CAL – Al-Anon: Then and Now (Item # AR-2)

WHAT I LEARNED: 1. Regional Service Seminars (RSS’s) were established in 1979 but I have never heard of these. 2. Apparently between the US & Canada there are 9 regions total & 3 RSS’s per year.  I’m on the hunt to find out more about these & when the next one will be.  🕵️‍♀️ If…

CAL – Al-Anon’s World Service Office (Item # S-30)

WHAT I LEARNED: 1. The World Service Office has a fitness room!!  Where else would I learn this type of info?  Ha ha 😜 2. It seems every department, with the exception of Administration, is supported by 1 or more volunteer committees.  The Membership Outreach (not to be confused with Public Outreach) department has the most at 4. ━━━━━▼━━━━━…

DISTRICT MTG – May 2013

WHAT I LEARNED: The second debut of my Al-Anon poem went better than I thought it would. (If anyone from World Service Office is reading this blog, check your email inbox & I hope you enjoy it as well!)  …Keeping my fingers crossed that it will make it into our literature & possibly trigger other…

CAL – Al-Anon’s Co-Founders (Item # P-87)

WHAT I LEARNED: 1. That the original card file of groups from Al-Anon’s meager beginnings can still be viewed at the World Service Office headquarters in Virginia.  Add that to my bucket list! ☑️ 2. For more info about Anne B., see item # P-66 & for more about Lois W., see item # B-7….

N. FL Spring Assembly 2013 – My First Post Ever!

WELCOME to my first post on this blog!  Today, 5/3/13,  I’ll be going to the North Florida Spring Assembly in Orlando.  Won’t miss the long drive to Ocala, but I will miss the horses they had behind the hotel.  For the Fall Assembly last year, I went as a GIP (Growth Investment Person) however this…