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A Monthly Newsletter of the Tri-County Central Office, Inc. 8019 North Himes Avenue Ste. 104 , Tampa, Florida 33614-2763 Phone: 813- 933-9123 E-Mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.aatampa-area.org Tri-County Central Office News Speeches in AA are sometimes like Mother Hubbards and bikinis. The one kind covers everything but touches nothing, while the other reveals nearly all, but what it conceals is vital. February, 2020 Twelfth Step Follow-Through STEP TWO HAVE YOU VOLUNTEERED FOR THE 12TH STEP LIST? WHY NOT! YOU CAN’T KEEP IT UNLESS YOU GIVE IT AWAY... “Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” The Big Book infers that a vital spiritual experience is necessary for alcoholics to face and be rid of the obsession to drink. (p. 27) Yet, paradoxically, we are told that belief in God was not necessary to accomplish this miraclewe need only become willing to believe. (p. 46) Indeed, I found that it wasn’t necessary to define God before doing the Twelve Steps, but I began to see the result of my willingness to believe several months afterward. I experienced a release from that deadly mental obsession that had plagued me for nearly thirty years! My willingness to believe came before doing the Twelve Steps, but my belief came afterwards. The evidence was indisputableI had been released! I had experienced a personality change sufficient to recover from alcoholism.” I had been in AA for about a year before the release took place (The Big Book uses the word recovered), so in AA Program language I had had a spiritual awakening (slow) rather than a spiritual experience (sudden) as mentioned in Appendix II. (p. 567) The Big Book does not say that I must understand God, but it speaks of: “God as we understood Him,” in Steps 3 and 11. This simply means that we each may entertain our different views of a higher power. Although I may not understand God, I can see His results, i.e.: We have over two million sober alcoholics in AA and most all of us claim that God saved them from an alcoholic pit. (Including me!) Reverend Sam Shoemaker, Bill Wilson’s Oxford Group mentor, stated: “Step two is not theological, it is evidential.” The evidence is around the AA tables! As I study the Big Book, I realize that certain words are used in a special and technical context not to be found in dictionaries. One of these words is “sanity.” Sanity, in Big Book speak, is when an alcoholic can see and act on the truth in the matter of drink. Alcoholic insanity is when they cannot. Two examples: Alcoholic insanity: Jim pouring whisky into milk: “plain insanity” (p. 37) Alcoholic Sanity: Fitz Mayo who couldn’t drink even if he would." (p. 57) Someone wrote: “The better I understand God, the less I know God.” Came to believe is a decision of the heart, rather than of a conclusion of the mind.” Bob S More and more, I wonder whether my responsibility ever ends. Several years of successful sobriety in AA have led to my name being placed on the telephone answering service’s list of members willing to accept Twelfth Step calls. Out of the dozens of calls I have made, I can count my “successes” on the fingers of one hand, and the fact has led to some serious personal-inventory taking. Just where and how have I failed so often? Is there something wrong with my approach to the still-suffering alcoholic? Perhaps I, who preach tolerance at every opportunity, have developed intolerance towards those in whom I see my former self. It is never a pleasant experience to be reminded of our own personal failings, no matter how long ago we may have changed our way of life. As I take inventory, I recall how many Twelfth Step calls I have considered completed by simply calling on a suffer and making arrangements for him to attend a meeting, either with me or with others in a group closer to him. Can I honestly say that my responsibility ends there? Even if he lives miles away, at the other end of town, and I put him in touch with a group near him, is this itself enough? Isn’t it perhaps up to me, as the man’s first contact, to take a more personal interest in his progress? Like most of us, I have a living to make, and my time is limited. But how much of my valuable time would be taken up by a mere friendly phone call once a week? Just a friendly voice on the phone, saying, “Hi Joe, how’re things going?” could be perhaps make all the difference. I recall that when I first came to AA, the fact that other people cared whether I stayed sober or not did make all the difference. I tell myself I don’t want the newcomer to get the impression that I am “checking up” on his state of sobriety or otherwise. Isn’t this a pretty weak excuse for not calling him? Isn’t it better for him to get the impression that I am checking up than to get the impression that I just don’t care one way or the other? I recall the last few horrible weeks before I found AA. I was so alone. Then, by simply making a phone call, I was no longer alone with my fears. Somebody cared! I think back to my early days in AA, and remember how reluctant I was to “bother” my sponsor with phone calls, but how delighted I was when he took the trouble to phone me. I remember how every contact of any kind with AA helped me in those first difficult days; how my hope and faith were renewed again and again by some simple act of kindness and interest shown by the members of my group. I have decided that my Twelfth Step responsibility does not end when I have made a house call and introduced the newcomer to a group. I must be willing to give freely of my time and to show the newcomer that I have a real desire to help him, that I have a real interest in his progress towards sobriety. Only in this way can I fulfill my responsibility, and only in this way can I repay in some small measure what AA has done for me. T.C.,Dartmouth, N.S. Reprint Permission, AA Grapevine, February 1969

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A Monthly Newsletter of the Tri-County Central Office, Inc.

8019 North Himes Avenue Ste. 104 , Tampa, Florida 33614-2763

Phone: 813- 933-9123 E-Mail: [email protected]

Web Site: www.aatampa-area.org

Tri-County Central Office News Speeches in AA are sometimes like Mother Hubbards and bikinis.

The one kind covers everything but touches nothing,

while the other reveals nearly all, but what it conceals is vital.

February, 2020

Twelfth Step Follow-Through STEP TWO

HAVE YOU VOLUNTEERED FOR THE 12TH STEP LIST? WHY NOT!

YOU CAN’T KEEP IT UNLESS YOU GIVE IT AWAY...

“Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could

restore us to sanity.”

The Big Book infers that a vital spiritual experience is

necessary for alcoholics to face and be rid of the obsession to

drink. (p. 27) Yet, paradoxically, we are told that belief in God

was not necessary to accomplish this miracle—we need only

become willing to believe. (p. 46) Indeed, I found that it wasn’t

necessary to define God before doing the Twelve Steps, but I

began to see the result of my willingness to believe several

months afterward. I experienced a release from that deadly

mental obsession that had plagued me for nearly thirty years!

My willingness to believe came before doing the Twelve Steps,

but my belief came afterwards. The evidence was

indisputable—I had been released! I had experienced a

“personality change sufficient to recover from alcoholism.” I

had been in AA for about a year before the release took place

(The Big Book uses the word recovered), so in AA Program

language I had had a spiritual awakening (slow) rather than a

spiritual experience (sudden) as mentioned in Appendix II.

(p. 567)

The Big Book does not say that I must understand God, but it

speaks of: “God as we understood Him,” in Steps 3 and 11.

This simply means that we each may entertain our different

views of a higher power. Although I may not understand God,

I can see His results, i.e.: We have over two million sober

alcoholics in AA and most all of us claim that God saved them

from an alcoholic pit. (Including me!)

Reverend Sam Shoemaker, Bill Wilson’s Oxford Group

mentor, stated: “Step two is not theological, it is evidential.”

The evidence is around the AA tables!

As I study the Big Book, I realize that certain words are used

in a special and technical context not to be found in

dictionaries. One of these words is “sanity.” Sanity, in Big

Book speak, is when an alcoholic can see and act on the truth in

the matter of drink. Alcoholic insanity is when they cannot.

Two examples: Alcoholic insanity: Jim pouring whisky into

milk: “plain insanity” (p. 37) Alcoholic Sanity: Fitz Mayo who

“couldn’t drink even if he would." (p. 57)

Someone wrote: “The better I understand God, the less I

know God.” Came to believe is a decision of the heart, rather

than of a conclusion of the mind.”

Bob S

More and more, I wonder whether my responsibility ever ends.

Several years of successful sobriety in AA have led to my name

being placed on the telephone answering service’s list of

members willing to accept Twelfth Step calls. Out of the dozens

of calls I have made, I can count my “successes” on the fingers

of one hand, and the fact has led to some serious

personal-inventory taking. Just where and how have I failed so

often? Is there something wrong with my approach to the

still-suffering alcoholic? Perhaps I, who preach tolerance at every

opportunity, have developed intolerance towards those in whom I

see my former self. It is never a pleasant experience to be

reminded of our own personal failings, no matter how long ago

we may have changed our way of life. As I take inventory, I

recall how many Twelfth Step calls I have considered completed

by simply calling on a suffer and making arrangements for him to

attend a meeting, either with me or with others in a group closer

to him. Can I honestly say that my responsibility ends there?

Even if he lives miles away, at the other end of town, and I put

him in touch with a group near him, is this itself enough? Isn’t it

perhaps up to me, as the man’s first contact, to take a more

personal interest in his progress? Like most of us, I have a living

to make, and my time is limited. But how much of my valuable

time would be taken up by a mere friendly phone call once a

week? Just a friendly voice on the phone, saying, “Hi Joe,

how’re things going?” could be perhaps make all the difference. I

recall that when I first came to AA, the fact that other people

cared whether I stayed sober or not did make all the difference. I

tell myself I don’t want the newcomer to get the impression that I

am “checking up” on his state of sobriety or otherwise. Isn’t this

a pretty weak excuse for not calling him? Isn’t it better for him to

get the impression that I am checking up than to get the

impression that I just don’t care one way or the other? I recall

the last few horrible weeks before I found AA. I was so alone.

Then, by simply making a phone call, I was no longer alone with

my fears. Somebody cared! I think back to my early days in

AA, and remember how reluctant I was to “bother” my sponsor

with phone calls, but how delighted I was when he took the

trouble to phone me. I remember how every contact of any kind

with AA helped me in those first difficult days; how my hope

and faith were renewed again and again by some simple act of

kindness and interest shown by the members of my group. I have

decided that my Twelfth Step responsibility does not end when I

have made a house call and introduced the newcomer to a group.

I must be willing to give freely of my time and to show the

newcomer that I have a real desire to help him, that I have a real

interest in his progress towards sobriety. Only in this way can I

fulfill my responsibility, and only in this way can I repay in some

small measure what AA has done for me. T.C.,Dartmouth, N.S.

Reprint Permission, AA Grapevine, February 1969

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Monthly Newsletter of the Tampa Bay Area Institutions Committee

P.O. Box 26242., Tampa, Florida 33623-6242 Central Office: ph. 933-9123 February, 2020 page 2

District 2 - Tampa Bay Area Institutions Committee covering Hillsborough & East Pasco Counties

Our Next Committee Meeting January 8th, 2020 9:30 AM on at the Tri-County Central Office (near Himes & Waters). If you need more specific directions please call Tim @ 813-933-9123. The meeting usually lasts about an hour and it is the best way to get involved with service work, in Detox/Treatment/Jail/ Prison facilities. If you would like to join our committee PLEASE COME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pink Can Drive Our committee is 100% self supporting and receives

no funds from the traditional pie charts or District 2 in

accordance with our group conscious. If your home

group has not made a pink can donation recently or if

you are able to send an additional donation this year …

We will put it to great use!

TBAIC, PO Box 26242, Tampa FL 33623

Thank you to those groups who have sent in a donation

last Month:

CONTACT——-(877) AATAMPA or (877) 228-2672

Special note: TBAIC literature is available for distribution at the

TBAIC meeting which is usually held the second Saturday of each

month or the 4th Thursday of the month from 5:50 pm to 6:50 pm

at the Tri-County Central Office.) Please use the sign-out sheet

when obtaining materials.

TBAIC 2019-2020 Committee Members

Contact: (877) AATAMPA or (877) 228-2672

www.tbaic.org

Position Name

Chair Allan D.

Chair (Alt.) Ruth N.

Treasurer Scott S.

Treasurer (Alt.) Open

Secretary Jim S.

Secretary (Alt.) Nancy B.

Hills Jails Open

Hillsborough County Jail Buddy H.

Hills Women's Jails Sara R.

Detox & Treatment Ed D.

E. Pasco Jail-Women's Ruth N.

E. Pasco Prison Chris D.

Women's Bridge the Gap Amanda L.

Men's Bridge the Gap Tom F.

Pre-release Open

Juvenile Open

TBAIC Contributions (December 15th - January 11th):

Barracks Brigade - $19.00, Cardinal Group - $54.00, Keep It Simple Pass It On Group - $100.57, Living in the Solution Group - $51.00, Morning Meditation Group - $157.46, Odessa Group - $128.00, Ruskin Fellowship Group - 68.30, Sobriety at Sunset Group - 60.27, Wellspring Recovery Group - $57.04.

YTD Contributions to TBAIC $ $ 25,380.84

Pink Can Balance 12/31/17 $ 7,546.15

YTD Money Spent on Literature $ 22,463.85

YTD Expenses $ 2,136.49

Pink Can Balance 8/11/18 $ 8,326.65

The Tampa Bay Area Institutions Committee meets the second

Saturday of each month at the Central Office at 9:30 am. If you

are on the TBAI Committee and you need supplies for your

meeting, this would be an excellent time for you to come down

and pick up your material. If you are an AA member interested in

learning more about TBAIC, then this would also be an excellent

time to come down and see what’s going on and ask questions of

some of the very friendly TBAIC Officers.

Allan D. opened the January 11, 2020 TBAIC meeting with the

Serenity Prayer. Attendees then introduced themselves. The position of

secretary was open and Larry B. was appointed as the new secretary.

Scott S. presented the Treasure’s Report. The report was approved by

the committee. Larry B. read the minutes from the December 2019

meeting. The minutes were approved.

Tom F. received 2 requests for The Man On The Bed, 1 male and 1

female. Unfortunately, the individuals were not available for visitation.

Bridge the Gap completed 3 bridges for males and one bridge for a

female. The Thursday night, 7 pm, Juvenile Detention Center meeting

is in need of volunteers. Tracy S. will be the new coordinator for Bridge

the Gap for both men and women.

Ed D. continues to update the treatment and detox meeting/volunteer

list. He will upload the updated lists to the website this month. The

meetings at Drew Park and Henry Street are in need of volunteers.

Tracy B. is in the process of putting together a standard of procedures

for the East Pasco Women’s facility. There are currently 9 scheduled

meetings, however, Pasco requires two volunteers for each meeting. If

one of the two volunteers is unable to be there, there is no meeting.

Ruth N. is still chairing the Tuesday night women’s meeting at

DACCO. Susan O. will be providing more information on the October

North Florida Corrections Workshop. TBAIC will be a co-host and will

be responsible for the refreshments.

Allan D. is still working with Area 15 trustee, Shirley P., on the best

way to allocate the funds TBAIC approved to assist the Bahamas.

There was a brief discussion on the difference between TBAIC and

District 2 and how this relationship could change.

Meeting adjourned.

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Monthly Newsletter of the

Tri-County Central Office, Inc. Tampa, Florida 33614-2763 February, 2020 page 3

Physical Inventory Day 2020

Central Office provides a number of services acting as a clearing house for the convenience of members and groups, provides

phone service for twelfth step calls and other inquires, helps with the coordination of group activities and keeps track of meet-

ing times and changes and the printing of the schedules. We also edit and print our monthly newsletter. In addition we sell all

Alcoholics Anonymous General Service Conference Approved Literature and some other materials requested by our AA

members. Thanks to everyone for your continued support!! Become a part of Central Office….volunteer to be a Central

Office Representative for your Home Group.

If some new and terrible disease were suddenly to strike us

here in America—a disease of unknown cause, possibly due to

noxious gas or poison in our soil, air, or water, it would be

treated as a national emergency, with our whole citizenry

uniting as a man to fight it. Let us suppose the disease to have

so harmful an effect on the nervous system that five million

people in our country would go insane for periods lasting from

a few hours to weeks or months and recurring repetitively over

periods of fifteen to thirty years. Let us further suppose that

during these spells of insanity, acts of so destructive a nature

would be committed that the material and spiritual lives of

whole families would be in jeopardy with a resultant

twenty-five million persons cruelly affected. Work in business,

industry, professions and factories would be crippled,

sabotaged or left undone. And each year more than one and

one-quarter billion dollars would need to be spent merely to

patch up in some small way the effects of the disease on

families whose breadwinners have been stricken. Finally let us

imagine this poison or disease to have the peculiar property of

so altering a person’s judgment, so brain-washing him, that he

would be unable to see that he had become ill at all; actually so

perverting and so distorting his view of life that he would wish

with all his might to go on being ill. The dread disease

envisioned above is actually here. It is alcoholism. Dr. Ruth Fox…..The Roundabout

Reprint Permission/ AA Grapevine/ February 1967

IMAGINE SUCH A DISEASE...

Download from aa.org or

www.aatampa-area.org

On January 4th, 2020 the Central Office conducted their annual

Physical Inventory. That means that we counted every item in our

current inventory...books, pamphlets, coins, tokens...everything!

Twelve very dedicated AA members from a few groups

volunteered their time on a Saturday morning to help us out. We

started around 9:30 that morning and finished right around

noontime. Everyone was in high spirits and it was a joy to be

around such enthusiastic and energetic AA members. Without

their help, none of this could have been accomplished. A

shout-out goes to Al B. our Board Chairperson, Robin F., Trish

R., Sara K., T.J.B., Mary R. & Heather R. from the Sisters in

Sobriety Group, Kara H. from the Town ‘n’ County Wednesday

Night Group, C. V.U. from the Mad Dogs Group, Micheal R.

from the Village 12 Step Group, Martin S. from the Sobrenity

Group and last but not least, Colin C. from the Tampa Bid for

FCYPAA Committee.

THANK YOU!!! & GOD BLESS!!! ☺

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January 14th, 2020 the Board of Directors for Central Office

BOARD MEMBERS REPRESENTING GROUP

Monthly Newsletter of the

Tri-County Central Office, Inc. Tampa, Florida 33614-2763 February, 2020 page 4

NOTES FROM INSIDE THE CENTRAL OFFICE

MICHEAL R. NEXT DOOR GROUP

MARGANT S. CAME TO BELIEVE GROUP

DEBBIE S. TO IMPROVE OUR CONSCIOUS CONTACT

CATHY C. SIMPLY SOBRIETY WOMEN’S GROUP

ARIEL M. STEP SISTERS IN SOBRIETY GROUP

MARTIN G. NIGHTLY NEWCOMERS GROUP

KELLY C. SISTERS IN SOBRIETY GROUP

CARLOS M. SOBER @ 7 GROUP

BRIAN G. THE 164 GROUP

A.J. C. KEYSTONE GROUP

KARA H. TOWN & COUNTRY WEDNESDAY NIGHT

CORRINE B. FRIDAY WOMEN’S FRIENDSHIP GROUP

JEFF P. TAMPA YPG

KATE R. NEW HOPE BIG BOOK GROUP

STEVE S. EXPERIENCE, STRENGTH & HOPE GROUP

SUE Z. CLEAN AIR GROUP

CRAIG O. THE PROMISES GROUP

MICHEAL B. VILLAGE 12 STEP GROUP

JEFF H. IT’S IN THE BOOK GROUP

MICHEAL J. KEEP IT SIMPLE MEN’S GROUP

January 14th, 2020 the Central Office Representatives met:

COUNCIL MEMBERS REPRESENTING GROUP

AL B. CHAIRPERSON THURSDAY NIGHT BIG BOOK

MICHELLE S. BOARD MEMBER SAFE,SANE & SOBER GROUP

ROD Q. VICE-CHAIR SOBER ON SATURDAY GROUP

KATHIE N. BOARD MEMBER SOBRENITY GROUP

OPEN BOARD MEMBER

JOHN T. BOARD MEMBER LIVINGSOBER/PASS IT ON GROUP

EXCUSED BOARD MEMBER WESLEY CHAPEL GROUP

RITA Y. BOARD MEMBER OLD SCHOOL GROUP

OPEN BOARD MEMBER

OPEN BOARD MEMBER

The Birthday Club: Contributions to the

Central Office help support the local services to members and

groups throughout Hillsborough and East Pasco Counties and

help ensure that the A.A. message is carried around our area.

Members customarily contribute $1, $2 or even $5 a year for

each year of sobriety‒–others may give a penny or a nickel a

day for each day of their sobriety. Ask your Treasurer if they

have any Birthday envelopes available. We usually send one

out when a group sends in their contribution to Central Office

or call or email your Central Office. 933-9123 or

[email protected]

Al then opened the meeting in the usual matter with a moment of

silence followed by the Serenity Prayer. He asked everyone if they

had signed in and to turn down their cell phones. Board Members

present: Al B. Chairperson, Rod Q. Vice-Chair, John T., Rita Y.,

Michelle S. & Kathy N. Secretary Report: Michelle read the

December minutes. There were no questions, a motion to accept

was made, seconded and approved. Treasurers Report: Rod Q.

presented the Treasurer’s report. Contributions in December

totaled $2,779.07. This accounts for what 33 Groups or individuals

in our area have contributed in December. Included we also

received $196.00 from nine AA members for the Birthday Club.

Our total income for December was $8,507.78. Our Total Cost of

Goods Sold was $4296.72. Subtracting the Total Cost of Goods

Sold from our December income left us with a Gross Profit of

$4211.06. Our Total Expenses for December were $ 9425.83.

Subtracting our Expenses from our Gross Profit gave us a Net

Income of minus-$ 5,214.77 for the month of December. We are

now, at the end of December minus-$ 6,277.35 in the red for the

year. Old Business: Discussion on new computers were tabled

until Tim finishes research on cost of computers and installation of

new software and computer set-up. New Business: Kathie

mentioned ways that might promote ways of directing more money

to Central Office, as donations are currently down. Al will bring it

to the Council tonight “pie chart contributions”.

Council Meeting: Al opened the meeting with a moment of

silence followed by the Serenity Prayer followed by asking

everyone to turn down their cell phones. New Council Members

were Cathy C. Simply Sobriety Group, Margaret S. Came to

Believe Group, Brent H. Early Riser’s Group & Carlos M. Sober

@ 7 Group. Secretary Report: Debbie read the December

Secretary Report. There were no questions. Motion to approve was

seconded and approved. Treasurers Report: Debbie presented

the December Treasurer’s report: Contributions in December

totaled $2,779.07. This accounts for what 33 Groups or individuals

in our area have contributed in December. Included we also

received $196.00 from nine AA members for the Birthday Club.

Our total income for December was $8,507.78. Our Total Cost of

Goods Sold was $4296.72. Subtracting the Total Cost of Goods

Sold from our December income left us with a Gross Profit of

$4211.06. Our Total Expenses for December were $ 9425.83.

Subtracting our Expenses from our Gross Profit gave us a Net

Income of minus-$ 5,214.77 for the month of December. We are

now, at the end of December minus-$ 6,277.35 in the red for the

year. Old Business: Computers will be researched by Tim and

brought to Board. Ariel mentioned that tickets for the

Anniversary Dinner are still available There may or not be

tickets left at the door. Net Loss for 2019 was discussed

“where do we get the money to cover. Tim will answer. Tom

looking for volunteers for Bridge the Gap. Al addressed that

contributions are down Brent announced a pig roast at Our

Place February 29th, see flyer. Brian mentioned Sobrilla guest

speaker is in one of our stories in the Big Book. Debbie, Old

Time AA at Christ the King Saturday 18th and Old School

Group will have a pot luck dinner with guest speaker Virgil

M., January 18th, see flyer.

New Business: None Announcements: None

Everyone is reminded to call your literature order in early

a day or two before the meeting, that way can have it

packed and ready for you.

The next Council Meeting will be February 11th, 2020 at

7:00 pm at the Central Office

Rod Q standing in for the Office Manager/Secretary

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Monthly Newsletter of the

Tri-County Central Office, Inc. Tampa, Florida 33614-2763 ph. 933-9123

February, 2020 page 5

GROUP Honors To Date Years

MID DAY MATINEE PATTI L. 02/08/77 43 YRS

FRIDAY FRIENDSHIP PEGGY D. 02/10/13 7 YRS

FRIDAY FRIENDSHIP VIKKI 02/28/12 8 YRS

FRIDAY FRIENDSHIP BARBARA N. 02/12/09 11 YRS

FRIDAY FRIENDSHIP DIANE S. 02/10/88 32 YRS

FRIDAY NIGHT BIG BOOK PAULA B. 02/03/81 39 YRS

JUST WHAT I WANTED PAZETTA 02/20/02 18 YRS

JUST WHAT I WANTED KATHY K. 02/23/81 39 YRS

CAME TO BELIEVE CARL M. 02/02/16 4 YRS

CAME TO BELIEVE RYAN Y. 02/24/13 7 YRS

CAME TO BELIEVE HALA L. 02/04/02 18 YRS

KEYSTONE GROUP LESLIE S. 02/19/13 7 YRS

KEYSTONE GROUP TED R. 02/19/13 7 YRS

KEYSTONE GROUP RICK D. 02/04/13 7 YRS

KEYSTONE GROUP LARA C. 02/07/12 8 YRS

KEYSTONE GROUP JOE K. 02/01/12 8 YRS

KEYSTONE GROUP BRIAN B. 02/10/05 15 YRS

RIVERSIDE GROUP MIKE P. 02/26/15 5 YRS

RIVERSIDE GROUP LAURA S. 02/21/11 9 YRS

RIVERSIDE GROUP STEVE H. 02/13/07 13 YRS

RIVERSIDE GROUP CHRISTINA D. 02/14/00 20 YRS

RIVERSIDE GROUP WILLOW 02/09/99 21 YRS

MUSTARD SEED GROUP BILL F. 02/12/06 14 YRS

ON THE WAY HOME JEFF H. 02/06/14 6 YRS

ON THE WAY HOME PATTY L. 02/11/90 30 YRS

SOBER ON SATURDAY RICK L. 02/16/89 31 YRS

ANNIVERSARY TIME It Works-It Really Does—Ask them how they did it!!!

A BIRTHDAY CLUB SUPPORTER TO CENTRAL OFFICE ONE DOLLAR FOR EACH YEAR OF SOBRIETY

Home Group Honors To Date Years

MICHAEL S. 31 YRS

SELF-SUPPORT-January, 2020

☺ Today in January of 2020 we have 223 Groups with 536

meetings a week. Contributions in January totaled $11,958.44. This

accounts for what 65 Groups or individuals in our area have

contributed in January. Included we also received $65.00 from two

AA members for the Birthday Club. Our total income for

January was $19,153.78. Our Total Cost of Goods Sold was

$5,131.20. Subtracting the Total Cost of Goods Sold from our

January income left us with a Gross Profit of $14,022.58. Our Total

Expenses for January were $ 9,142.18. Subtracting our Expenses

from our Gross Profit gave us a Net Income of plus+$ 4,880.40 for

the month of January. So, thankfully and gratefully we have

started the year off in the black. But as they say in the rooms of

AA “this too shall past.” No matter how good or bad it may appear

that we are doing from one month to another, it takes your

consistent contributions to keep us operating on a steady level. As

our AA membership continues to grow in the Tampa Bay area, the

demand for more and more material and services continue to

expand and we continue to try and strive to keep up with the

demand. That is only possible with your continued support . Thank

you for all of your support !!!

That’s 458 Years of Sobriety!

Congratulations for your Sobriety

One Day at a Time!

Somebody is doing something Right!!!!!! ☺♥

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Group JAN Y T D Group JAN Y T D Group JAN Y T D 11th Step Group- Christ King 382.85 382.85 Keystone Group 206.91 206.91 Simply Sobriety Women's 173.59 173.59

11th Step Meeting--Sun City Keystone All Groups Singleness of Purpose

11th Step Retreat Kingsway Group Sisters in Sobriety Group

AA 101 Group 324.28 Lemon Tree Group Sisters in Sobriety Group 50/50

Alpha Group 180.00 180.00 Life Enrichment Group Sober @ 6 Group 87.75 87.75

All Groups Little Harbor Grapevine Group Sober @ 7 Group 129.00 129.00

Anniversary Dinner 2018 Live and Let Live Group 80.00 80.00 Sober @ 7 Anniversary

Anniversary Dinner 2019 Living in the Solution 340.00 340.00 Sober on Saturday Group 100.00 100.00

7th Tradition Basket LivingSober/As Bill Sees It Sober on Sunday

TRICO Big Book Raffle 2018 Lutz @ Noon 17.00 17.00 Sober Spirits Group

TRICO Big Book Raffle 2019 Mad Dogs Group Soberilla

Trico 50/50 Raffle 2019 Mainely Sober Group SoberSticks Event

Cakewalk RaffleEvent 2018 Magnolia Group Soberstock Committee

Housecleaning Retreat Mapledale Group Sobrietea Womens Group

Anonymous Donations 105.33 105.33 Mid Day Matinee Group Sobriety at Sunrise Group 47.00 47.00

As Bill Sees It--Brandon Monday Night Madness Sobriety at Sunset Group 73.53 73.53

As Bill Sees It Mens Odessa Morning Express Group Sobrenity Group

Attitude of Gratitude Group Morning Group -Zephyrhill Solutions Group 65.00 65.00

Barracks Brigade Group 20.00 20.00 Morning Meditation Group Southshore Men's Group 201.50 201.50

Beginners Group Morning Mindset Group Southside Men's Group # 1 466.00 466.00

Bel-Mar Group Mustard Seed Group Southside Men's Group # 2

Bill D's Group My Turn Group Southside Men's Group #3 500.00 500.00

BIRTHDAY CLUB New Beginnings Women's Southside Men's Group #4

Brandon Free Thinkers New Beginnings-(5:45)Joe's 62.25 62.25 Spiritual Growth Group

BrandonSaturday Night New Beginnings Brandon 41.00 41.00 Spiritual Progress Goup

By the Book Men's Group New Beginnings-(Our Club) Step at a Time Group

BYO 12 & 12 Group 33.55 33.55 New Day Group Step Sisters in Sobriety

Came To Believe Group New Hope Big Book Stepping Stones Group (w) 148.14 148.14

Cardinal Group - Odessa New Way Women's Group Sun City Center Group

Carrollwood Blue Roof Nightly Newcomers Group Sunday Afternoon Step Mtg 112.00 112.00

Carrollwood Group Nooners Group--Riverview Sunday Speakers - 3333 75.00 75.00

Carrollwood Women's Group Nooners Group--Tampa 131.55 131.55 Sunshine Group

Chancey Road Group Noontime Celebration Gp. 150.00 150.00 Swamp Meeting

Clean Air Group Northdale Group Sweet Surrender Group

Design for Living Group Odessa Group Tampa Bay Fall Roundup

District Two General Service Old School Group 3,900.00 3,900.00 Tampa Bay Institutions 50.00 50.00

Dover Group 86.71 86.71 Old School Group All Groups Tampa Bay Speakers Gp.

Druid Hills Big Book Group Oldtimer's Group - JC Tampa Bay Young Peoples

Early Risers Group - Joe's On the Way Home Tpa 5:30 Tampa Bid for FCYPAA

Expect a Miracle Group One Day at a Time Group Tampa Group 150.00 150.00

Experience, Strength & Hope 50.00 50.00 Palma Ceia Group 0.36 0.36 Tampa Palms Big Book 90.00 90.00

Fear Not Group Palma Ceia 12 Step Study Tampa Palms Monday Men's

Fireside Group 75.55 75.55 Palma Ceia Big Book Group Tampa Recovery Group

Follow Our Path Group Pathfinders Group TGIS Group 30.08 30.08

Freedom in Sobriety Group Pilgrim Group -St Leo's 208.98 208.98 Thank God it's Friday Group 3.81 3.81

Fresh Start Group Plank Owners Group 110.00 110.00 The 164 Group

Friday Freedom Group Plant City Keep it Simple The 164 Group Wesley Chapel

Friday Night Lights Group 95.20 95.20 Primary Purpose Group The 164 Group USF

Friday Night Big book 100.00 100.00 Promises Meeting Group The Meeting Place Group

Friday Night Women's Group Recovery Bootcamp Group The Next Door Group

Friday Women's Friendship Red Chip Day T & C Sisters in Sobriety

Gifts of Sobriety Group Reflections Group-Lake Mag To Improve Conscious

Grapevine Gals Group 61.93 61.93 Riverside Group 50.00 50.00 Town & Country Wed. Group 300.00 300.00

Happy Hour Group Riverview Mens Blackbelt Tues Big Book Study Gp.

Hard Knox Group 66.30 66.30 Rush Hour Serenity Group 51.85 51.85 Tuesday Book Club Group

Helping Hands Gp.-P.C. 250.00 250.00 Ruskin Fellowship Group Turning Point Group -Z-H.

Hide-A-Way Group 333.52 333.52 Safe Haven Group Valrico/Brandon Wed Night

High Nooners Group Safe, Sane &Sober Group Valrico Fri. Morning Group

High Nooners Group Plant City 150.00 150.00 Saturday Night Fever Gp. 384.00 384.00 UptownDowntown Group

Hope Floats Group Saturday Night Live Group UT 717 Group

HOW Group Seekers of Serenity II Group Wed Night Step Workshop 55.00 55.00

In the Wind Group Wed Keep it Simple Group

It's in the Book Men's Gp. Weedpatch Group

Just What I Wanted Big Book Wellspring Group 280.00 280.00

Keep It Simple - YANA Wesley Chapel Group 278.33 278.33

Keep It Simple/Pass It On 290.09 290.09 With Room to Grow Group

Keep it Simple Group Dade City Women's Friendship Group 138.50 138.50

YaYa Sisterhood of Sobriety

Total 2,605.31

Total 5,733.90 Total 3,554.23

Monthly Total 11,958.44

YTD Total 2,605.31

YTD Total 5,733.90 YTD Total 3,554.23

Grand Total 11,958.44