, 1 Whitecliff Dr. $110

Sa 8:30P-Hoag Hut Spkr, 301 Nwprt Ave $175

ORANGE ^ ^

Dly 7:00A-Early Birds, 812 Town&Cntry $474

Su 11:00A-Sun Pumprs, 705 W LaVeta $70

Mo 7:00P-(W)'s Step Stdy, 161 Orange $28 $259

Tu 7:00P-Discussion, 1130 E. Walnut $35

Tu 7:00P-(W)'s Keep It Simple, 1310 E W $406

We 7:30P-Alkies Only, 1800 E. LaVeta $424

Th 7:00P-How It Works, 1800 LaVeta $420 $420

Th 7:30P-777 (M)'s Stag, 395 S Tustin $100

Fr 7:00P-As Bill Sees It, 161 S. Orange $90

PLACENTIA ^ ^

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA ^ ^

Su 7:00P-Old Time AA 12&12, 30605 Fl $457

Mo 7:00P-(W)'sSta/Sober, 30382VCD $215

Mo 7:30P-Charter(M)'s, 30605 Ave de la Fl $180

Tu 7:30P-Old TimeAA BB Stdy, 30382 VCD $150 $600

M-F 6:30A-Att & Grat, 30605 Ave D/L Flor $1,905

We 7:30P-RSM StepStdy, 30382 VCD $50

Sa 10:30A-(W)'s BB Stdy, VCD $195

SAN CLEMENTE ^ ^

Dly- Groups, SC Friendship CTR,929 Calle $40 $160

Mo 7:00P-N.O.I. (M)'s, Camino Capist $350 $770

Tu 6:00P-SOS(W)'s Disc, 190 Ave La Pata $40

We 7:00P-Doheny Group, 35522 Cam. Cap $70

Fr 7:00P-(W)'s Book Stdy, Ave.Aragon $280

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO ^ ^

Dly 7:00A-SJGroup Eye Opener, 27514 $1,000

Dly 6:00A-Taking a Trip, 21891 Camino $2,725

Dly Various- San Juan Meetings, 27514 Ca $1,107 $9,969

Su 5:00P-SJGroup 1 Hr Top Disc, 27514 C $221 $982

Tu 6:00P-(M)'s Stag/Munchies, 32202 Del $820

Tu 7:00P- SJGroup Hear Here Part, 27514 $397

We 6:15P-Speaker Disc Group, 27112A Pa $751

We 7:30P-BB Stdy, 26283 Shadybrook $200

Th 7:00A-Design for Living (W's) S/S, 271 $312

Th 9:30A-(W)'s Back 2 B B/S, 27122A Pas $126 $385

Th 5:30P-Men's Meditaition, 27122A Paseo $100 $100

Th 6:00P-Do The Steps, 32202 Del Obispo $48 $298

Th 7:30P-(M)'s Q & A, 32202 Del Obispo $806

Fr 11:30A-(W)'s B 2 B Grapevine, 27122A $110

Sa 6:00P-SJGroup Around 40's Disc $50 $530

SANTA ANA ^ ^

Dly 12 & 8pm-Nueva Luz, 2525 N.Grand $10

Mo 7:00P-(M)'s Disc, 1st & Lyon Elks L $20 $20

SEAL BEACH ^ ^

Mo 7:30P-Seal Bch Spkrs, 500 Marina Dr $733

We 7:30P-(M)'s SS, 8th & Central $50 $186

Th 6:00P-Ladies Power Hour, 148 10th St. $150

SILVERADO CANYON ^ ^

SUNSET BEACH ^ ^

Su 7:15A-Sober Sunday Sunrise, 16865 $88

Su 10:00A-Sunset Bch Mtg, PCH & Warner $240

Su 11:00A-Inner Peace Group, 16865 PCH $75

Su 5:00P-Sundowners, 16865 PCH $30

Tu 7:00A-Disc, 16865 PCH $190

Tu 12:00P-Disc, 16865 PCH $180 $280

Tu 6:00P-Disc, 16865 PCH $261

Th 7:00A-Disc, 16865 PCH $60 $275

Th 5:30P-(W)'s Meet, 16865 PCH $20

Th 7:30P-Participation, 16865 PCH $30

Fr 6:00P-I Never Had It So Good Mens, 16 $125

Sa 7:30A-Disc, 16865 PCH $70 $580

Sa 9:15A-Lucky 13, on the beach @ Broad $154

Sa 5:00P-Discussion, 16865 PCH $70

TUSTIN ^ ^

Dly 6:00A-Foothill Early Risers, 19211 $140 $1,351

Dly 6:00A-Attitude Mod, 1221 Wass $269 $2,191

M-F 12:00P-Alkies Winners, 555 W.Main $135 $2,201

M,W,F 12:00P- Spiritual Experience, 14402 $145

Su 9:02A-Podium, Spkr,Q&A, 18341 Lass $221

Su 7:00P-Sober & Crazy Spkrs, 1834 Lass $63 $1,148

Mo 9:00A-(W)'s Unity Grp, 14402 Prospect $102

Mo 7:30P-Mens Crosstalk Mtg., 330 El Ca $100 $100

Mo 6:15P-Tustin (W)'s 12X12, 1221 Wass $175

Tu 12:00P-(W)'s 12 & 12, 19211 Dodge A $90

Tu 7:00P-Tustin BB Stdy, 225 W. Main $114 $587

Tu 8:00P-Steps 1-4, 1201 Irvine $442

We 7:00P-Lucky Stiffs (M)'s, 18542 Vanderl $181

We 7:00P-(W)'s Solutions, 19211 Dodge $29 $624

Th 6:30 P-Th 12&12 SS, 19211 Dodge $35

Th 6:15P-(W)'s Living Sober, 1221 Wass. $50 $106

Th 7:00P-12 Steps & 12 Trads, 225 Main $98

Fr 6:30P-It's in the Book, 222 W. Main $963

Fr 7:30P-Turning The Corner, 1221 Wass $145

Fr 8:00P-Discussion $85

Sa 7:30A-Tustin Acceptace Meeting, 225 $105 $475

Sa 8:00P-Visiting Spkrs 1221 Wass $50 $385

VILLA PARK ^ ^

Dly 7:30A-24 Hour Book Grp, 17855 Santia $262

Fr 12:00P-(W)'s BB Stdy, 17855 Sant $47

WESTMINSTER ^ ^

Fr 6:30P-Men@His Place, 14061 Chestnut $540

WHITTIER ^ ^

UNLISTED GROUPS ^ ^

Chapman & Lewis AA, Orange $100 $200

Anonymous Group $270

BIS, Irvine $100

Scott's Cake, Mission Viejo $153

Bell Ringers B/B Study $164

Tu 6:00P-Women's Bookstudy $67

Tuesday Sassy Sisters, Newport Beach $40

We 6:00P-Look at the Book $144

We Kaiser Med Morning $167

Women's Unlisted Mtg, CM $87

Th 7:15P-BB Stdy (UL) LB $100

Fr 5:30P- B/B Tape/CD Study, Irvine UL $340

Women's AA/Alanon $134

Winners Step Study, Laguna Niguel (final) $179

Sa 8:00A-Men's Stag, CM $280

Sa 9:00A-Double Winners, Canyon Club $50

WANDERING GROUPS ^ ^

Tu 6:00P-Wandering Step Sisters $140 $420

Tu 6:00P-Chicks on the Run $200

We 7:30P- Rolling Men's Stag BB Study $105 $255

We (W)'s Wandering-South County UL $371

Th 6:30P-RSM (3rd Thurs) Wandering $140

MISC. DONATIONS ^ ^

OCCO Change Can $18 $151

Satellite Office Change Can $114

Intergroup Meeting $61 $777

Laguna Beach 4th Step Workshop $597

Men's Banquet 2012 $1,639

Southern CA AA Convention $300

Desert PowWow $1,000

AOCYPAA $708

PERSONAL DONATIONS ^ ^

Anonymous $100 $1,872

Alexander A., San Clemente $1,500

Garry & Toni N. , Capo Beach $1,000 $1,000

Gordon L. $5

Harry R. $30

James D. , Laguna Beach $50

June L., Irvine $300

Ken R., Nicaragua $75

Layne G., Newport Beach $50

Linda L. , Lake Elsinore $400

Michael & Lola K., Trabuco Canyon $180 $180

Michel T., Laguna Niguel $105 $105

Tom Z $100

Wanda R., Huntington Beach $70

Thomas L., Newport Beach $100

Theresa W., Newport Beach $50 $575

IN LOVING MEMORY ^ ^

Memorial to Kay T. from her women's groups at St. Wilfreds, HB $245

GROUP INFORMATION REQUESTED ^ ^

Receipt #2108 CK#3497 CK247 $42

Receipt #3054 CK#3504 $14

Receipt #2639 CK #7548 $98

Receipt #2481 CK #4333579704 $173

Receipt #3475 CK #6904369595 $21

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Receipt #3720 CK #363 $60

Receipt #3319 CK #376 $100

Receipt #2902 CK#391 $186

Receipt #3343 CK#5222 $702

Receipt #1974 CK#1566 $65

Receipt #3534 CK#8524 $68

Receipt #3315 CK#14345 $78

Receipt #3101 $100

Receipt #2869 CK#1111 $163 $163

Receipt #2944 $100

Receipt #3295 CK#79310929 $225

Receipt # 3575 K#1080 $238

Receipt #3578 CK#152 $100

Receipt #3573 $80

Receipt #2510 CK# 7539 $365

Receipt #3644 CK#0998018988 $120

Receipt #2596 CK#687 $60

Receipt #2854 CK#1312 $70 $70

Receipt #3685 CK#244 $120

Receipt #2884 CK#196 Michael M. $750

Receipt #2627 CK#0096010455 $800

Receipt #3652 CK#14560500539 $13

Receipt #3607 CK#576 $91

Receipt #3616 CK#995219 $40

Receipt #3167 CK#7564 $289

TOTALS $14,367 $187,980

Group Donations continued from page 7

MEETING CHANGES Since December 20, 2012

MONDAY SILVERADO 7:00 PM BIG BOOK STUDY 28890 Modj­eska Canyon Rd. (Community Center) Name Change WEDNESDAY ORANGE 2:00 PM SHARING AND CARING (LAST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH CHIP MEETING) 401 South Tustin St. Bldg. C Room Change

THURSDAY SEAL BEACH 7:30 PM THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE FIGHTS 3333 St. Cloud Drive (Community Center) Name Change

MEETING DELETIONS Since December 20, 2012

THURSDAY LAGUNA BEACH 8:30 PM FROM BOYS TO MEN 20456 Laguna Canyon Rd

Orange County Intergroup Assoc. Web Site Statistics

Visitors who Viewed Lifeline Issues

Month Home Page

Views Current Issue Last Month Previous

Issues Back to

(oc-aa.org) 34 Months April, 1963

July, 2012 22,812 209 138 900 927

Aug, 2012 23,402 209 106 850 1,137

Sept., 2012 23,818 79 184 783 1,140

Oct., 2012 19,885 233 93 600 2,188

Nov., 2012 19,649 118 125 1057 3,265

Dec., 2012* 28,085 97 218 296

Christmas Day 12/25 Tuesday 9am – 1pm

New Year’s Day 01/01 Tuesday 9am – 1pm

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 01/21 Monday 9am – 1pm

Presidents Day 02/18 Monday 9am – 1pm

Memorial Day 05/27 Monday 9am – 1pm

With the hope of better serving it’s Members and Groups, The Intergroup

Service Board voted in favor of a new holiday schedule for the Central

Office in Santa Ana on a six month trial basis. Below are the new holiday

hours.

Orange County Central Office—New HOLIDAY Hours

*Lifeline numbers are lower due to now reporting "Visitors" rather than "Hits"

Archived issues of the Lifeline for the years 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1974,

1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2005 are now available at oc-aa.org (click on

LIFELINE) in downloadable .pdf format. More to be added in the future.

Another Buck in the Basket

This month's tip for dropping an extra dollar or two

in the basket:

Make a pledge with another close A.A. friend to each drop $2 in the basket every meeting – you'll both feel better for it.

Alcohol does not make people do things better; it makes them less ashamed of doing them badly.

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A Letter From Bill W. on Depression

The following excerpts from a letter of Bill W.’s was quoted in the memoirs of Tom P., an early California A.A. mem-ber. Tom did not use the name of the person addressed—perhaps because he was still living.

Tom said: Here in part is what Bill W. wrote in 1958 to a close friend who shared his problem with depression, describing how Bill himself used St. Francis’s prayer as a stepping-stone toward recovery:

Dear ......, I think that many oldsters who have put our A.A. “booze cure” to se-vere but successful tests still find they often lack emotional sobriety. Perhaps

they will be the spearhead for the next major development in A.A ... the de-velopment of much more real maturity and balance (which is to say, humility) in our relations with ourselves, with our fellows, and with God. How to translate a right mental conviction into a right emotional result and so into easy, happy, and good liv-ing ... well, that’s not only the neurot-ic’s problem, it’s the problem of life itself for all of us who have got to the point of real willingness to hew to right

principles in all our affairs. Even then, as we hew away, peace and joy may still elude us. That’s the place so many of us A.A. oldsters have come to. And it’s a hell of a spot, liter-ally. Last autumn, depression, having no really ration-al cause at all, almost took me to the cleaners. I be-gan to be scared that I was in for another long chron-ic spell. Considering the grief I’ve had with depres-sions, it wasn’t a bright prospect. I kept asking myself, “Why can’t the Twelve Steps work to release depression?” By the hour, I stared at the St. Francis prayer ... “It is better to com-

fort than to be comforted.” Here was the formula, all right, but why didn’t it work? Suddenly I realized what the matter was ... My basic flaw had always been dependence, almost ab-solute dependence on people or circumstances to supply me with prestige, security, and the like. Fail-ing to get these things according to my perfectionist dreams and specifications, I had fought for them. And when defeat came so did my depression. There wasn’t a chance of making the outgoing

love of St. Francis a workable and joyous way of life until these fatal and almost absolute dependencies were cut away.

Reinforced by what grace I could secure in pray-er, I found I had to exert every ounce of will and action to cut off these faulty emotional dependencies upon people, upon A.A., indeed upon any set of circumstances whatsoever. Then only could I be free to love as Francis had. Emotional and institutional satisfactions, I saw, were really the extra dividends of having love, offer-

ing love, and expressing a love appro-priate to each relation of life. Plainly, I could not avail myself of God’s love until I was able to offer it back to Him by loving others as He would have me. And I couldn't possi-

bly do that as long as I was victimized by false dependencies. For my dependency meant de-mand ... a demand for the possession and control of the people and the con-ditions surrounding me. This seems to be the primary heal-ing circuit, an outgoing love of God’s creation and His people, by means of which we avail ourselves of His love for us. It is most clear that the real cur-rent can’t flow until our paralyzing dependencies are broken, and broken at depth. Only then can we possibly

have a glimmer of what adult love re-ally is. If we examine every disturbance we have, great or small, we will find at

the root of it some unhealthy dependency and its consequent demand. Let us, with God’s help, con-tinually surrender these hobbling demands. Then we can be set free to live and love; we may then be able to gain emotional sobriety. Of course, I haven’t offered you a really new idea ... only a gimmick that has started to unhook several of my own “hexes” at depth. Nowadays my brain no longer races compulsively in either elation, grandiosity or depression. I have been given a quiet place in bright sunshine. Tom said: “Bill's word’s of wisdom helped and inspired me and many others. To those who have never been there, it is hard to describe the gratitude that overflows in men and women who are delivered from the black depths of depres-sion into the light. As with delivery from the bondage to alcohol, it is a hosanna of the heart that never ends.”

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SPEAKER MEETINGSSPEAKER MEETINGSSPEAKER MEETINGS

Fullerton 8:00 p.m., Friday Top of the Hill 111 W. Las Palmas Dr. @ Harbor (St. Paul's Lutheran Church) Contact: Michael L. 02/01 Michael B., Santa Ana 02/08 Debbie M., Buena Park 02/15 Blair G., Long Beach 02/22 Mary O., Fullerton 03/01 TBA 03/08 Kerry C., Huntington Beach 03/15 David F., Anaheim 03/22 Joanie V., Tustin 03/29 Todd C., Anaheim 04/05 TBA 04/12 Jessie F., Anaheim

Mission Viejo 7:30 p.m., Friday Friday Night Speaker Meeting Oaktree Village Center (above the Mission Ranch Market) 23166 Los Alisos Blvd., Suite 238 Contact: Fran F.

Orange 7:00 p.m., Sunday Sunday Night Speakers of Orange 1800 E La Veta @ Tustin St. (Rio Center) Contact: Debi S. 02/03 Bernie, Book House 02/10 Karla, It’s in the Book Group 02/17 Jack, Newport Beach 02/24 Sharon, It’s in the Book Group

Tustin 8:00 p.m., Saturday Saturday Night Visiting Speakers St. Paul’s Church, 1221 Wass St. Contact: Keith S. 02/02 Louis G., Villa Park 02/09 Patrick C., Lucerne Valley 02/16 Karol N., Tustin 02/23 Brenda D., Diamond Bar

Tustin 7:00 p.m., Sunday Sober & Crazy Speaker Meeting 18341 Lassen Drive Fairhaven & Esplande (Prentice School) Contact: Chuck D. Jr. 02/03 Jerry G., Tustin 02/10 Mickey C., Downey 02/17 Brianna R., Orange 02/24 Cia F., West Los Angeles 03/03 Kirk C., The “Gator” Meeting 03/10 Danny S., Mission Viejo 03/17 Patrick C., Santa Ana

Tustin 9:02 a.m., Sunday Podium Participation Speaker Meeting & Q & A 18341 Lassen Drive Fairhaven & Esplande (Prentice School) Contact: Mary S. 02/03 Garth, Santa Ana 02/10 Dani, Long Beach 02/17 Kevin Y., Mission Viejo 02/24 Dana Sue, Villa Park

To Carry the Message of Alcoholics Anonymous to the

Alcoholic who is confined in a Hospital or Institution

South Orange County H & I Meets the 3rd Wednesday of the month

7:30 pm Laguna Canyon Club

20456 Laguna Canyon Rd., Laguna Beach

(949) 497-1823

Orange County H & I Meets the 2nd Sunday of the month Institutions meet at 4:00; Hospitals meet at 6:00 Garden Grove Alano Club, 714-534-2244 9845 Belfast Drive, Garden Grove For additional info call (714) 979-8524 or Central Office: (714) 556-4555

April 26-28, 2013

25th IWV A.A. Round Up

A Frontier for Hope

Desert Empire Fairgrounds

Ridgecrest, CA 93555

Website: www.orgsites.com/ca/iwvroundup

Email: iwvroundup@gmail.com

May 4, 2013

3rd Annual South County

Chili Cook-Off

Presented by:

SOC H & I Cook-Off Committee

All Welcome, Pet Friendly

Mason Park, Irvine

EVENTSEVENTSEVENTS

Please submit speaker meeting

and event information by the

15th of the month to LifelineCommittee@gmail.com

Events and meetings listed on this

page are listed here solely as a

service to our members, not as an

endorsement by the Orange County

Intergroup Association of Alcohol-

ics Anonymous or the Lifeline

Committee

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ORANGE COUNTY

INTERGROUP ASSOCIATION OF A.A. Statement of Income and Expenses for Period Ending 12/31/2012

Unaudited

CALL FORWARDING: The call forwarding program instituted by Orange

County Central Office insures that our help line

phones are answered by volunteers 24/7. During

hours when the Central Office is closed, calls to the

Central Office are forwarded to a call forwarding vol-

unteer’s home or cell phone, where the volunteer an-

swers the calls just as if he or she were sitting in the

Central Office. This service allows the Central Of-

fice to realize a significant cost saving because we do

not need to contract with a phone answering service.

Even more vital, when a call is placed to Alcoholics

Anonymous in Orange County, the caller will be talk-

ing to an Alcoholics Anonymous member not a

phone service! This truly is “front-line” 12th Step

work and we would appreciate any time you can give.

SHIFTS:

Monday thru Friday shifts are 6am to 9am, 6pm to

9pm and 9pm to 6am. Saturday and Holiday shifts

start with the 6am to 9am. The Central Office opens

and covers from 9am to 1pm on Saturdays and Holi-

days. The phones are then forwarded to volunteers to

cover the phones from 1pm to 4pm, 4pm to 7pm,

7pm to 10pm and 10pm to 6am. On Sundays shifts

begin at 6am with the 6am to 10am, and continue

with 10am to 2pm, 2pm to 6pm, 6pm to 10pm and

10pm to 6am.

VOLUNTEERING:

In order to volunteer for this service it is suggested

that you have two years of sobriety. You must then

arrange with the Central Office Manager in Santa

Ana or the Satellite Office Manager in Mission Viejo

for a brief orientation session which will be held at

one of the offices. Shifts are available please call the

Central Office at (714) 556-4555 or the Satellite Of-

fice at (949) 582-2697

“Alcoholics Anonymous,

how may we help you?”

In Southern California, see Page 72 of our Orange County printed Meeting Directory for a list-

ing of nearby Central Offices with phone numbers and web site addresses.

For the rest of the U.S. and Canada, go to www.aa.org where you can locate Central Offices by State or Province or Country.

Travelers without access to the Internet can call our Central Office (714) 556-4555 where a phone volunteer will look up a contact

or meeting in any of the printed or on-line directories published by GSO.

A.A. on the road

December YTD

INCOME

Group Donations 12,870.10 180,083.15

Individual/Fellowship 1,435.00 6,911.79

Literature Sales 10,004.08 132,536.10

In Memoriam 0.00 245.00

Birthday Donations 427.00 4,509.65

Intergroup Donations 60.70 776.67

Interest Earned 12.66 314.57

TOTAL INCOME: 24,809.54 325,376.93

EXPENSES

Accounting 0.00 8,325.00

Auto Expense (all Mgrs.) 80.34 710.49

Credit Card Expense 96.56 907.90

Bank Charges -25.00 -6.00

Cash/Invoices OverShort -16.93 -60.75

Donated Literature 0.00 150.60

Insurances 0.00 6,114.88

Intergroup Expense 150.00 4,310.32

Lease Expense 349.87 4,001.65

Sales Tax on Lease 27.12 310.16

Maintenance & Repairs 292.53 970.23

Volunteers Coffee + Water 182.74 1,358.26

Offices' Supplies + Expenses 277.38 3,199.51

Postage 54.00 705.35

Public Info Expense 1,309.62 2,241.00

Rent Main/Satellite Offices 2,902.90 34,650.35

Salaries 9,180.80 109,804.16

Reimb. Health Insurance 230.00 2,736.01

Payroll Tax Expense 726.44 9,344.55

Taxes & Licenses 0.00 194.94

Penalty Expense 0.00 0.00

Interest Espense 0.00 0.00

Telephone Expense 541.02 6,661.70

LIFELINE Expense 1,080.11 13,350.60

Cost of Literature Sold 8,934.88 110,990.85

Returned Checks 0.00 0.00

Special Events Expense 0.00 3,991.39

TOTAL EXPENSES: 26,374.38 324,963.15

INCOME/(LOSS): -1,564.84 413.78

Page 12

Volume 43, Number 2

Hope

Miracle

Believe

Spiritual

Acceptance

Bondage

Reprieve

Strength

Experience

Sanity

Humility

Simple

Surrender

Willingness

Restore

From a speaker at the Sat. Night Tustin Visiting Speakers Meeting:

Seems there was a renowned A.A. speaker that a group was eager to book. Only problem: he was known to

ramble on and on, always going over his allotted time. Knowing this, the group’s Secretary figured he had a

good way of getting the speaker’s attention when it was time to wrap up. Came the big night. The speaker

was eloquent, but as the end of the meeting drew near, the Secretary held up a card showing the speaker that

there were only ten minutes to go. Now rambling on, the speaker ignored this bit of news. At five minutes,

the Secretary held up the next card. Again, the speaker ignored the message, and launched into a new subject.

At ten minutes over the Secretary, having lost it, grabbed a copy of the Big Book, and threw it at the speaker,

just missing him and knocking an Old-timer in the first row out of his seat. The elder one regained his chair,

and loudly announced, “Hit me again, I can still hear him!”

H O P E A A T Y Z B N O Y V A H J

S A H E L P B S Q A D R M A Z W E

S P I R I T U A L A P E B U W N W

U L I V X T A N C E A S I P L O W

R E Y R B N O I M C A I E V Y A I

R A L E V U C T L O E M A R C L L

E E A P E A X Y I C N P M M C O L

N D Y R K M U N D A A L T R E O I

D W B E L I E V E J I E F A A B N

E Q O L K R M X O F S I R J N I G

R E N L M A A N P B Y E P X F C N

S D D C F C O G J E X B B I M H E

E S A A B L A P W B R S H K A U S

N T G J R E V A Q Z A I E S A E S

G R E P R I E V E T U X E Q U E A

X E N K A A K S Y Q B H S N B C Y

D N M H E T R E S T O R E R C D G

A G O A Z I I Q P H A F G W G E L

A T C P T S U L J R A S B U T R K

F H U M I L I T Y R T S M I E H I

STEP TWO WORD SEARCH UP, DOWN, ACROSS, DIAGONAL

Find at least 15 AAs.

You might be an alcoholic if:

You think the pill bottle warning label “ALCOHOL MAY

INTENSIFY THIS EFFECT” is a serving suggestion.

You’re fond of saying, “It’s 5 o’clock somewhere.”

You’re telling the truth when you say, “I don’t recall.”

You wake up to the blue lights in the rearview mirror.