Known as the “Big Book”, the basic text of Alcoholics Anonymous has helped millions of people worldwide get and stay sober since the first edition appeared in 1939. Opening chapters articulate A.A.’s program of recovery from alcoholism – the original Twelve St... More »
This is where I turn it over to my higher power and ask for help. The Web Committee has a lot of responsibilities and it’s frankly too much for just a couple people. “Jeez, I want to help but this stuff looks really technical. I don’t have those skills!” Don’t... More »
Eastside Intergroup is now offering Zoom meetings to groups, workshops, committee meetings, panels, alcothons, etc…! These meetings are capable of supporting up to 300 participants per meeting with default settings for security and anonymity. Groups continue t... More »
A hybrid A.A. meeting is one in which some of the attendees are in-person and other attendees join using video conferencing such as Zoom (a virtual meeting). Considerations include having the in-person attendees agree to the hybrid meeting. Those that do not w... More »
Our Primary Purpose is: to help the alcoholic who still suffers…. In the last few months I have heard so much about the suffering alcoholics who can’t get into meetings due to passwords that are nowhere to be seen. Our hotline is inundated with calls from alco... More »
Online meeting spaces make it difficult to “pass the basket.” Some groups have set up digital contribution accounts with services like Venmo, PayPal, Google Pay, etc. to deal with this problem. Now might be a good time to review an essential piece of AA litera... More »
