This is a one hour workshop meeting presented by Chris & David – Illustrated Steps

Join Zoom ID 884 9774 9696
Passcode: 969616

This is a one hour workshop meeting presented by Chris & David – Illustrated Steps

Join Zoom ID 884 9774 9696
Passcode: 969616

This is a one hour workshop meeting presented by Chris & David – Illustrated Steps

Join Zoom ID 884 9774 9696
Passcode: 969616

This is a one hour workshop meeting presented by Chris & David – Illustrated Steps

Join Zoom ID 884 9774 9696
Passcode: 969616

This is a one hour workshop meeting presented by Chris & David – Illustrated Steps

Join Zoom ID 884 9774 9696
Passcode: 969616

This is a one hour workshop meeting presented by Chris & David – Illustrated Steps

Join Zoom ID 884 9774 9696
Passcode: 969616

Hosted by the Diamond Beginners Group

Mondays 2:00pm AEDT        (Melbourne time)

Join Zoom ID 884 9774 9696
Passcode: 969616

Starts 30^th October 2023

Presented by AA members Chris and David
The series presents an overview of all Twelve Steps of the Alcoholics Anonymous program.

• Monday 30^th October – Step One
• Monday 6^th November – Steps Two & Three
• Monday 13^th November – Step Four
• Monday 20^th November – Steps Five to Nine
• Monday 27^th November – Steps Ten & Eleven
• Monday 4^th December – Step Twelve

This workshop traces the Alcoholic Cycle by reading through Bill’s Story in the AA Big Book.
It follows Bill’s downward spiral of drinking and stopping and drinking and stopping which eventually leads him to despair. Then it shows how the change came about him through his spiritual awakening.

(On the corner with Main Hurstbridge Road)
(0.5 km from Diamond Creek Station)
Contact: Lisa: 0414 768 940

Guest presenters: Chris & David

The face to face meeting will be open for 10 members only. Please text Anthea (‭0421 019 878) to ensure there is space available. Anyone attending will be responsible for ensuring physical distancing is practiced and providing your first name, arrival & departure time and phone number recorded on a list and held for 28 days. And the kitchen will not be open for tea or coffee.

You can also connect to the meeting via Zoom

Topics for this week:

1. Where did we find hope or courage? ( Topic 11)
2. How do we live one day at a time? (Topic 68)
3. What are the joys of sobriety? (Topic 75)'

Topics for this week:

1. How was our drinking different from social drinkers?
2. What tools do you use & still use to remain sober?
3. How have your relationships changed since stopping drinking?'

Zoom Meeting ID: 977692825

https://zoom.us/j/977692825

Topics for this week:

1. How is our drinking different from ’normal’ drinkers.
2. Honesty
3. How have we changed since we started to work the program'

(Normally 10:00am, Uniting Church Hall, 32 Wensley St, Diamond Creek)

The church need the hall for Christmas lunch

(Was at the Netball Clubrooms in Diamond St)

This week's question: Why is anonymity important?

This week's question: How many meetings do we need?

This week's question: When did we realise we had lost control of our drinking?

This week's question: What meditation routines do we use?

We won’t have any electricity at the netball centre this week but we’ll still be open - please BYO coffee if needed”.

This week's question: What does AA promise?

This week's question: How did our drinking make us isolate from others?

This week's question: How did we become willing to change?

This week's question: What do we pray for?

This week's question: How did our drinking affect other people?

This week's question: How have we overcome anger?

This week's question: How does the program work?

This week's question: How is our drinking different from 'normal' drinkers?

This week's question: Why is inventory necessary?

This week's question: When did we find hope?

This week's question: Why is honesty important to our sobriety?

This week's question: How have our lives and our relationships improved?

This week's question: How did we take Step Three?

This week's question: What does it mean to be 'powerless over alcohol'?

This week's question: What do we tell other people about our alcoholism?

You can come along for Sunday morning at the Diamond Valley Rally even if you weren’t able to attend on Saturday.

Turns out there’s a lot of great talent in AA once we get sober!

FEATURING A RENOWNED INTERNATIONAL COMEDIAN!!

A good, old fashioned, country style AA rally. Fellowship, sharing, and great food. Meetings all day. Fun entertainment Saturday night and a late, late meeting.

Hosted by the Diamond Reflections AA Group with help from other local AA groups.

Saturday 17th November

• 9:30am Registration
• 10:00am Diamond Beginners Group Meeting
• 11:00am Morning Tea
• 11:30am Hurstbridge Sunday Night Group Meeting
• 12:30pm Lunch supplied
• 2:00pm Greensborough Women’s Group Meeting (All welcome)
• 3:00pm Afternoon Tea
• 3:30pm Eltham Monday Night Group Meeting
• 4:30pm Quick Break
• 4:45pm Rosanna Steps Group Meeting
• 6:00pm Dinner
• 7:00pm Variety Concert
• 9:30pm Pizza Break
• 10:00pm The Late Meeting (Working With Others Group)

Sunday 18th November

• 9:30am Registration
• 10:00am Norther Serenity Steps Group – Spiritual Concept Meeting
• 11:00am Morning Tea
• 11:30am Rapid Fire Topic Meeting (Diamond Reflections Group)
• 12:30pm Sobriety Countdown
• 12:45pm Family BBQ Lunch

This week's question: What does the Third Step prayer mean to us?

This week's question: What excuses have we used to relapse?

This week's question: How do we live one day at a time?

This week's question: How do we become willing?

This week's question: What made us admit defeat?

This week's question: What do we need to do to stay sober?

This week's question: How did we learn about the 12 Steps?

This week's question: How do we handle parties and other social events in early sobriety?

This week's question: What have we learned from the Big Book?

This week's question: How do we choose a sponsor?

This week's question: What is our experience with aches and pains, sleeplessness, or other physical symptoms in early sobriety?

This week's question: How has AA service helped our sobriety?

This week's question: How did we take Step Two?

This week's question: What was our experience of the first 30 days sober?

This week's question: How do we get involved in service?

This week's question: What's it like to be restored to sanity'?

This week's question: How did we initially stop drinking?

This week's question: How do we 'carry the message'?

This week's question: How did we overcome prejudice against spiritual ideas?

This week's question: Is it possible to become a social drinker after being an alcoholic?

This week's question: How do we take daily inventory?

This week's question: How did we stop relapsing?

This week's question: What lies did we tell about our drinking?

This week's question: How do we become less selfish?

This week's question: Where do we find courage?

This week's question: What have we lost because of our drinking?

This week's question: How are resentments dangerous?

This week's question: What have we learnt from other newcomers?

This week's question: How do I know I am an alcoholic?

This week's question: How do we live one day at a time.

As from March 7th - same time and venue

Lots of great new topics to discuss so come and share your experience strength and hope to the newcomer.

Turns out there’s a lot of great talent in AA once we get sober!

A good, old fashioned, country style AA rally. Fellowship, sharing, and great food. Meetings all day. Fun entertainment Saturday night and a late, late meeting.

Hosted by the Diamond Reflections AA Group with help from other local AA groups.

Turns out there’s a lot of great talent in AA once we get sober!

A good, old fashioned, country style AA rally. Fellowship, sharing, and great food. Meetings all day. Fun entertainment Saturday night and a late, late meeting.

Hosted by the Diamond Reflections AA Group with help from other local AA groups.

- Topic: One Ultimate Authority

Please not the change of venue for one week only. (Normally at the Netball Clubrooms, Diamond St)

Topic: Making A.A. Your Higher Power

Meeting followed by lunch.

We have singers, musicians, comedians and 12 Step sketch comedy. Turns out there’s a lot of great talent in AA once we get sober.

This event is part of the AA Diamond Valley Rally.

New and unique meeting format. Each speaker will be given a surprise topic – a quote from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. The topic will be projected on a big screen and they’ll have just 2½ minutes to share their experience, strength and hope on that topic as we watch the time tick away!

A good, old fashioned, country style AA rally. Fellowship, sharing, and great food. Meetings all day. Fun entertainment Saturday night and a late, late meeting.

Hosted by the Diamond Reflections AA Group with help from other local AA groups.

Guest Speaker: Emma (Working With Others Group)

Presented by Chris and David

Guest speaker: Barry – Moonee Ponds

Guest speaker: Chris H – Moonee Ponds

Guest speaker: Lynne

Guest Speaker - Kevin H.

Guest speaker: David M

(Was at the Uniting Church Wensley Street)

Guest speaker: Greg S

Guest speaker: David - The Late Show Group

Guest speaker - Polly P

Guest speaker - Lindsay

Topic "Deep Down Within Us" - Guest speaker Grant L

Guest speaker - Erin

Guest speaker - Diane D

Guest Speaker – Carolyn W

Guest Speaker – Frank O.

Guest speaker Judith L