Southern Cross AA

2008-04-11T21:58:00.000-07:00

"Modem-to-modem or face-to-face, A.A.’s speak the language of the heart in all its power and simplicity"

"Nothing matters more to AA's future welfare than the manner in which we use the colossus of modern communication. Use unselfishly and well it can produce results surpassing our present imagination." - Bill Wilson, Grapevine, November 1960

Online meetings are an excellent supplement to regular f2f meetings but in no way intended to be a substitute for them. In reality they can afford that extra dimension of catching up on one any hour any day and that must be an added plus.

2008-04-11T21:51:00.000-07:00

Hi folks, we would like you to know that we, as a deeply concerned AA Fellowship Group are endeavoring to reach as many suffering alcoholics as we can, especially those in far distant places, remotely located and in vast area's all over our planet. Also, to those who are disabled, hospitalized, suffering acrophobia or any other specific reasons that is stopping you from accessing a f2f meeting... This could be exactly what you have been looking for.

We have a sure way of delivering help promptly and that can be obtained by logging in to our groups and experiencing the wonderful therapy of real 'live' time AA meetings. More importantly, if you are in dire urgent need of immediate assistance, we have dedicated caring members waiting online right now to assist you in that regard! We like to add also, please go the the front of your telephone book and ring our AA offices, located in most cities/towns of the world...help will be dispatched ASAP!

You don't have to suffer a minute more. We have members standing by willing to act as sponsors and help you in recovery from your difficult situations. You can do that now by being a part of the great fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous. We have all been there so don't feel your one of a kind, please don't isolate, communicate with us, now! Don't delay, hit the large blue AA triangle up above. If the meeting rooms are open, you will be directed straight there...for your sake, do it now!

2008-04-10T22:05:00.000-07:00

How to join

Please click on the blue triangle above to gain access to the Paltalk program. Next, begin to download and register nick name of your choice. No fees or costs what so ever are required.

When completed, proceed to the groups tab on the top of the smaller Paltalk and scroll down the list till you arrive at the "Health and Body" lobby, click to enter.

Alone we can't, united we can.

If you feel you would like to become a member all you need do is contact Lynnie, Teri or Janis and they will put you on the membership list.

Or click here to go to the Southern Cross AA Meeting Room page on Paltalk. At the top of the page you see "Join this group". Click on that and it will take you through the rest of the steps.

2008-04-09T22:29:00.000-07:00

Do you need Help right now?

If you need help with a drinking problem right now assistance is available 24 hours a day in many languages. A member of the Online Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous 12th Step Committee will respond via e-mail almost immediately. Click here now

2008-04-09T22:16:00.000-07:00

Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship designed and administered by a bunch of ex drunks whose only qualifications for membership are they can’t hold their liquor and don’t want to learn how. It has no dues or fees nor anything else that any sensible organization seems to require. At the meetings the speaker starts on one subject and winds up talking about something entirely different and concludes by saying he doesn’t know anything about the program except that it works.

The groups are always broke, yet always seem to grow. They claim A.A. is a selfish program, but always seem to be doing something for others. Every group passes laws, rules, edicts, and pronouncements which everyone blithely ignores; members who disagree with anything are privileged to walk out in a huff, quitting forever, only to return as though nothing has happened and be greeted accordingly. Nothing is ever planned 24 hours ahead yet great projects are born and survive magnificently. Nothing in A.A. is according to Hoyle. How can it survive ???

Perhaps it’s because we have learned to live and laugh at ourselves. God made man. He made laughter too. Perhaps He is pleased with our disorganized efforts and makes things right, no matter who pushes the wrong button. Maybe He is pleased with our trying to be nobody but ourselves.

We don’t know how it work s, but it does and members keep receiving their dividend cheques from their A.A. Investments. It is smart to be sober, and it is much easier, my friends, to stay

sober than to get sober.

YES.....Its smart to stay sober!

2008-04-08T22:18:00.000-07:00

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change

courage to change the things I can

and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time

Enjoying one moment at a time

Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace

Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it

Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will

That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him Forever in the next.

Amen.

2008-04-07T22:20:00.000-07:00

A.A. Is a Spirit - It cannot be touched, nor can it be completely understood.
It is as wide as the world, yet small enough to fit snugly into the mind and heart of man.
It has brought light where only darkness dwelt.
It has given hope to the helpless and help to those who yearned in despair.
It has nourished forgiveness in those who know no pity.
It has given strength to the weak and humility to the strong.
It has given greatness to the common.
It has spurred to higher goals those who strove for nothing.
It has brought to the destitute a home.
It has transformed sorrow into a weapon of happiness.
It has given purpose to the trackless and shelter to the lost.
It has taught patience to the hurried and action to the slothful.
To the youth it has given ~ vision.
To the aged ~ promise.
To the lonely ~ companions.
To the restless ~ rest.
To the sick it has been a doctor.
To the dying it has revived the desire to live.
To those who have fallen, it has been a helping hand.
It has no judgment against the unteachable, nor has it praise for those who learn.
To the outcast it has been a family. To the childless it has given children.
To the ignorant ~ wisdom.
To the wise ~ tolerance.
It has given to all men and women that which is most precious ~ it has given love for truth with enough left over to share with each other.