Pass It On Eastside Intergroup Newsletter August 2016

Pass It On
Eastside Intergroup Newsletter
August 2016
Page 1, 2 and 3
Reaching Freedom by Rachel
P.A.
Page 4
Upcoming Sober Events and
Meeting Updates
Page 5
Office Report by Nancy O.
Page 6
August A.A. History
Page 7
Birthday Club
Faithful Fivers
Pink Can Contributions
Page 8
Notes from the Archives
by David C..
Page 9
Office Information
Newsletter Volunteers
Hotline Volunteers
Contributions
Page 10
Reaching Freedom
by Rachel P.A.
Just like you, for me a sequence of events unfolded and led me to the
rooms of AA. My girlfriend and I were hot and cold, my finances were in
dire straits, my relationships were crumbling, and my job was too stressful.
What was killing me the most, besides the poison I was drinking? My mind.
So I stopped drinking “on my own” for several weeks and you know what
was killing me the most now that the poison was gone? Yep, my mind.
So at the ripe young age of 25, I walked into the smoky rooms of Alcoholics
Anonymous in Chattanooga, TN and I haven’t looked back since that day. I
walked in there to get relief from myself. My blood pressure was 150/100,
my heart’s resting rate was almost 100 BPM, and anxiety was all I knew. I
worked 3 jobs a day from 6am - 11pm and then after getting home from a
17 hour day I would go on a run. I was a nut. A total nut. I did not know
how to sit still with myself, not for one second.
And I cried, oh Lord, did I cry. But I wasn’t drinking and I was making a
beginning. A couple weeks after attending my first meeting I got a sponsor
and started working the Steps. I figured if I was going to do this thing, I was
going to do it full steam ahead. I would learn later what full steam ahead
can really look like…
Three months into sobriety, I got a Dear John letter from that hot and cold
girlfriend and all my stuff left on my door step. I went to my sponsor to
complain. Know what she said? “You need to call someone else today and
ask them how they are doing and don’t say anything about you.” I probably
looked at her like she punched me in the gut. But I also had this beautiful
gift of desperation that we hear about and I was willing to do anything to
live a different life.
Thank you ESIG Representatives
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Reaching Freedom
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So after the meeting that day, I went outside and called someone, asked them about their day, told them
mine was good, and got off the phone. Now some would say you need to express your feelings! Let them
out! Better out than in! But what they don’t realize is that expression of negative emotion from me to you
day in and day out - that is what was killing me. Now, I did not know this then. It would not be until years
later that this concept, this idea, this crazy, crazy, outlandish idea that if we put negative into the world we
will get negative back became something I would either live by or die at the hands of it.
While in Chattanooga, I stuck with the same sponsor for 3 years. We worked the Steps and took others
through the Steps. Then on my 3rd AA birthday, my girlfriend at the time was diagnosed with terminal brain
cancer. She was originally from Seattle and we ultimately decided to move to Seattle to be closer to her
family and take advantage of the medical care offered here. This was a tumultuous time. Looking back on it
now, I had no idea what I was doing, who I was, who I wanted to be, or why I was uprooting my life….deep
down inside I sensed something greater calling me to Seattle. Something told me that I would meet people
here that would change the course of my existence.
After a period of time caring for my girlfriend and her health, I decided to make a drastic change and I left
the relationship. I’m not really sure what was going on with me at that time. I’ll probably never know. Would
I be where I am today if I had stayed? I actually believe I would be in a similar spiritual condition because
something was stirring inside of me. Something was driving me to look for more, different, better - I just
didn’t know quite how to harness that drive yet.
I changed sponsors for the 2nd time in less than a year and was not feeling like what I believed someone
should feel with several years of sobriety, step work, meetings, and helping others under their belts. Something just wasn’t right…I had an edge to me. And it was starting to bother me…people at my work called me
Ragel instead of Rachel. I wasn’t full of rage in the typical sense of the word but it was seething, oozing out
of me, and I couldn’t get stop it.
So this dis-ease continued to build inside me. And then I met some people that would forever change my life.
First, I met the woman that would one day be my wife and partner in sobriety. We fell in love almost
immediately and started learning how to live life together…and we had a lot to learn (still do!). Then I
connected with a previous acquaintance in AA because we were both first-time GSRs. We went to a GSR
workshop together and she told me her sponsor was starting to take a new group through the Steps, and if I
was interested, I could join the group. I had seen how much this acquaintance had changed; I saw there was
something to this Process, this experience she had in the Steps. I also knew the sponsor. She was and is the
Real Deal. If I was going to do this, I was going to do this, full steam ahead… So this wonderful woman not
only took me through the Steps but also took my wife through the Steps with me and two others. And then
she took us through how to be a Sponsor in the Steps. And then she took us through the Traditions. And then
(a lot of work, huh?!) we went through the Concepts together. And now she’s taking members of my family
through the Steps - Full steam ahead indeed!!!
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Reaching Freedom (continue)
I want to pause here and say that from this sponsor and this process of working the Steps I began to see that
my mind is truly the problem. My mind literally wanted to kill me and I believed some very dark things about
myself and others. Things that weren’t true and weren’t even grounded in anything resembling reality. And I
began to see that if I believed in that so much, maybe, just maybe, I could harness that energy to believe in
the good…and then behave that way too. So I began to practice. Practice being kind. Practice giving. Practice
thinking of others. And I began to not practice. I decided to not practice blaming other and arguing with
them. I decided to not practice defending my ideas and began to listen to yours instead. I decided to stop
believing those things that simply weren’t good and I started to believe only in the good instead. Only in the
good.
So have things changed, you ask? Well these last few years of my sobriety have not even resembled my first
few years. Words won’t do justice to the experience I have had in the Steps, Traditions, and Concepts. I have
worked harder at my recovery than anything in my life and it already has paid me more than I can repay in a
lifetime. I have gotten married, I have sponsored several people, I have become GSR for my Home Group, I
have landed a job that is beyond anything I thought would be mine, and I have people in my life that love
and care for me and believe in me.
Those are all great gifts and I would not trade them for anything. But what I am learning now is that I can
have all the gifts in the world but they will mean nothing if I don’t give them all away. Gifts are meant to be
given not received. Imagine if for every gift we received we felt a tremendous responsibility to give it away
in some form. What would the world be filled with? Givers, determined, motivated givers. That’s what I
have to wake up to do every day. Will I fall short? You bet. Will I stop trying? Never. I owe it to AA, my Sponsor, those I Sponsor, my friends, my co-workers, and especially my family to never give up. And, I’ve been
taught how to do that in AA. Never, never, never give up. I am worth it. My family is worth it. My parents
and children are worth it. Yes, even my boss is worth it. Why? Because the Steps teach me to give. That is
their primary purpose. By the end (which by the way is really the beginning), by the time I reach Step12 I
need to be focused on giving it away to keep it. Not keeping it to keep it. If I want to grow, I must give, and if
I give then there will be no limits to life. I will be free. All that discipline and hard work will give me the freedom I have been seeking my whole life. That freedom from myself. The greatest gift of them all.
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Meeting Updates
August 6th: ESIG Annual Picnic from 11 am to 3 pm at Beaver Lake in
Sammamish. Bring lawn chairs, water toys, kids, etc.
Tickets are $5 and kids under 12 are free.
August 6th: No Reservation Speaker Meeting from 7 pm to 9 pm at the
Swinomish Gymnasium in La Conner. Childcare is no longer offered. AA
speaker is Mike A. from Nashville, TN and Al-Anon speaker is Diane A. from
Nashville, TN.
August 6th: Mid Summer Nights Rave 2 from 8 to 11:55 pm at Seattle First
Baptist Church in Seattle. Cost is $7 to $10. Speaker Meeting at 8 pm. Rave
after speaker meeting.
August 13th: Live at Pine Lake Speakers Meeting from 7 to 9 pm at Pine
Lake Covenant Church in Sammamish. Speaker is Bob D. from Hilton Las
Vegas, NV.
August 13th: 10 Annual Rock Sober from 11 to 8 pm in Duvall. Live music
and open jam. Suggested donations: $6 per person, $10 per couple and kids
under 12 are free. Bring potluck dish. Hamburgers and hotdogs provided.
August 14th: The Alano Club of the Eastside’s 43rd Birthday Summer Barbecue from 1 to 4 pm in Bellevue. Music by DJ Bizzel & Live Acoustic Artists.
$10 donation.
August 11th to 14th: Step Ashore III at Ocean Shores Convention
Center in Ocean Shores. Both AA and Al-Anon Speakers will be
speaking. The cost is $79 for preregistration. Register & Pay Online at
www.nwwoodstockofaa.org.
August 11th to 14th: 5th Annual Three Bridges Campout at Tolt
McDonald Campground in Carnation. Important to RSVP ahead of
time to ensure camping space. Camping, rafting, hiking, food,
fellowship, etc. Register & Pay Online at www.nwwoodstockofaa.org.
August 18th to 21st: 12 Annual Women’s Spiritual Campout at Alta
Lake State Park in Pateros. Important to RSVP ahead of time to
ensure camping space. $10 cost.
August 25th to 28th: 2016 Northwest Fellowship of the Spirit at Fort
Worden in Port Townsend. Cost is $45 to $50. www.nwfots.org for
additional information.
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NEW MEETINGS:
SOBER ON THE RIDGE
Monday’s 7:30pm—9:00pm
Snoqualmie Fire Station
37600 SE Snoqualmie Pkwy
Snoqualmie, WA 98065
HERETIC’S HAVEN
Monday’s 7:00pm—8:00pm
East Shore Unitarian Church
12700 SE 32nd St.
Bellevue, WA 98005
SUPPORT NEEEDED:
UNBRIDLED GROUP
Thursdays 7:30pm-8:30pm
United Methodist Church
7525 132nd Ave NE, Kirkland
KIRKLAND STUDY GROUP
Saturdays 8:00pm-9:00pm
Rose Hill Presbyterian Church
12202 NE 90th, Kirkland
JOY OF LIVING
Tuesdays & Thursdays 4:00pm
Issaquah IHOP Restaurant
1433 NW Sammamish Rd., Issaquah
SOBER WOMEN
Saturdays 8:30am-10:00am
Eastside Alano Club
12302 NE 8th St., Bellevue
MT. SI SATURDAY NIGHT
Saturdays 8:00pm-9:30pm
Fall City Methodist Church
4326 337th Pl SE, Fall City
CANCELLED MEETING:
ISSAQUAH WOMEN
Thursday Nights 7:30pm
Fish Hatchery in Issaquah
For additional information please
contact Eastside Intergroup during
office hours at 425-454-9192
Office Report by Nancy O.
First Things First! Our annual ESIG PICNIC is Saturday August 6th from 11:00 until 3:00 at Beaver Lake Park in
Sammamish. We always have a great time with good food, fellowship, raffle, face painting and music. I hope to see
everyone there!
This month I attended Maximum Service on Sunday night in Kirkland because my good friend Joshua W. is the Secretary and he asked me to chair. I found the group to be very welcoming and a good meeting for a newcomer to attend.
I will make an effort to attend the meeting again.
I took the last week of August off as vacation time and my husband Terry & I took an amazing Harley ride through Oregon visiting several places along the way including Crater Lake, The McKenzie River, Diamond Lake Resort, Newport,
Florence and Seaside. This note brings me to my gratitude for the volunteers we have in the office throughout the
month, Rick L., Steve C., Ted W., Wallene D., Sharon R., Travis S., Susan H., Sue M., Elizabeth H., and Jen L. Our Office
Assistant Leah W. oversaw the office and made sure everything ran smoothly. Thank you everybody!
During the July we took twenty-three 12th step calls during office hours. This doesn’t include calls after hours that go
through our hotline nor does it include our normal calls about meetings and literature. If you are interested in answering calls, we have openings both on the hotline and in the office. Hotline/Phone Training is scheduled for September 10th from 10:00a.m. to 11:30a.m. at the Intergroup Office. Please RSVP. Six months of sobriety required.
We have sold 991 Big Books since the first of the year!
We donated $750 in literature out of our Pink Can to the Area 72 Corrections Committee this past month to go along
with Seattle and Vancouver Intergroup’s contributions. Thank you to all of our meetings and groups that continue to
support the Pink Can.
John K. our ESIG Board Co-Chair and I attended the District 39 meeting in July and were there on the same night that
Heather from Area 72 was giving a report on Tradition Seven. I learned a lot from her report and will plan to attend
the Tradition Seven Workshop being put on by District 34 on September 24th. It’s important information to have if
we are to be self-supporting through our own contributions.
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August A.A. History
Aug 1934
Aug 1937
- Rowland H and Cebra G. persuaded court to parole Ebby T. to their custody.
- Bill and Lois stopped attending Oxford Group meetings
Aug 1939
- Dr. Bob and Sister Ignatia (in charge of admissions) started working together
at St. Thomas Hospital in Akron, Ohio.
Aug 1946
Aug 1947
- Grapevine reports article “Therapy for Drunks With a Follow-up.” (Gv)
- Grapevine reports on Indiana progress. New Groups column:
INDIANA - East Chicago; Broad Ripple Group, East Side Group,
Home Group, Hub Group, North Side Group, Speedway Group,
South Side Group, all Indianapolis. (Gv)
Aug 1981
- Distribution of Alcoholics Anonymous passes 3 million.
Aug 1, 1943 - Washington Times-Herald (DC) reports on AA clubhouse,
to protect anonymity withholds address. (www)
Aug 8, 1879 - Dr. Bob born in St. Johnsbury, VT.
Aug 9, 1943 - LA groups announce 1000 members in 11 groups
Aug 11, 1938 - Akron & NY members begin writing stories for Big Book.
Aug 14, 1949 – The American Weekly article, “Help For Alcoholics”.
Aug 15, 1890 - E M Jellinek is born, author of "The Disease Concept
of Alcoholism" and the "Jellinek Curve".
Aug 16, 1939 - Dr Bob and Sister Ignatia admit 1st alcoholic Thomas Hospital, Akron, Ohio.
Aug 18, 1988 - 1st Canadian National AA Convention in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Aug 19, 1941 - 1st AA Meeting in Colorado is held in Denver.
Aug 25, 1943 - AA group donates Big Book to public library in Quincy, MA.
Aug 26, 1941 - Bill writes Dr Bob to tell him Works Publishing has been incorporated.
Aug 27, 1955 - Saturday Review article: "The Big Book": Bible For Alcoholics (www)
Aug 28, 1954 - "24 Hours a Day" is published by Richmond W. (www)
Aug 28, 1989 - Newsweek article: Very Personal Computing, Alcoholics log on. (www)
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How Can You Help Support Your Intergroup in
Addition to the 7th Tradition at your Meetings?
Become a Faithful Fiver!
Or Join Our Birthday Club!
What are Faithful Fivers?
Faithful Fivers are AA members who graciously pledge
to contribute $5.00 each month to support Eastside Intergroup in its efforts to carry the AA message of hope
and recovery to those alcoholics who still suffer in the
Eastside area. As a Faithful Fiver, your contribution
can and will make our vital services possible.
The Faithful Fiver idea came about when we remembered that we wasted much more than $5 each month
during our drinking days.
Contributions to Eastside Intergroup from AA members
are limited to $3,000 per member per year and are tax
deductible under Internal Revenue Code: 501(c)3.
Thank You July 2016 Faithful Fivers!
Barbara M.
Nancy O.
David W.
Beth L.
Eastside Open
Breakfast
Susan M.
Pat A.
Ulf W.
Susan M.
Yes! Please enroll me as a
Faithful Fiver!
Eastside Intergroup Birthday Club!
Many of our members contribute to ESIG $1, $2
or $5 per year during their
AA Anniversary month.
We’ll print your name, sobriety date and home
group in our Newsletter.
Your Birthday Club contributions directly
support your Eastside Intergroup Office which
provides a 24 hour phone line, literature, coins
and more!
Birthday Club!
Name___________________________________
Home Group______________________________
Sobriety Date_____________________________
Contribution $_____________________________
Get your name & Home Group in the newsletter!
August 2016 Birthdays
Leah W. 8/2/2012—4 YEARS
Home Group: BILL’S STORY
Rick L. 8/23/09—7 YEARS
Home Group: REDMOND RECOVERY
Here is my contribution of
$_______ for _________months
Name______________________________________
Address____________________________________
City_______________ State/Zip_________________
Return this form to:
Eastside Intergroup
13401 NE Bel-Red Rd. Suite B6
Bellevue, WA 98007
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Pink Can Contributions
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Nooners
Eastside
Women
 Fresh Start
 Seven &
Sober
 Better Odds
Sober
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Sober
Cartooners
 Women of
Worth
 Eastside
Open
Breakfast
Notes from the Archives
By David C., District 38 Archivist
Hello from the vaults of the District 38 Archives. This month I thought you might like to know about a problem many alcoholics suffer from. This problem also saw our Founder Bill W. in it’s clutches. I’m talking about
depression. Much has been written about Bill’s deep episodes of depression, and his struggle to be cured. Bill
Wilson was the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, and he also had to deal with depression for decades
after he gave up the booze. On the days when he managed to drag himself into work, he’d just sit at his desk
with his head in his hands. Bill Wilson helped create one of the most popular self-help movements ever, but
when it came to depression he was powerless.
Bill wrote, “ Last autumn, depression, having no really rational cause at all, almost took me to the cleaners. I
began to be scared that I was in for another long chronic spell. Considering the grief I've had with depressions,
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 comfort 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 absolute dependence on people or circumstances to supply me with prestige, security, and the like. Failing 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 prayer, I
found I had to exert every ounce of will and action to cut off these faulty emotional dependencies upon people, upon AA, 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, offering
love, and expressing a love appropriate 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 possibly do that as
long as I was victimized by false dependencies.”
Bill Wilson worked through his depression with the help of his psychologist. He saw his depression as
'neurosis' and thought one day there'd be a "neurotics anonymous' for those like him who had to go deeper
into understanding how their own 'expectation's' were pre-formed resentments. He eventually found relief
from his depression as he became closer to God. More will be revealed…..
P. S. If you have any questions about AA history I am always there to answer them. Contact Nancy at Intergroup and she will pass your questions on to me. Till next time……
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Office Information
13401 NE Bel-Red Suite B6
Bellevue, WA 98005
Phone: 425-454-9192
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.eastsideintergroup.com
Office Hours:
Thank you July Hotline Volunteers!
Carmen A.
Bill J.
Chuck M.
Keith S.
Eric C.
John K.
Sheldon A.
Leslie G.
Richard J.
John R.
Sheree P.
Susan M.
Mike S.
Ginny K.
James D.
Elton B.
Kristen B.
Gup P.
Travis S.
Mark J.
Merrill G.
Ted W.
Sara K.
Tracy A.
Tina K.
Jim R.
Fred M.
Tim B.
John M.
Backup :
Sheree P.
Bill J.
Eric C.
Wallene D.
Nancy O.
Coordinators:
Eric C.
Bill J.
Mon.-Fri. 10:00am-6:00 pm
Newsletter Contributors
Intergroup Meeting
Thank You July Office Volunteers
Publisher…….....................Alma O.
First Thursday of each
month 7:30-8:30pm
All members welcome!
Bellevue Christian Reformed Church
1221 148th Ave NE, Bellevue 98007
Editor……………..………..Sandy B.
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Archivist……………..……..David C.
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Personal Story…..…….Rachel P.A.
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Office News …….………..Nancy O.
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Office Manager - Nancy 0.
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Email: [email protected]
Thanks to the following Groups for sending contributions
to the Eastside Intergroup office in the month of July
2016. Group contributions enable us to pay the rent and
bills for your Intergroup Office, maintain our phone lines
24 hours a day 7 days a week, publish a monthly newsletter, provide a meeting directory, and carry AA information and literature.
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Leah W.
Susan H
Rick L.
Wallene D.
Steve C.
Carrie W.
Ted W.
John E.
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Rick F.
Sue M.
Jen L.
Travis S.
(computers
Group Contributions District, GSO & Area Info
Eastside Intergroup:
Eastside Intergroup
13401 NE Bel-Red Rd. Suite
B6
Bellevue, WA 98007
District 35
Issaquah
District 35
P.O. Box 442
Issaquah, WA 98027
Western WA Area 72
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Nameless Bunch of
Drunks
Bellevue Breakfast
Come as You Are
Coal Creek Study Group
Main Street Saturday
Night
Mercer Island Sunday
Night
Serenity Break
Sober Seniors
Eastside Open Breakfast
Bill’s Story
Eastside Men’s Group
Gay Men in Recovery
Came to Believe
Any Lengths Group
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Mercer Island Serenity
Book Study
Bel East Lunch
Raging River Recovery
Big Book Step Study
Steps to Freedom
Downtown Stag
Inglewood Hill Women’s
Recovery
59 Minutes at Pine Lake
Lifeline
Women’s Big Book Study
Kenmore Friday Nighters
702 Kentucky St., #535
District 36
Bellingham, WA 98225
Snoqualmie Valley, Duvall,
North Bend
General Service Office (GSO)
P.O. Box 459
P.O. Box 1963
Grand Central Station
North Bend, WA 98045
District 36
New York, NY 10163
District 38
District 34
Kirkland
Bellevue, Redmond, East Lake
District 38
Sammamish, Mercer Island
P.O. Box 322
District 34
Kirkland, WA 98083
P.O. Box 50081
Bellevue, WA 98015
District 39
Bothell, Kenmore, Woodinville
Thank you Intergroup Reps!
The following Intergroup Reps were in attendance at our July meeting. See you on Thursday, August 4th!
Andy G. – ESIG PI Chair, Core Relations &
District 35 PI Chair
Betsy N. – Women of Worth, Sober Women
Brenda W. – Medina Monday Night
Brian G. – Living Sober
Brooke B. – Sober Cartooners
Cheri A. – Any Lengths
Chris P. – ESIG Board Chair, NCS
Dan H. – ESIG Corrections Chair,
Pine Lake Stag
David B. – ESIG Board
Dena B. – Redmond Recovery, The AA Team
Eric C. – ESIG Hotline Coordinator
Erin E. – District 34 Liaison
Ford S. - WSCYPAA
Garret V. – Eastside Men’s Group
James T. – Issaquah Big Book Study
Jeffrey G. – Pocket of Enthusiasm
Jen T. – Joy of Living
John K. – ESIG Board Co-Chair
John M. – Sharing the Legacy, Overlake Hospital
Dispatch
Jon S. – ESIG Board, District 39 Liaison
KT E. – Sammamish Big Book Study
Kathy H. – Sober Seniors
Kiera E. – District 35 Intergroup Rep
Kory H. - Essentials
Kyle M. – Maximum Service
Lisa S. – 59 Minutes at Pine Lake
Margaret H. – Eastside Women
Margie C. – ESIG Web Committee
Mark S. – Issaquah Big Book Step Study
What Does an Intergroup Rep Do?
Mary B. – District 38 Intergroup Rep, Bellevue Breakfast
Meghan W. – ESIG Grapevine & Literature Chair
Mike F. – Anchor Group
Nancy O. – ESIG Office Manager
Phil K. – Area 72 Corrections Chair
Ray H. – District 36 Intergroup Rep
Robin O. – Millennium
Samantha F. – A Woman’s Way
Sandy B. – ESIG Newsletter Editor, FSHQ
Shelly N. – ESIG Board
Sheree P. – Lifeline
Sondra H. – 12 & 12 Fellowship Hall
Stephanie J. – Women’s Saturday Steps
Steve C. – District 34 CPC
Susan M. – Sanity in Sobriety, Wednesday Willingness
Syrianah V – Ladies Step Study
Tim M. – ESIG H & I Chair, A Way Up, Newport Hills
Study Group
Will L. - WSCYPAA
Willy H. – ESIG Board Secretary
Yves – Bill’s Story Val F. – Serenity Break
An Intergroup Rep is elected at his/her Home Group and
attends the Eastside Intergroup Meeting on the 1st Thursday of each month from 7:30pm to 8:30pm. You
represent your home group at the monthly meeting and hold a vote for your group.
Because Eastside Intergroup covers five Districts and is a central clearinghouse for local AA activities and information, you become a vital link between the Intergroup office, the Districts, and your home group. The
Intergroup Rep keeps his or her home group informed about work being done, activities going on, etc. You
become a part of the networking between Eastside Intergroup and the groups.
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