Sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly: One of the realities of sobriety offered by the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. As I grow older, it also has become an urgency of getting things accomplished for service to Seniors in Sobriety. For me the struggle has been between honoring the spirit of Concept Ten’s description of service leadership balanced by service authority with continually trying to encourage the development of a better informed group conscience of Seniors in Sobriety itself. And one of the limiting realities of aging is that many of us will pass away sooner than later. This suggests that we might want to encourage more seniors to be involved in SIS service so that our institutional knowledge of being elders in recovery can be passed on more gracefully, without the need for complicated documentation, discussion, or procedures.
So I put out this invitation to all of you. Please introduce at least one of your elder meeting friends to SIS (via the website: seniorsinsobriety.com ) and also encourage them to sign-up for our emails that let folks know about our bi-annual conferences and other SIS activities. (email me if the website link is troublesome, mackcolin
We continue to develop our SIS online meeting (via Zoom) for Sunday afternoons and will alert you on this website and via email when the remaining details are worked out. Apologies if my announcement last fall raised any expectations that we weren’t yet equipped to meet. Stay tuned.
Seniors in Sobriety is hosting a hospitality room/booth at the AA World Services International Convention July 2-5, 2020 in Detroit Michigan. As of this writing, I know that Mickey W. will be attending. Others of our core steering team and followers will also be there to meet and greet our seniors.
Best wishes to you and your families for a joyous holiday season and a Happy 2020 New Year!
Colin M. – webservant