~ UNITY LIVEWIRE ~ ‘A SOBER PUBLICATION’ AUGUST - 2020 Lorain Inter-Group Office 710 Broadway Avenue Lorain, Ohio 44052 Phone: 440-246-1800 M, W, F, S 10:00AM - 2:00PM Email address: [email protected]I can still suffer the pain of loneliness and mild depression here in Faro, but I now have some great tools to drag myself out of it if I should so choose. Sometimes, I’ll suffer a bit anyway, just because I can. I’ve gained some good friends through this phone service. We have actually visited each other—both ways. When I travel to the lower mainland (not often), I’m provided with a place to stay, food and hugs in abundance. I feel loved and cared for, just as when I first got to AA back in 1982. Each phone meeting reminds me of my early days and the feelings I had at that time. It’s so valuable to me. I can actually feel the love over the phone. And the funny thing is, I don’t especially like telephones. For many years, Faro, British Columbia (a community of 2,500 people), had three AA meetings a week. Our group would travel great distances to go on Twelfth Step calls and help other groups start up. Occasionally we’d go by ski-doo or snowmobile to remote trapline cabins. One time, we took a call from the town Norman Wells. We couldn’t travel all the way there to help them that time, but we did send a meeting kit and literature. When the mine shut down for the last time here in 1996, the population of Faro dropped to approximately 350 people, and I eventually found myself the only AA member left. So I started volunteering and doing service for others at the local Ambulance, Fire, Search and Rescue. While this was good, it didn’t make up for the spiritual aspects of my AA program that I was missing. Over time, my attitude slipped into a place I really didn’t want to be. I definitely wasn’t feeling as well as I like to. Luckily, in 2006 I got a call from the Whitehorse remote chair. He asked if I’d be interested in helping with a telephone AA meeting. White Rock, British Columbia, was up for sponsoring a telecommute phone meeting and I was the lucky candidate. The phone meetings ran every two weeks for a short time. Then at my request, we stepped it up to once a week with alternating sponsors on the White Rock end. We read and studied the Steps and Traditions on our calls. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate this meeting. I’m so grateful f or the other AA members taking time from their busy lives here in British Columbia to assist us remote members in our journey through sobriety. I get to see a demonstration of commitment to service by their consistent, reliable and timely call each week. New Inter-Group Days, Hours & Restrictions on Page 3 A list of meetings that have reopened are on a separate extended Page 4&5 If your meeting has reopened, please contact the office so we can get it listed on the website. ~ LONG DISTANCE HUGS ~ A SPECIAL THANK YOU! The Advisory Board of the Lorain Inter- Group would like to thank all the groups and individuals who have made donations over the past few months. Your generosity has been the key to keeping our office alive. The bills have been paid and we have not had to dip into our savings. We have now re-opened the office for business on a limited schedule: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday from 10AM till 2PM. Due to the current health status, we are not yet opening the meetings up just yet. Once again, Thank You for all you have done to keep AA alive in Lorain County. THE GRAPEVINE - DECEMBER 2017 BY: MARK V. FARO/MARSH LAKE, YUKON
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I can still suffer the pain of loneliness and mild depression here in Faro, but I now have some great tools to drag myself out of it if I should so choose. Sometimes, I’ll suffer a bit anyway, just because I can.
I’ve gained some good friends through this phone service. We have actually visited each other—both ways. When I travel to the lower mainland (not often), I’m provided with a place to stay, food and hugs in abundance. I feel loved and cared for, just as when I first got to AA back in 1982.
Each phone meeting reminds me of my early days and the feelings I had at that time. It’s so valuable to me. I can actually feel the love over the phone.
And the funny thing is, I don’t especially like telephones.
For many years, Faro, British Columbia (a community of 2,500 people), had three AA meetings a week. Our group would travel great distances to go on Twelfth Step calls and help other groups start up. Occasionally we’d go by ski-doo or snowmobile to remote trapline cabins. One time, we took a call from the town Norman Wells. We couldn’t travel all the way there to help them that time, but we did send a meeting kit and literature.
When the mine shut down for the last time here in 1996, the population of Faro dropped to approximately 350 people, and I eventually found myself the only AA member left. So I started volunteering and doing service for others at the local Ambulance, Fire, Search and Rescue. While this was good, it didn’t make up for the spiritual aspects of my AA program that I was missing. Over time, my attitude slipped into a place I really didn’t want to be. I definitely wasn’t feeling as well as I like to.
Luckily, in 2006 I got a call from the Whitehorse remote chair. He asked if I’d be interested in helping with a telephone AA meeting. White Rock, British Columbia, was up for sponsoring a telecommute phone meeting and I was the lucky candidate.
The phone meetings ran every two weeks for a short time. Then at my request, we stepped it up to once a week with alternating sponsors on the White Rock end. We read and studied the Steps and Traditions on our calls. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate this meeting. I’m so grateful for the other AA members taking time from their busy lives here in British Columbia to assist us remote members in our journey through sobriety. I get to see a demonstration of commitment to service by their consistent, reliable and timely call each week.
New Inter-Group Days, Hours & Restrictions on Page 3 A list of meetings that have reopened are on a separate extended Page 4&5
If your meeting has reopened, please contact the office so we can get it listed on the website.
~ LONG DISTANCE HUGS ~
A SPECIAL THANK YOU!
The Advisory Board of the Lorain Inter-
Group would like to thank all the groups and individuals who have made donations
over the past few months. Your generosity
has been the key to keeping our office alive. The bills have been paid and we have not
had to dip into our savings.
We have now re-opened the office for business on a limited schedule: Monday,
Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday from 10AM till 2PM. Due to the current health
status, we are not yet opening the meetings
up just yet.
Once again, Thank You for all you have
done to keep AA alive in Lorain County.
THE GRAPEVINE - DECEMBER 2017
BY: MARK V. FARO/MARSH LAKE, YUKON
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MONTHLY BUSINESS MEETINGS
First Sunday of Each Month Lorain County Multi-District @10:30am
G.S.R./D.C.M. Meeting Be the voice of your Home Group
+ + + + + + + + + + + +
Lorain Inter-Group @ 12:30 p.m.
ALL members are invited to participate
See YOUR Inter-Group at work!
710 Broadway Avenue, Lorain (Central Office)
HELP CARRY THE MESSAGE!!
EMH and Mercy Hospital
(Behavioral Health Unit)
Sundays at 4:00pm/Wednesdays at
7:00pm
ClearVista (3364 Kolbe Road, Lorain)
Sunday at 8:00pm
Must have 2 years of sobriety per hospital guidelines
When making any donation: PLEASE identify yourself by placing the group’s General Service #, District # and Area 54 on all donations. Your General Service # can be found in the meeting schedule or on the internet at aaloraincounty.org under A.A. Meetings. Your District # is on the back page of the LiveWire. If you don’t have a General Service number attached to your group, please contact your DCM listed on the back page of the LiveWire and they will register your Group OR ATTEND a monthly Multi-District meeting.
Suggested
AA Group Contributions:
50% Lorain Inter-Group Office 710 Broadway Avenue
Lorain, OH 44052 Make checks payable to:
Lorain Inter-Group
25% The General ServiceOffice P.O. Box 459, Central Station
New York, NY 10163-0459 Make checks payable to:
General Service Office
15% NE Ohio General Service ATTN: Area 54 Treasurer
P.O. Box 91384, Cleveland, OH 44101-3384 Make checks payable to: NE Ohio General Service
INCOME Donations/Rent Literature Sales Fundraising Income Interest Income Total INCOME
EXPENSES Rent Columbia Gas Answering Service Ohio Edison Time Warner Vivial: Yellow Pages House Managers Payroll Fees Literature Purchases Fundraising Expenses Total EXPENSES
GAIN/(LOSS)
$2,496.31 121.16
0.00 .06
$2,617.53
$ 800.00 245.49 164.06 198.53 131.21
28.80 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
$1,568.09
$ 1,049.44
Rents Received ----
Inter-Group Advisory Board of Directors
Steve S. 440-308-1352 Chair
Jody B. 440-225-2412 V.Chair
Art C. 440-773-9474 Secr.
Mark P. 440-452-5946 Treas.
Inter-Group Advisory Board Troy S. 440-365-9018 Donna L. 440-574-3464 Tom O. 440-315-8600 Mike B. 440-309-5788 Dave G . 440-723-1923 Russ K. 440-370-6575 Kare H. 440-949-8347
Office Managers Sam H. 440-522-3639
Tom N. 440-258-7286
Ed F. 440-309-0551
Office 440-246-1800
Donations Anonymous
Attitude of Gratutude Avon Healing Women
Elyria Men’s Stang Elyria Monday Closed Disc. Grafton Wednesday Night