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May, 23rd 2025
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Unity
TRADITON 6 – LONG FORM
“Problems of money, property, and authority may easily divert us from our primary spiritual aim. We think, therefore, that any considerable property of genuine use to A.A. should be separately incorporated and managed, thus dividing the material from the spiritual. An A.A. group, as such, should never go into business. Secondary aids to A.A., such as clubs or hospitals which require much property or administration, ought to be incorporated and so set apart that, if necessary, they can be freely discarded by the groups. Hence such facilities ought not to use the A.A. name. Their management should be the sole responsibility of those people who financially support them. For clubs, A.A. managers are usually preferred. But hospitals, as well as other places of recuperation, ought to be well outside A.A. – and medically supervised. While an A.A. group may cooperate with anyone, such cooperation ought never go so far as affiliation or endorsement, actual or implied. An A.A. group can bind itself to no one.”
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Group Anniversaries
Thur. May 29th Providence- YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE IRISH– Providence Presbyterian Church, 500 Hope St., 36th Anniversary 7:30PM Guest Speakers & Buffet
Sun. Jun 1st Portsmouth-PORTSMOUTH SUNDAY MORNING– Common Fence Point Community Center, 933 Anthony Rd, 53rd Anniversary. 11AM. Guest Speakers/ Buffet
Fri. June 6th Mansfield, MA-ALIVE AGAIN– Congregational Church of Mansfield, 17 West St. 44th Anniversary 8PM. Guest Speakers/ Buffet
Tue. June 10th Newport-NEWPORT YOUNG PEOPLE’S– Seamen’s Church Institute, 18 Market Square. 50th Anniversary 6:30PM Pizza Party 8PM Guest Speakers
Mon. June 16th No Kingstown- DRUNK SQUAD– United Methodist Church, 450 Boston Neck Rd., 7:30 PM (5th Anniversary)
NEW GROUPS
Providence-COMMON BOND-Open 12 &12, Brown University/ Alumnae Hall (Crystal Room),194 Meeting St. Thursdays at 5:30PM
Narragansett- THE LIGHTHOUSE AT CAMP CRONIN. Open Daily Reflections. Point Judith Fisherman’s Memorial, 1399 Ocean Rd. Mon, Wed, and Fri 7:30PM (Seasonal – May 26th Thru September 1st)
Online- MONDAY EVENING R&R- Closed Daily Reflection, Zoom ID: 84134191799 Password: relax. Mon. 6PM
CHANGES
Providence-BREAKFAST WITH BILL-Open Literature- Our Lady Of the Rosary Church, 71 Traverse St., will resume meeting start time at 7AM on Saturday June 7th
Providence– YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE IRISH Open Discussion, has moved to Providence Presbyterian Church, 500 Hope St. Thursdays at 7:30PM
Warren-WOMEN AND THE 12&12- Closed 12 &12 (Womens) Has moved to St Mary’s Of the Bay, 645 Main St. Mondays at 5:45PM
Smithfield/Greenville- SCITUATE BIG BOOK –has moved to Greenville Baptist Church, 1 Church St. They have changed their name to THE BIG BOOK , Tuesdays at 12Noon
East Providence-Open Literature. Haven Methodist Church, 200 Taunton Ave, Mon thru Fri at 10 AM have changed their name to A BETTER TOMORROW. Saturday and Sunday meeting will remain WELCOME CHANCE
East Providence- ACCEPTANCE– Open Speaker. Rumford Grange, 125 No. Broadway will change their meeting time. Starting Monday ,July 7th they will meet 7:30PM to 8:45PM
GROUPS RE-OPENING
Charlestown- CHARLESTOWN BEACH MEETING- Open Discussion, Charlestown Beach, 557 Charlestown Beach Rd., 6PM. (from Parking lot turn left look for Rainbow Windsock)
NEEDS SUPPORT
Lincoln – STEP INTO ACTION– Open 12 &12, Chapel Street Congregational, 185 Chapel St., Thursdays at 6:30PM
Middletown- WE HAVE TO LIVE IT (WOMEN)- Hybrid Open Big Book, Yana Club, 770 Aquidneck Ave.Or Zoom ID 87851250686 Password000456. Thursdays at 6PM
Online –EARLY BIRD ZOOM– Open Discussion. Zoom Meeting ID:89226046602 Password: 02886. Monday Thru Friday at 8AM
ONE NIGHT ONLY
Pawtucket- TRIANGLE – St Lukes Church, 670 Weeden St will not meet on Fri, June 13th.
DISBANDED
Warwick-KEEP ON COMING– St Paul’s Lutheran,389 Greenwich Ave, Sundays at 7PM.
Fall River-SATURDAY NIGHT AA- Fr. Diaferio’s Community Center,220 Johnson St. Sat at 7:30PM
Online-MUSTURAD SEED– Monday & Wed at 12:15. Virtual Meetings Only
TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED
Providence-THE GIFT– Open Big Book. Butler Hospital, 345 Blackstone Blvd, Fridays at 7PM until further notice
Online-LIVING THE BIG BOOK-Open Big Book Zoom ID: 88968074866 Passcode: bigbook. Meeting will resume on Tuesdays at 6PM Beginning September 9th,2025
BOOKIES MEETING
The DESIRE TO STOP group will host a Bookies Exchange Session the last Saturday of each month at 11:30AM (Prior to the OLD TIMERS MEETING) Cameron Recovery Center, 68 Falmouth St., Attleboro, MA
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ATTENTION ALL GROUPS and INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS
RI CENTRAL SERVICE Treatment & ACCESSIBILITIES Committee will once again provide AA meetings for both the Detox Unit and the Dual Diagnosis Unit at Roger Willams Hospital. Any Groups or Individual member willing to provide AA Speakers for a monthly commitment please contact RI Central Service
RI Central Service is always in the process of up-dating our 12-STEP LIST. Anyone willing to be added to the list should contact their Group Secretary or call Central Service. “When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want the hand of AA always to be there and for that I am responsible
The next regular meeting for Central Service Delegates will be held Via Zoom on Wednesday, June 18th, 2025, New Delegates Orientation will begin at 6:45PM , Regular Delegates Meeting at 7PM Zoom Meeting ID: 312 255 2726 – Password : RICS1. Meeting ID and links will be sent to all registered Central Service Delegates and will also be available on website
We need volunteers to help with our monthly mailing – takes less than one hour. The next mailing will take place at Central Service, 1005 Waterman Ave, E. Providence on Wednesday , June 25th at 9AM.
AREA 61’s next Area Assembly will be held Saturday June 21st at 9AM. St Kevin’s Church, 333 Sandy Lane., Warwick. The Area 61 Delegate will give her report back from the 75th Annual General Service Assembly at that time
Area 61 Archives & Convention Committees will host a LONGTIMERS PANEL about the RI Convention Area 61 Office, 3649 Post Rd, Warick or Zoom ID :912 640 0169 PW:Area61Sunday, June 29th at 10Am -11:30 AM
R.I.C.S PI/DUI Committee is recruiting a pool of Volunteer Speakers willing to occasionally share at State Driver
Retraining Classes. We will be answering requests from all CCRI Campus (Lincoln, Warwick, Newport and
Providence). If you would volunteer for this vital service or would like more information
please contact Gordon E. at Gordone1256@gmail.com or call the Central Service Office
“The Area 61 Treatment and Accessibilities Committee (TAC) is looking for groups to share their experience, strength and hope across RI in various treatment and detox facilities. Please visit the “Treatment and Accessibilities” sub-committee page on AAinRI.com (found under the “Area 61 Subcommittees” button in the main navigation bar) and click the “Submit Group Interest in Facility Commitment” button to see facilities in need of commitments. Please complete the required fields in the form and submit. A TAC member will respond within 72 hours with available day/time openings for the facilities
So RI Intergroup is always looking for members willing to volunteer to do 12 Step Work. Manning the Office, Answering Phones, Rides, as well as people wanting to become involved in Committee Work. There are several Opportunities for Service Available Contact So RI Intergroup at 401-739-8777 for more information
***Please note the deadline for submitting any information for the next today is Friday, May 23rd ,2025
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RECOVERY
RI Central Service will host a “FELLOWSHIP PICNIC” Saturday, July 19, 2025- 12Noon to 6PM With a rain date of Sunday, July 20th At Colt State Park, 114 Hope St, Bristol. Sites 33 & 34 AA Speaker Meeting at 5PM, Tickets will be a $10.00 Suggested Donation. We will supply the Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, and condiments. Bring your own drinks, your own chair, and a dish to share! Please sign up in advance so we can estimate the food needed.
RICS will sponsor a virtual “OPEN MIC NIGHT NITE” Saturday August 23rd Starting at 8PM. Zoom Meeting ID: 856 8703 0297 Passcode:891419 Anyone interested in performing or needing more information should contact Austin D Email: 1wholestep@gmail.com
District 5 will host 9th Annual Picnic Carr Point Recreational Area, Off Berma Rd., Middletown Sunday June 29th , 12 Noon till 4PM Bring a Dish if You Wish
RISCYPAA will host a Field Day/Cookout/AA Meeting Saturday, June 28th 2PM till 7PM At Colt State Park, 114 Hope St, Bristol Sites 33 & 34
CAMP RISCYPA 2025 Friday July 25th thru Sunday July 27th At George Washington State Campground & Management Area, 2185 Putnum Pike , Chepachet, RI Registration required -$30 Meals included More info at www.aainri.com/riscypaa
RI Central Service will host our 8th Annual “Sailing to Serenity” Block Island Day Trip Saturday August 23rd , 2025, Tickets are $65.00.Tickets include Round Trip Ferry ride, and Lunch at the National Hotel’s “Tap and Grill” Restaurant Seats are limited to 70 People- Reserve your spot, they will go fast.NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AFTER July 31st. ABSOLUTELY NO REFUNDS
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Happily, AA’s expenses per capita are very low. To fail to meet them would be to evade a responsibility beneficial to us.
Bill W.
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Tradition Six
Editorial By Bill W. on
Tradition Six May 1948
Each group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the AA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property or prestige divert us from our primary purpose.
The sixth of our Twelve Points of AA Tradition is deemed so important that it states at length the relation of the AA movement to money and property.
This Tradition declares in substance that the accumulation of money, property, and the unwanted personal authority so often generated by material wealth comprise a cluster of serious hazards against which an AA group must ever be on guard.
Tradition Six also enjoins the group never to go into business nor ever to lend the AA name or money credit to any “outside” enterprise, no matter how good. Strongly expressed is the opinion that even clubs should not bear the AA name; that they ought to be separately incorporated and managed by those individual AAs who need or want clubs enough to financially support them.
We would thus divide the spiritual from the material, confine the AA movement to its sole aim, and ensure (however wealthy as individuals we may become) that AA itself shall always remain poor. We dare not risk the distractions of corporate wealth. They have become certainties, absolute verities for us.
Thank God, we AAs have never yet been caught in the kind of religious or political disputes which embroil the world of today. But we ought to face the fact that we have often quarreled violently about money, property, and the administration thereof. Money, in quantity, has always been a baleful influence in group life. Let a well-meaning donor present an AA group with a sizable sum and we break loose. Nor does trouble abate until that group, as such, somehow disposes of its bankroll. This experience is practically universal. “But” say our friends, “isn’t this a confession of weakness? Other organizations do a lot of good with money. Why not AA?”
Of course, we of AA would be the first to say that many a fine enterprise does a lot of good with a lot of money. To these efforts money is usually primary; it is their lifeblood. But money is not the lifeblood of AA. With us, it is very secondary. Even in small quantities, it is scarcely more than a necessary nuisance, something we wish we could do without entirely. Why is that so?
We explain that easily enough; we don’t need money. The core of AA procedure is one alcoholic talking to another, whether that be sitting on a curbstone, in a home, or at a meeting. It’s the message, not the place; it’s the talk, not the alms. That does our work. Just places to meet and talk, that’s about all AA needs. Beyond these, a few small offices, a few secretaries at their desks, a few dollars apiece a year, easily met by voluntary contributions. Trivial indeed, our expenses.
Nowadays, the AA group answers its well-wishers saying: “Our expenses are trifling. As good earners, we can easily pay them. As we neither need nor want money, why risk its hazards? We’d rather stay poor. Thanks just the same!
Copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., May 1948
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