For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authoritya loving god as he may express himself in our group conscience. Ppg coda primary purpose group of codependents anonymous. Harrisburg area intergroup public service announcement click below. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety. The primary purpose group of alcoholics anonymous, to show other alcoholics precisely how. On my fourth sober aa day, i was sitting alone in one of our musty old meeting rooms, very sad and very broke. Primary purpose group is an alcoholics anonymous meeting that meets in jefferson city. The purpose of this study guide is to enable the student to better understand the information the authors of the book, alcoholics anonymous, intended to impart to each of us based on their experience and knowledge of alcoholism and their program of recovery. Thursday at 7pm greenport topic meeting zoom meeting id. Group events alcoholics anonymous big book study sundays 5pm. Printing a single copy of this item is permitted, in accordance with the a. An aa group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the aa name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose. Welcome to the our primary purpose area of narcotics anonymous. The intergroup office is maintained, supervised, and supported by groups in the local area.
As an aa group, our primary purpose is to carry the message of the big book to others, and to help other alcoholics achieve sobriety. Meeting schedule zoom meetings covid information canadian and international callers connection issues and cost free alternatives the 5 principles of saapp 1. Our primary purpose and the specialpurpose group by john l. Our recovery was not accomplished by traditional methods commonly used today. Each alcoholics anonymous group ought to be a spiritual entity having but one primary purpose that of carrying its message to the alcoholic who still suffers. Primary purpose group austin aa hill country intergroup. The 164 and more book, ebook, and web site are all concordances which display passages from the big book alcoholics anonymous, the twelve steps and twelve traditions, and the a. The intergroup office is an aa service office that involves a partnership among the groups in the anchorage area. Each group has but one primary purposeto carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers. Aa is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution.
World directory of primary purpose groups big book study for a. The intergroup office exists to aid groups in one common purpose to carry the message of aa to the alcoholic who still suffers. We are not telling them about our traditions and how very important they are to the individual groups and to alcoholics anonymous as a whole. Primary in big book alcoholics anonymous, 12 steps and 12. Nightly open discussion meeting everyday, 7pm casa treatment big book mtg monday, 46, 7. Adapted from alcoholics anonymous tradition 5, big book pages 562 and 563. An aa group ought never endorse, finance or lend the aa name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary purpose. The story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism, is a collection of texts used by members of the alcoholics anonymous fellowship the book has undergone four revisions since william wilson, also known as bill w. The primary purpose group big book study a study of the basic text of alcoholics anonymous r. Our primary purpose is to provide an area for those who wish to assist others in doing the 12 steps as outlined in the big book of alcoholics anonymous, those who wish to learn how to sponsor others, and to demonstrate how goddependence and service to others is the path to a happy, joyous, and free life.
We conduct our published meetings with rigorous adherence to the twelve traditions. Each alcoholics anonymous group ought to be a spiritual entity having but one primary purposethat of carrying its message to the alcoholic who still suffers. The primary purpose group of caernarfon web site is not affiliated with nor endorsed by alcoholics anonymous, aa, alcoholics anonymous world services, aaws, or aa grapevine, aagv. The primary purpose group big book study a study of the. The primary purpose big book study group holds alcoholics anonymous meetings. This website is intended to provide information regarding the homegroups, fellowship, and area service committee in orange and north chatham counties in north carolina. This study format is currently being used worldwide, as the basic text for big book sponsorship. It is a partnership of aa groups just as an aa group is a partnership of individuals.
Sorting and rendering passages in the proprietary format of the 164 and more concordance does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either. This desire gave birth to the primary purpose group of alcoholics anonymous of dallas, texas, in january, 1988. Service committees treatment committees primary purpose statement card f17 primary purpose statement card printing a single copy of this item is permitted, in accordance with the a. A groups primary purpose is to help alcoholics recover through the twelve steps. We do this by practicing the twelve steps of aa ourselves, by encouraging and understanding our alcoholic relatives, and by welcoming and. We have the big book, and the twelve and twelve, as our primary texts, that have the message that we are supposed to be carrying to the new comers. Our hope is that all those who have as yet found no answer may begin to find one in the pages of our book and will presently join us on the high road to a new freedom. Each group has but one primary purpose to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers. The big book of aa is the only place we find the precise instructions for working the steps. View by list a brief guide to alcoholics anonymous a.
Our primary purpose personal stories alcoholics anonymous. Guidance the 12 steps, 12 traditions, and the 12 concepts for world service have been adopted as ppgs guiding principles. The 12 traditions of alcoholics anonymous verywell mind. We found freedom only by following the original, precise instructions for a 12 step program as outlined by the pioneers in the big book of alcoholics anonymous. The text got this name because the first edition of the book had rather thick pages, making the book even thicker than its content would suggest.
Together we can combine financial and human resources to stimulate carrying the aa message beyond one groups resources. The primary purpose group is a fellowship of men and women who meet weekly to study our basic text, the big book of alcoholics anonymous. The primary purpose aa groups have their origin in the 1970s big book study groups in the usa, which were inspired by two alcoholics joe mcq and charlie p. The story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism is often referred to in alcoholics anonymous meetings aa as the big book. Some elements of this web site are reprinted from the website. Aa harrisburg harrisburg area meetings our purpose. Purpose in big book alcoholics anonymous, 12 steps and 12. World directory of primary purpose groups big book study. The corning hospital big book study group is starting a online big book meeting you can go to. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety. The primary purpose group big book study a study of the basic text of alcoholics anonymous. Intergroup is a local aa service office, established and supported by aa groups and members, to help carry the aa message within the savannah area. Fort lauderdale primary purpose big book study group. The original method of taking newcomers through the steps has proven to this day to be one of the most successful methods ever devised.
We are a fellowship of people who have recovered from the illness of compulsive eating by following the program of. Alcoholics anonymous a support group for alcoholism. We study the big book of alcoholics anonymous every wednesday day come join us. We study the big book of alcoholics anonymous every tuesday night, come join us. Welcome to the primary purpose group of dallas tx until further notice, we are hosting our primary purpose aa meetings via zoom at 7. Primary purpose oapp each group has but one primary purpose to carry its message to the compulsive eater who still suffers. Alcoholics anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our. Problems of money, property, and authority may easily divert us from our primary spiritual aim. Service committees treatment committees primary purpose statement card. We are no longer making changes to meetings, instead we are going to list zoom meetings by the day of the week. The big book of alcoholics anonymous, also referred to as alcoholics anonymous. So, to all the present and past members of this group goes thanks for their interest and participation. We are selfsupporting through our own contributions. In order to help us stay focussed as we study the big book, we use the big book study guide prepared by joe and charlie and crusty cliff of the dallas primary purpose group.
Some of our members had been around for a number of years and had witnessed a very stark reality. The original way group is a group of alcoholics anonymous. Friday at 9am orient group big book stud zoom meeting id. Aa the original way 12 step guide aa the original way group. We are not telling them about the big book and how very important that book is to our long term sobriety. The intergroup maintains a telephone helpline available to the public. The primary purpose group was founded on january 26, 1988 with one specific purpose in mind and that was to bring the focus of our meetings back to the program of alcoholics anonymous. Find out when this group meets and get directions to a meeting. Central office of mid missouri primary purpose group. He said, in essence, we are no longer showing the newcomer that we have a solution for alcoholism. Our area has meetings in chapel hill, carrboro, hillsborough, mebane, and pittsboro nc. We think, therefore, that any considerable property of genuine use to a. First united methodist church of flat rock 28400 evergreen st. This created a thirst for an even greater knowledge of the vital information contained in the big book.
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