Debtors Anonymous

Arizona Phone Sponsorship Workshop

Dear Fellow D.A. Members,

Announcing a DA telephone workshop on sponsorship!

When?: Saturday, February 4, 2012 from 1 to 3:30 EST.

Where?: Via teleconference. 1-218-936-4141 PIN: 5899819

Who’s it for?: All DA and BDA members who would like experience, strength
and hope (ESH) about being an effective sponsor, being a sponsee and what
to expect from a sponsor-sponsee relationship.

Who’s presenting: 3 long-term DA and BDA members who are both active
sponsors and sponsees.

What?: 3 speakers sharing ESH for 1 hour; 45 minutes of Q&A with the
speaker panel (bring your questions); and up to 45 minutes connecting those who need a sponsor with potential sponsors.

Why?: To further recovery in the DA community

7th Tradition: Your donations will support the Sedona BDA Action Group to
send a representative to the DA World Service Conference this summer.

Suggested donation is $15. No one will be turned away for lack of money.

Please click on the “Donate” button below to donate via PayPal using a debit
card or send checks or money order to:

(https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hoste
d_button_id=L46AZ6KUFNCXS)
Sedona BDA Action Group
308 N. 12th St.
Cottonwood, AZ 86326

Any questions may be addressed to:  bdaactionworkshops@gmail.com

Please feel free to forward to other DA members as you see fit.

Thank you!  (mailto:bdaactionworkshops@gmail.com)

Yours in service,
Bob R.
Sedona BDA Action Group

Save These Dates

The DA recovery community of Michigan is planning the following events:

LANSING DA ABSTINENCE AND ABUNDANCE GROUP:

DA Fellowship Day • Saturday, January 28, 2012 • 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

TOPICS:

A.M. Recording Your Numbers for Your PRG/PRM and Your Life

P.M. Pressure Relief Group/Pressure Relief Meetings

MI INTERGROUP SERENITY THROUGH SERVICE

12 Step Basic DA Recovery Workshop 4-meeting series

Take the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous with readings from the “AA Big Book” in DA language.

Registration scheduled to open on Monday, February 13, 2012 and close on Saturday, March 3 . Meetings to start Sunday, March 11 and conclude on Sunday, April 1. Meetings will be held between 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

There is a $21 suggested 7th Tradition Contribution for this 4-week workshop. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. Scholarships are available on an as needed basis.

Stay tuned for further details for both events posted above.

Michigan Intergroup Taking a Group Inventory

Michigan Intergroup, in their November 13, 2011 meeting determined by group conscience to continue the process of taking a Group Inventory.

Two trusted servants have stepped forward offering service in compiling the suggested questions agreed upon during the meeting.

The questions have been distributed by e-mail to local intergroup representatives for discussion with their respective meetings and are available for downloading.

Click to download: 2011 MI Intergroup Group Inventory Format

Responses are due back by Friday, December 2, 2011.

Responses will be compiled anonymously and submitted to MI Intergroup for reading and discussion at the next meeting scheduled for Sunday, December 11, 2011.

12 Step Basic DA Recovery Workshops

MI Intergroup recently hosted the Debtors Anonymous World Service Conference.

Work on this project was intense and spiritually rewarding.

MI Intergroup has chosen to cancel all previously scheduled12 Step Basic DA Recovery Workshops.

We ask your forgiveness for any inconvenience this may have caused.

The workshops will begin again, very soon. As a group, we need to determine the best day of the week and the best time for our trusted servants to offer service in hosting the 5-week sessions.

Thank you for your patience.

DA Day Saturday, April 30

10am-5pm  Botsford Hospital, Classroom C

12 Step Basic DA Recovery Workshop

ANNOUNCEMENT…ANNOUNCEMENT…ANNOUNCEMENT

Registration is now open for Round 1

12 Step Basic DA Recovery Workshop

A Fund Raiser Hosted by Michigan Intergroup

Workshop Information:

1. Round 1 of our 5-week, 12 Step Basic DA Recovery Workshop Sessions will meet on Tuesday evenings, 8:00-9:30 p.m., Eastern Time. This 5-week round of sessions will meet on Tuesdays, March 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29, 2011.

This new round of 5-week sessions is OPEN to all members of The Fellowship of Debtors Anonymous, including newcomers.

Registration for this round OPENS on Monday, January 24 and CLOSES on Saturday, February 19.

2. There is a suggested $20 (USD), 7th Tradition Contribution for this 5-week, 12 Step Basic DA Recovery Workshop sessions. Your $20 (USD), 7th Tradition Contribution needs to be received by Saturday, February. See Item #3 below for mailing instructions.

The suggested $20 (USD), 7th Tradition Contribution for the 12 Step Basic DA Recovery Workshop sessions will be disbursed as follows:

$10.00 contributes to the Scholarship Fund of MI Intergroup to financially support the spending plans of their Intergroup Service Representative (ISR) and local meeting General Service Representatives (GSR’s) to the Debtors Anonymous World Service Conference (DAWSC)

$2.80 contributes to the Service Grant Fund of MI Intergroup to financially support members of the MI DA community to attend open functions of DA2011WSC held in Michigan.

$2.40 contributes to financially support the John H. Scholarship Fund Program which grants scholarships to help fund the spending plans of GSR’s/ISR’s to the DAWSC

$2.40 contributes to financially support the General Service Office of Debtors Anonymous located in Needham, MA.

$2.40 contributes to the 12 Step Basic Recovery Workshop Scholarship Fund which grants 50:50 scholarships to help fund the 7th Tradition Contribution of financially challenged members of the DA Fellowship choosing to attend the 5-week session.

From A.A. Tradition Seven (long form)…Then, too, we view with much concern those A.A. Treasuries which continue, beyond prudent reserves, to accumulate funds for no stated A.A. Purpose. Experience has often warned us that nothing can so surely destroy our spiritual heritage as futile disputes over property, money and authority.

3. The suggested $20 (USD) 7th Tradition contribution is to be mailed to: MI Intergroup DA Group #426, c/o Pete Michael, 2065 Chalmers Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Checks (USD) made out to MI Intergroup DA Group #426 are preferred, however, we will accept well wrapped cash (USD). In either case, send an e-mail to 8pmEST12StepWorkshop@gmail.com the day you mail your 7th Tradition contribution. We will confirm receipt with an e-mail and include you on the e-mail invitation list for the conference call.

4. The material presented in this 5 week 12 Step workshop is merely an outline of the original AA 12 Step Program along with a brief method of getting started in Debtors Anonymous. This workshop is not a shortcut to long-term recovery. It is an introduction…a brief course on the fundamentals…a foundation on which to build YOUR long-term recovery. You will be TAKING ALL 12 STEPS IN A FOUR WEEK PERIOD. We encourage you and suggest that you continue and deepen your Step Work with your Sponsor, within your DA meeting and within another Step Study Group.

5. The step workshop sessions are presented as follows:

Session 1: Overview and Step 1

Session 2: Steps 2, 3 & 4

Session 3: Steps 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9

Session 4: Steps 10, 11 & 12

Session 5: Overview of and Getting Started in Debtors Anonymous

6. We remain mindful that this is a ‘ME” disease and ‘WE’ recovery. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. We seek to assist YOU with YOUR recovery. 50:50 Scholarships ($10 (USD) from you:$10 from MI Intergroup) are available and are granted anonymously. Contact Pete Michael, 8pmEST12StepWorkshop@gmail.com, to arrange for a scholarship.

7. Due to the nature of the AA Back to Basics presentation format that we follow, this workshop will be presented through telephone conference call and internet-based desktop sharing. The presentation requires use of your computer to visually attend the live meeting. You may listen through your computer OR by telephone.

8. Registered attendees for the 5-week sessions will receive a weekly e-mail invitation to attend the telephone conference call. The e-mail invitation will contain the telephone number and access code for the conference call AND the link to connect with the Share Plus (desktop sharing) feature.

9. Attendees will be assigned a sharing partner during the first session. Sharing partners may or may not be members of The DA Fellowship that have ‘graduated’ from previous step workshop sessions. Every effort will be made to match attendees up with sharing partners from the same time zone.

10. Attendees may choose to participate with their sponsor. Should this be the case then the Sponsor would need to follow the same registration procedures to attend the meeting.

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Helpful websites and service literature:

Websites:

Debtors Anonymous: www.debtorsanonymous.org

Michigan Intergroup: www.michiganda.org

AA Back to Basics: www.aabacktobasics.org

AA Big Book Online: www.aa.org/bigbookonline/

Service Literature:

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, The Fourth Edition of The Big Book, the Basic Text of Alcoholics Anonymous.

SELF-SUPPORT: Where Money and Spirituality Mix; A.A. Conference-Approved Literature, pamphlet F-3.

Debtors Anonymous; D.A. Conference-Approved Literature, pamphlet P-101.

The Twelve Steps of Debtors Anonymous; D.A. Conference-Approved Literature, pamphlet P-125.

2011 Step Workshop Schedule

ANNOUNCEMENT…..ANNOUNCEMENT…..ANNOUNCEMENT

Michigan Intergroup announces the schedule of the four rounds of 5-week 12 Step Basic DA Recovery Workshop Sessions for 2011.

We use the AA Back to Basics Beginners’ Meetings format program to TAKE the 12 Steps during weeks 1-4 and present a ‘Getting Started in DA’ session on week 5.

All members of The Fellowship of Debtors Anonymous, including newcomers, to both Debtors Anonymous and Business Debtors Anonymous are welcome to register and attend.

We meet in an online-desktop sharing/conference call format.

The workshops are a fundraiser hosted by MI Intergroup. There is a $20 suggested 7^th Tradition Contribution. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds; 50:50 scholarships are available upon request. All proceeds go to help fund the Spending Plans for Michigan GSR’s/ISR to attend the DA World Service Conference, the John H. Scholarship Fund and the General Service Office of DA located in Needham, MA.

Contact Pete Michael, 8pmEST12StepWorkshop@gmail.com for detailed information.

12 STEP BASIC DA RECOVERY WORKSHOP • 2011 SCHEDULE

ROUND #1 – Tuesday 8:00-9:30 pm ET

Registration Opens: January 24, 2011 • Registration Closes: February 19, 2011

First Session: March 1, 2011 • Final Session: March 29, 2011

ROUND #2 – Wednesday 8:00-9:30 pm ET

Registration Opens: April 25, 2011 • Registration Closes: May 21, 2011

First Session: June 1, 2011 • Final Session: June 29, 2011

ROUND #3 – Friday, 8:00-9:30 pm ET

Registration Opens: August 1, 2011 • Registration Closes: August 20, 2011

First Session: September 2, 2011 • Final Session: September 30, 2011

ROUND #4 – Tuesday, 8:00-9:30 pm ET

Registration Opens: October 17 , 2011 • Registration Closes: November 5, 2011

First Session: November 15, 2011 • Final Session: December 13, 2011

New Debtors Anonymous Stuff

DA FELLOWSHIP DAYS

SAVE THE DATES…..SAVE THE DATES…..SAVE THE DATES

IT WORKS…IT REALLY DOES!

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Read the current issue of the DA Focus: November 2010 DA Focus

Start your business strong in 2011 using the BDA Tools: 2011 Seattle BDA Workshop

12 STEP WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT

Registration for Round 4 of our 5-week 12 Step Basic Recovery Workshop Sessions opens Saturday, November 6 and closes on Saturday, November 27.

We use the AA Back to Basics program to TAKE the 12 Steps during weeks 1-4 and present a ‘Getting Started in DA’ session on week 5.

All members of The Fellowship of Debtors Anonymous, including newcomers, to both Debtors Anonymous and Business Debtors Anonymous are welcome to register and attend.

Session 1 starts on Tuesday, December 7, 8:00-9:30 p.m. Eastern Time. We meet in an online/conference call format.

Contact Pete at:  8pmEST12StepWorkshop@gmail.com for further information…OR…Click here to download the flier for this event

DA Fellowship Day Announcement

DA FELLOWSHIP DAY

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2010

BOTSFORD HOSPITAL – ZIEGER EDUCATION BUILDING

28050 Grand River Avenue

Farmington Hills, Michigan 48336

Morning session, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

SPONSORSHIP

Co-Creating a Relationship Through/With The Steps.

Afternoon session, 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.

PRG/PRM Round Robin Marathon

Suggested 7th Tradition Contribution: $15.00

No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. Service Scholarships available upon request. Contact Pete A. by e-mail at: opheiletys@gmail.com

Proceeds from this event go to fund the Spending Plans for our GSRs/ISR and Service Grants to fellow members to attend the Debtors Anonymous World Service Conference to be held in Michigan in 2011.