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June 20th,2025
401-438-8860
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Unity
TRADITON 7 – LONG FORM
Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
The A.A. groups themselves ought to be fully supported by the voluntary contributions of their own members. We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous is highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying any obligation whatever, is unwise. Then, too, we view with much concern those A.A. treasuries which continue, beyond prudent reserves, to accumulate funds for no stated A.A. purpose. Experience has often warned us that nothing can so surely destroy our spiritual heritage as futile disputes over property, money, and authority. — Tradition Seven (long form)
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Group Anniversaries
Sun. July 13th Tiverton-S.O.S. – St Madeline’s Church, 35 Lake Rd., (17th Anniv.) 5:30 PM Buffet & Refreshments, 7PM Meeting w/ Guest Speakers
Mon. July 14th So. Kingstown/Wakefield– I CAN’T WE CAN-Church of the Asension, 370 Main St.,7PM -9PM (70th ½ Anniv.) Guest Speakers/Buffet-Pot Luck & Dancing after meeting.
Wed. Aug. 13th Middletown- BIG BOOK AWAKENING- Y.A.N.A. (4th Anniv.) 6:30PM -8PM Food and Fellowship
NEW GROUPS
Bellingham MA, –WEEKEND DISCUSSIONS- Open Discussion, How It Works Clubhouse, 176 Mechanic St., Saturdays and Sundays at 8AM
Somerset, MA-POSITION OF NEUTRALITY– Open Big Book discussion. Church Of Our Saviour, 2112 County St., Wednesday at 7PM
Fall River, MA-FALL RIVER YOUNG PEOPLE-Open Speaker/ Discussion. Peer2Peer, 175 No Main St.,Tuesdays from 6:30PM -7:45 PM
CHANGES
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
Providence- NO FRILLS SOBRIETY- Open Discussion (Women) has temporarily moved to St. Martin’s Church,50 Orchard Ave Saturdays at 12 noon
TEMPORARILY CLOSED
Providence- DAY AT A TIME– Open Speaker. Butler Hospital, 345 Blackstone Blvd., Sundays at 10AM
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
NEEDS SUPPORT
No Providence- REFLECTIONS IN SOBRIETY– Open Discussion. Allendale Baptist Church, 545 Woonasquatucket Ave., Mondays at 7:30PM
Cranston-RESPONSIBLE– Open Speaker/Trinity Episcopal Church, 139 Ocean Ave. Mondays at 7:30PM
Charlestown– RED ROAD TO RECOVERY– Open Discussion. Narragansett Longhouse, 4425 South County Trail, Wednesdays at 7PM
Smithfield/Greenville- OPEN STEP- St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 1 Smith Ave. Sundays at 7PM
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
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 , July 23rd 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
YPQT (Young People, Queer, Transgender) Group will host the District 3 Joy Of Service Meeting Wednesday July 9th at 7:30PM Brown University, Alumnae Hall , 194 Meeting St, Providence Come Discover the Joy that can be found while Service Alcoholics Anonymous
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, July18th, 2025
Please Be aware that the RI Central Service Office will be closed on Friday July 4th In Celebration of Independence Day
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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,
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ANNOUNCEMENT
RHODE ISLAND MEETING SCHEDULES
ARE IN THE HOUSE !!!!!
$1 each or 10 for $9.50
STOP BY AND PICK SOME UP F0R YOUR GROUP
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Block Island Summer Schedule
OFF Shore Group
- Monday – 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
- Open
- Discussion
- Tuesday – 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
- Women
- Closed
- Discussion
- Tuesday – 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
- Open
- Discussion
- Wednesday – 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
- Open
- Daily Reflections
- Discussion
- Thursday – 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
- Open
- Eleventh Step Meditation
- Friday – 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
- Open
- Daily Reflections
- Friday – 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Open
- Discussion
- Saturday – 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
- Open
- Discussion
- Satuday – 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
- Open
- Discussion
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While the work of the group treasurer often involves many details it is important to remember that the money the treasurer oversees serves a spiritual purpose
Taken from the
The AA Group Treasurer- F-96,. Pg 2
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Tradition Seven
AA’S Tradition of Self-Support
AA’s co-founder discusses the reasons why AA groups do not seek charity and why they support AA central services
AA.’s far-flung Twelfth Step activities, carrying the message to the next sufferer, are the very lifeblood of our AA adventure. Without this vital activity, we would soon become anemic; we would literally wither and die.
Now where do AA’s services–world-wide, area, local–fit into our scheme of things? Why should we provide these functions with money? The answer is simple enough. Every single AA service is designed to make more and better Twelfth Step work possible, whether it be a group meeting place, a Central or Intergroup Office to arrange hospitalization and sponsorship, or the World Service Headquarters to maintain unity and effectiveness all over the globe.
Though not costly, these service agencies are absolutely essential to our continued expansion–to our survival as a fellowship. Their costs are a collective obligation that rests squarely upon all of us. Our support of services actually amounts to a recognition on our part that AA must everywhere function in full strength–and that, under our Tradition of self-support, we are all going to foot the bill.
We have long known that Alcoholics Anonymous has no need for charitable contributions from any source. Our Fellowship is self-supporting. Neither do AA groups try to meet the rehabilitation expenses of thousands of newcomers. Long ago we learned that that was impractical.
Instead, AA offers to the new person a spiritual way of life that can eliminate the alcohol problem. With this accomplished, the new person, in the company of his fellow sufferers, can then begin the solution of his personal problems–including the financial one.
So AA groups themselves accept no charitable funds–and give none away. At first glance, this attitude may seem to be hard-nosed, even callous. An immense experience tells us otherwise. Money gifts–as a prerequisite of getting sober–are usually worthless when made a function of an AA group.
Of course, we see AA’s primary charity in the Twelfth Step activities of tens of thousands of us as we daily carry the AA message to newcomers. We travel millions of miles; we absent ourselves from business and home. In the aggregate, we lay out very large sums. As individuals, we do not hesitate to give temporary financial aid to the newcomer, if and when he seems to want sobriety first. Here, then, is money charity aplenty, always given on a very personal, face-to-face basis. And perhaps even this cannot be called wholly charitable, since every Twelfth Step effort means more certain sobriety and added spiritual growth for the sponsor.
Both these principles we understand: that AA wants no charity; that we support our own services. We understand–but we sometimes forget.
BY: BILL W.
Copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc. October 1967
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