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The new nun goes to confession. She tells the
priest--a closet sex addict--that she has a terrible secret. The priest then tells her
that her secret is safe in the sanctity of the confessional. She says, "Father, I
never
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wear panties under my habit."
The priest chuckles and says, "That's not so
serious, Sister Bernadette. Say five Hail Mary's, five Our Fathers, and do five cartwheels
on your way to the altar."
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Archives: Getting Started
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GETTING STARTED
One of the best ways to get started in archival service
work is to obtain a copy of the "Handbook for Setting up an Alcoholics Anonymous
Archival Repository," available from the G.S.O. Archives. The handbook contains
helpful information gathered from shared experience over many years. It points out that
the idea of setting up an archives in a specific geographic area most often occurs to
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several oldtimers who realize the need to create local or area
archival centers, beginning with a project to collect material for an area history.
Often, after a need for an archives has been
identified, the idea is brought to the area or state committee or local central
office/intergroup committee, as applicable, for wider discussion. Following sharing and
reaching a group conscience, it may then be agreed upon to create an Archives committee
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area or state committee or central office/intergroup committee.
Archives committees usually include A.A. members knowledgeable about the early history,
who have sources for obtaining historical A.A. material.
Reprinted
With Permission From GSO Website:
http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org/english/FellowshipSvcs/E_guides/MG-17.html
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If we are painstaking about this phase of our
development, we will be amazed before we are half way through.
We are going to know a new freedom
and a new happiness.
We will not regret the past nor
wish to shut the door on it.
We will comprehend the word
serenity and we will know peace.
No matter how far down the scale
we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.
That feeling of uselessness and
self-pity will disappear.
We will lose interest in selfish
things and gain interest in our fellows.
Self-seeking will slip away. Our
whole attitude and outlook upon life will change.
Fear of people and of economic
insecurity will leave us.
We will intuitively know how to
handle situations which used to baffle us.
We will suddenly
realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.
Are these extravagant Promises ? We think
not. They are being fulfilled among us - sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will
always materialize if we work for them. Pg.
83-84 Bigbook
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