Bay Area SAA Recovery Resources
- Next Meetings
- Mon. 5PM • Monday Men's TeleMeeting
- Mon. 5PM • Voice Computer SAA Meeting Monday
- Mon. 6PM • Berkeley • Step of the Month
- Mon. 6PM • Monday Night GLBTQ
- Mon. 6PM • Answers in the Heart Study
- Mon. 6PM • Monday New Choice Women's Meeting
- Mon. 6PM • Intimacy & Sexual Avoidance Singles
- Mon. 6PM • SAA Online Text Monday
- Mon. 6PM • Sobrios Por Hoy - Lunes
- Mon. 6:30PM • Santa Rosa • Northbay SAA Intergroup
- Mon. 6:45PM • Richmond • 12 Step/Meditation
- Mon. 7PM • Chico • Chico From Shame to Grace Monday
- Mon. 7PM • San Francisco • Internet and Sexual Sobriety
- Mon. 7PM • San Ramon • Step Study/Meditation/Topic Meeting
- Mon. 7PM • We Agnostics of SAA
- Mon. 7:30PM • Oakland • Adventures in Recovery
- Mon. 7:30PM • Redwood City • Green Book Study/Speaker
- Mon. 7:30PM • Santa Rosa • Step Study
- Mon. 7:30PM • Sacramento • Sacramento Shame to Grace
- Mon. 7:30PM • Brentwood • Monday Night Brentwood Fellowship
- More Meetings…
Sponsorship
Excerpt from The Tools Of RecoverySponsorship moves our recovery into action. A sponsor provides guidance and support through the process of stepwork and the experience of withdrawal. We encourage you to initiate the sponsorship relationship by asking someone with whom you feel you might work well. Don't be discouraged if you get a few "No's." in time you will receive the "Yes" that is meant for you. When choosing, look for someone who has qualities you admire, who has continuous sobriety from Inner-Circle behavior and has ideally completed their Fifth Step. Do not ask someone to whom you are sexually attracted, as this is a bad mix.
Sponsors are not professionals, but are merely sex addicts who have found a way to stay sober and want to help others. Establishing your "circles" (see the "Three Circles" pamphlet and the discussion in the next section of this booklet), discussing expectations and writing down clear agreements between you may be the first tasks of this relationship. As addicts, we have often led secret lives. A sponsor is someone we regularly check in with. Sponsors will make suggestions, but you are responsible for your program. Sponsors do have lives; don't be upset if they are not always available. This is the time to reach out to others in the fellowship.
Honesty, commitment, openness and a willingness to take suggestions are important attitudes for a sponsee. Finding a permanent sponsor may take time. Thus, it is suggested that when you enter the program you ask someone who has more sobriety time than you and has completed their First Step for temporary sponsorship.
© ISO of SAA, Inc.New! Bay Area SAA Draft Sponsorship Pamphlet
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Bay Area SAA Contact Us
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(415) 456-1063 |
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Men's newcomer line: (510) 906-1644 |
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Women's newcomer line: (510) 426-6420 (new number) |
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Bay Area SAA Announcements
SAA Phone Forums on Best Practices
Monthly calls 2nd Wednesday of each month, 5-6 pm Pacific Time. Contact: info@saa-recovery.org. for call-in information.
The next forum is on: April 8th, 2020: Service Resumes and the Nominating Committee---requirements
for international service and how you can participate
• May 13th, 2020: Prisoner Outreach and how members can be involved.
A few Meeting CONTACTS are needed!
Online meetings require a contact to share the log-in details for video sharing. But we don't have all of the meeting contacts. Please find your meeting in the list and check. Contact by email: bayareasaaonline@gmail.com.
MEETINGS HAVE TEMPORARILY BECOME ONLINE MEETINGS
Our meeting list has been updated. Please refer to the meeting list (on the Meetings page) for information.
Newcomer phone lines need volunteers
Help is needed for the four individuals who are currently manning the lines (two men and two women). info@bayareasaa.org
RETREAT CANCELLED.
Please see the Events page for updated information.
Elect Group Service Representatives (GSR) For Your Meeting
What is a GSR? GSR’s meet at least once a year, with the other GSR’s in
their Area to discuss items to be voted on for the annual conference. Each Area
sends a GSR to represent them at the meeting. Each meeting should have a registered a primary and alternate GSR with the ISO. The bay area has 3 Areas (South
Bay, SF/Marin and East Bay). That means the bay area will be represented by 3 GSRs.
The general information required for the ISO office form is: Group Code (can be
provided by the ISO Office), Group Name, Meeting Day/Time, Meeting Street
Address, Meeting City/State/ZIP, GSR name, GSR contact information, Alternate GSR name & information.
Email the information to: brian195410@gmail.com.
33rd Annual International SAA Convention: "Envisioning Serenity"
May 22 – 25th Register by May 1 for best convention rates.
Contact info@saa-recovery.org for more information.
Donations to Intergroup via PayPal
Use the following address: BAISAApaymentsonly@gmail.com.
If sending a check the old-fashioned way, make it out to BAISAA, Inc.
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