Spring Message from District 2 DCM

March 25, 2008

Santa Fe District 2 is alive and well in service. After going to the New Mexico State Assembly in March, it seem to give us a shot in the arm and gave us more inspiration to do the work of Alcoholics Anonymous in Santa Fe. It was the most amount of voting members from Santa Fe that I have seen in several years. Assemblies are the place that we meet with other districts in New Mexico and see how they are doing, get ideas and share our experience, strength and hope with each other. I have come to understand that the triangle of Recovery, Unity and Service is more than a concept, it is the Program of AA. Often I hear people stating that because they are active in their group, sponsor people and share in meetings that that is Service, but according to Bill W. those activities are to unite the group, to aid in our own recovery both the individual as well as the group. It is the Unity side of the triangle.

Service is reaching out into our neighborhood, community and ultimately the world community, to let the suffering alcoholic know that AA is here to help them. It is answering the phone at Central Office, going out on Twelve Step calls. It is working with Recovery Centers, Prisons and Jails to offer help and support when an alcoholic is ready to enter into AA by seeing them to their first meeting, getting them meeting information and of course getting them a Big Book. Service includes Professional and Public information about AA and how to contact us so the courts, community doctors and counselors and schools can offer. It is the Web page that brought you to this message, the Grapevine which is the heart of General Service Office’s message to the World.

The service side of the triangle has brought such joy to my sobriety that reverberates everywhere in my life. I am grateful to come to know this side of the triangle and know the Language of the Heart at a deep and profound level through Service.

We meet once a month on the second Tuesday of every month, 6:30 to 7:30 pm in the Board Room at St Vincent’s Hospital. If you have any questions about district or about open positions, please email me district2@newmexicoaa.org

Love and Service,
Teresa
DCM for Santa Fe District #2