
~ FROM OUR EDITOR ~
Dear friends in recovery,
Welcome to the August edition of Serendipity! I am starting this column
with a plea. WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!!! Without your shares, we have no
newsletter. And without your input, we have no idea how we are doing here
at Serendipity. So, we need your help in two areas. (1) We need you to
take some time to provide SERVICE to the group by sharing your experience,
strength and hope with all of us -- submit a share for the next edition of
the newsletter! (2) We need your INPUT on the newsletter, so please
take a couple of minutes to write a letter to the editor about what you
read here, or what you'd like to see in your newsletter. All written
contributions to Serendipity and all Letters to the Editor can be sent to
SerendipityNewsletter@yahoogroups.com.
In this month's edition, TRG founder Mari shares her thoughts on Tradition
Seven, and The Recovery Group's history of volunteerism, and of not asking
for or accepting monetary contributions. Next we have a new feature, The
Recovery Group's Help Wanted Ads. TRG's administrators have listed the
service positions they need to fill, and ask for volunteers who want to
aid their recovery through service to the group. Our loop spotlight of
the month is WLS and Recovery (Weight Loss Surgery and Recovery), a loop
whose mission is to provide a safe place for those who have had weight
loss surgery, those who have scheduled weight loss surgery, and those who
want to find out more about the surgery, to work the Twelve Steps of
Recovery. This month in Danny's Corner, in his conversation with God,
Danny talks about loyalty to old recovery friends, service to other COEs,
and Monday Night Football. In the Tools of Recovery, in an article
reprinted from the May 2001 lifeline, P.W. talks about the tools as spokes
on a wheel. We've also included a section for Letters to the Editor, just
waiting for all of you to fill it up with your comments!!!!!
In the section dedicated to shares from Recovery Group members, SueG
writes about special people, Jeff asks all of us if we are afraid of
becoming thin, Judy writes about Step Twelve, and Mickie talks about her
first year in recovery. In the Literature section, you will find The
Promises from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, again as a constant
reminder of what is possible, as well as Step Eight from Reflections on
the Twelve Steps of Recovery. This month's edition ends with directions
to on-line meetings and a current list of the meetings, as well as contact
information for the latest changes to the meetings list, OA and TRG
contacts, and the Serenity Prayer.
Thanks to all of you for the many wonderful shares you have sent to
Serendipity, and for your continued service to the newsletter. And, while
you're at it, send us an original meditation for the Meditations Project
to
RecoveryMeditations@lists.TheRecoveryGroup.org!
Peace, my dear friends.
Love in recovery,
Suzanne, Editor
SERENDIPITY