ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION: $5 FOR 12 MONTHLY ISSUES. Mailed Subscriptions: Contact Central Office for price. (ALSO AVAILABLE VIA EMAIL FOR NO CHARGE, sign up on page 2 ) SUNRISE THE SASKATOON & DISTRICT AA NEWSLETTER April 2020 Volume 66, Issue 4 All quotations from AA and AA Grapevine literature are printed with consent from A. A. World Services, Inc. and AA Grapevine. Central Office Hours: Mon to Fri 9:30—11:30 AM & 12:00-3:00 PM (Closed on statutory holidays). Published by Saskatoon & District Central Office, 515—245 3rd Avenue South, Saskatoon, SK S7K 1M4 Email: [email protected]Website: aasaskatoon.org Phone: (306) 665-6727 What a time to be alive. I hope I will always remember the feeling I had right before I turned my will over to God; when I had been granted the gift of desperation, when I knew there was nothing left in me to try and fight this battle on my own. The days were accumulating, progressively getting worse, but it was the moment before I threw my hands up that I want to remember. I knew I was completely powerless. In that moment, I couldn’t stand, or think, or breathe, or cry; in that mo- ment, there really was only one option. I didn’t know that God was there the whole time, waiting for me to open my heart; but when I did, I could breathe again. This is the moment I keep reminding myself of, as we are all in isolation. To be in a “State of Emergency”, seems pretty surreal, yet familiar to me at the same time. It ’s hard to try and understand the chaos that was once just inside my head, that drove me into my own isolation, is now similarly being felt across the globe. My gratitude for Alcoholics Anonymous is growing daily. Today I know I am not alone, and I don’t ever have to go back to that moment again. This program and fellowship broke me free from isolation before, and I have faith it will get me through this one too. My heart is open, I don’t need all of the answers. We have all of the tools, I pray we all use them. By no means is this an easy time for anyone to navigate, but what a time for us, to practice these principles in all of our affairs. “When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, or situation—some fact of my life— unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being ex- actly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.” pg 417 As long as the ties that bind us together are stronger than those that would tear us apart, all will be well. What a time to be alive. One day at time my friends. In love and service, Nicole C.
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April 2020 Volume 66, Issue 4
All quotations from AA and AA Grapevine literature are printed with consent from A. A. World Services, Inc. and AA Grapevine.
Central Office Hours: Mon to Fri 9:30—11:30 AM & 12:00-3:00 PM (Closed on statutory holidays). Published by Saskatoon & District Central Office, 515—245 3rd Avenue South, Saskatoon, SK S7K 1M4
What a time to be alive. I hope I will always remember the feeling I had right before I turned my will over to God; when I had been granted the gift of desperation, when I knew there was nothing left in me to try and fight this battle on my own. The days were accumulating, progressively getting worse, but it was the moment before I threw my hands up that I want to remember. I knew I was completely powerless. In that moment, I couldn’t stand, or think, or breathe, or cry; in that mo-ment, there really was only one option. I didn’t know that God was there the whole time, waiting for me to open my heart; but when I did, I could breathe again. This is the moment I keep reminding myself of, as we are all in isolation. To be in a “State of Emergency”, seems pretty surreal, yet familiar to me at the same time. It’s hard to try and understand the chaos that was once just inside my head, that drove me into my own isolation, is now similarly being felt across the globe. My gratitude for Alcoholics Anonymous is growing daily. Today I know I am not alone, and I don’t ever have to go back to that moment again. This program and fellowship broke me free from isolation before, and I have faith it will get me through this one too. My heart is open, I don’t need all of the answers. We have all of the tools, I pray we all use them. By no means is this an easy time for anyone to navigate, but what a time for us, to practice these principles in all of our affairs. “When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, or situation—some fact of my life—unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being ex-actly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.” pg 417 As long as the ties that bind us together are stronger than those that would tear us apart, all will be well. What a time to be alive. One day at time my friends. In love and service, Nicole C.
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