SOTO Group of Alcoholics Anonymous

Corvallis, Oregon

Service in Alcoholics Anonymous

Thinking about the order of A.A.'s Three Legacies of Unity, Service and Recovery, it becomes clear that it is only through our unity and service that individual recovery becomes possible, now and into the future. And with that individual recovery comes the individual responsibility to help ensure that A.A. remains united and continues to make recovery possible, now and into the future.

A Declaration of Unity

"This we owe to A.A.’s future; to place our common welfare first; to keep our Fellowship united. For on A.A. unity depend our lives, and the lives of those to come."

https://www.aa.org/sites/default/files/literature/assets/p-16_theaagroup.pdf

A.A.'s Responsibility Statement

"I am responsible, when anyone, anywhere reaches out for help, I want the hand of A.A. always to be there. And for that: I am responsible."

https://www.aa.org/participating-in-aa

Our Service Positions

We need your help - there are:

- open positions to fill; *
- tired people who need a break; and
- great opportunities to "...continue to grow along spiritual lines!"

* The first three are easy, don't have any commttments, and anybody can do them in any given meeting!

(click the links below for more info)

Position Member Duties

Zoom Doorperson OPEN Admit people from the Waiting Room

Literature Hal Screen-share the Meeting Readings

Meeting Leader Anybody Read the Go-By-Thingie

The next two positions are also easy, and have length of sobriety requirements:

Position Member Duties

Zoom Host 3 Mths OPEN Open and close the meeting

Secretary OPEN Maintain phone list, take meeting minutes

The next positions have length of sobriety requirements and last for a period of time.

Anyone can serve as an Alternate to fill in when needed and learn the position.

Position Primary Alternate

Treasurer Jessica OPEN

GSR OPEN OPEN

Webmaster Hal OPEN

How You Can Help

If you are interested or want more information, please send an email to sotogroup.dist21@gmail.com, and stick around for the monthly Service Meeting after our first regular meeting of the month!

Our Monthly Service Meeting

The Soto Group's monthly Service Meeting, or Business Meeting, takes place immediately following the first regular meeting of the Month.

This is where we get together and make sure we take care of everything the group needs to function smoothly and talk about how we can do better.

Everyone is encouraged to attend - we don't want to have a small core of "old-timers" making all the decisions for the group - we need your input!

"In A.A., everything starts with the group — it is the place where recovery begins for most alcoholics and is the basic building block of the entire Fellowship. But, for a group to keep going, all kinds of service must be done."

Participating in A.A

"It takes member participation to ensure that group service work is done....Traditionally, rotation ensures that group tasks, like nearly everything else in A.A., are passed around for all to share."

The A.A. Group...where it all begins

"Our Twelfth Step — carrying the message — is the basic service that the A.A. Fellowship gives; this is our principal aim and the main reason for our existence. Therefore, A.A. is more than a set of principles; it is a society of alcoholics in action. We must carry the message, else we ourselves can wither and those who haven’t been given the truth may die."

A.A. Service Manual

"Freely ye have received; freely give...We alcoholics see that we must work together and hang together, else most of us will finally die alone.”

Alcoholics Anonymous

"...a society without organization, animated only by the spirit of service--a true fellowship."

Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions