
Drinking Problem? We have had the solution since 1935.
“ Nothing matters more to A.A.’s future welfare than the manner in which we use the colossus of modern communication. Used unselfishly and well, it can produce results surpassing our present imagination.”— Bill W
What Is A.A.?
From The A.A. Preamble
District 41 2022-2024 Committee Positions
Standing for a committee position is your opportunity to be of service. Look over the committee document for details on each position.
Stand for a position email: dupage41aa@gmail.com
D41 Committee Positions 2022 & 2023 Descriptions
District-41-2022&2023-Committees-rev-11-18-21
FULL STRENGTH AA: FINANCIAL FACT SHEETS
“A.A.’s far-flung Twelfth Step activities, carrying the message to the next sufferer, are the very lifeblood of our A.A. adventure. Without this vital activity, we would soon become anemic; we would literally wither and die.“Now where do A.A.’s services — worldwide, area, local — fit into our scheme of things? Why should we provide these func-tions with money? The answer is simple enough. Every single A.A. service is designed to make more and better Twelfth Step work possible, whether it be a group meeting place, a central or intergroup office to arrange hospitalization and sponsorship, or the world service Headquarters [now the General Service Office] to maintain unity and effectiveness all over the globe.“Though not costly, these service agencies are absolutely essential to our continued expansion — to our survival as a Fellowship. Their costs are a collective obligation that rests squarely upon all of us. Our support of services actually amounts to recognition on our part that A.A. must everywhere function in full strength — and that, under our Tradition of self-support, we are all going to foot the bill.”Bill W., October 1967 Grapevine
https://www.aa.org/assets/en_US/mg-15_finance.pdf
http://www.aa.org/assets/en_US/f-203_en_seventhtraditionsfactsheet.pdf
DISTRICT NEWS
District 41 Committee Chair Positions
Get active in your sobriety and help carry the message to others by doing service work.
As is mentioned in the Legacy Of Service (download available from aa.org) Bill W expressed his concerns about the need for us as AA members to make sure we maintain service to carry the message to the still suffering alcoholic.
One form of this service is getting involved in District committees
Elmhurst Presbyterian Churchat 367 Spring Road in Elmhurst, IL 60126
3rd Thursday of every month at 7pm in Calvin Hall
INTERESTED IN SERVICE? WE NEED YOU!
PLEASE JOIN US – VISITORS WELCOME!
Newsletter
Events
Service Committees
(information: AA District 11)
The video PSA “Doors” shares, within a unique visual presentation, the voices of A.A. members talking about their experiences with alcohol and how their lives have been changed in A.A.
ASL now on the A.A.W.S. YouTube Channel!
ASL now on the A.A.W.S. YouTube Channel!
ASL Big Book and 12×12 Have Arrived in English!
Dear Friend,
Good news! The Big Book and Twelve and Twelve in ASL are available with closed captions on the A.A.W.S. YouTube channel. All videos have closed captions and are in English only. We hope you enjoy!
Hope: Alcoholics Anonymous
25 and Under
(Updated 01/18/2023)
* 7th TRADITION District 41 Treasury Update VENMO now available for payment
7th Tradition News From GSO
About 3 or 4 years ago the “cost” of supporting the General Service office was $7.28 per individual AA member. A movement was started in the Pacific northwest that each member was encouraged to send in $7.28 on July 28 and the idea spread from group to group all over the country. And on July 28 and for days after loads of contributions came in for $7.28 each. The next year it was a bit more and this year the cost is $8.11 and again a grass roots movement has found many contributions of $8.11.
$8.11 can be still paid at the GSO website.
*GSO WHAT”S NEW
A.A. Groups Using Digital Platforms to Find Sobriety During Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak 3-23-2020
Options for meeting online 3-21-2020
Updates on GSO COVID-19 3-21-2020
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ONLINE AA MEETINGS
Zoom Set-Up
Part 1) Zoom for Recovery – Adjusting Zoom Settings for Anonymity and Security Protections
Part 2) Zoom for Recovery Settings for Anonymity and Security Protections
New Guidelines for Setting up a Virtual AA Zoom Meeting
Info On Setting Up An Online Meeting: Google and ZOOM
How to use Zoom
http://aa-intergroup.org/directory.php
https://www.intherooms.com/home/
Additional Online Recovery Resources
Send District 41 Online Meeting Information to: dupage41aa@gmail.com
Give the Meeting Name, Is it Official, The Online Link, Time and Day. etc.
A New Freedom
THE TWELVE STEPS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
A.A.'s Twelve Steps are a group of principles, spiritual in their nature, which, if practiced as of life, can expel the obsession to drink and enable the sufferer to become happily and usefully whole.THE TWELVE STEPS
FOR PROFESSIONALS
This is our service area
A.A. Video for Employment/Human Resources Professionals
A.A. Video for Healthcare Professionals
THE TWELVE TRADITIONS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (Short Form)
A.A.'s Twelve Traditions apply to the life of the Fellowship itself. They outline the means by which A.A. maintains its unity and relates itself to the world about it, the way it lives and grows.THE TWELVE TRADITIONS
Anonymity Online
Why Anonymous?
HOW IT WORKS: The Twelve Concepts
THE TWELVE CONCEPTS
Big Book Discuussion 2020 Convention
