Area G AA Sydney Australia

Area G covers Sydney's Eastern Suburbs beach suburbs, with little Bay and Maroubra in the South to Watsons Bay in the North and includes Sydney City, and urban wilds of the Inner West all the way out to Harris Park. While geographically not the largest area in Australia, Area G is one of the most d

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June 10, Founders Day and the brown paper bag week.

Nikolaus Rieth - Delegate June 12, 2017

On June 10, 1935, Bill Wilson and his friend Dr. Bob Smith set out to find the best way to treat fellow alcoholics, and Alcoholics Anonymous was born.

You and your group can help carry the message of our life saving fellowship by donating to the International Sponsorship Fund. Each year, the Fellowship distributes the Founders Day brown paper bags to collect money to help carry the message to the still suffering alcoholics in countries in Asia and the Pacific (AOSM Zone). 25% of the collection is sent to World Service Office in New York to help defray the cost of translating literature in countries where English is not their first language. The collection is traditionally is held during the week that Founders Day (June 10) falls in .

Area G AA Sydney Australia

Area G covers Sydney's Eastern Suburbs beach suburbs, with little Bay and Maroubra in the South to Watsons Bay in the North and includes Sydney City, and urban wilds of the Inner West all the way out to Harris Park. While geographically not the largest area in Australia, Area G is one of the most d

Festival of Daring Ideas

Our founders were men and women who were willing to try and fail and learn through the process. We believe we have a responsibility to continue the process of trial and error, change and growth, so that AA continues to be relevant to new generations of people who need the solution we have found.

In that spirit we are trying something new. The Festival of Daring Ideas will feature some of the inspiring things people are doing in AA and will be a wonderful opportunity to meet some of the hard working and remarkable members who are out there making a difference at every level. You will get to meet face to face with members of the General Service Board, Eastern Regional Delegates, International Delegates, and National Office staff. It will also be a celebration of the local heroes who make a difference in every day ways. They run local steps groups, put on dances and events, put out their hands and welcome new members at the door, pay the rent and keep the doors open, creating the welcoming and attractive fellowship that is AA.

The overarching theme of the festival is unity.

Most of all we hope that the festival will be a celebration of what we in AA are doing well and will inspire a new generation of AA members to pick up the torch and find their own ways of carrying our common solution to those who need it.

AA is yours. We hope you will take ownership, make your own mistakes, learn from them and create a fellowship that you want to be part of. As one of our elder statesmen, Rusted on Reg says: “It is better to ask forgiveness than seek permission”.

The festival program will include:

· Entertainment

· Social media workshop

· Innovative local initiatives making a difference

· What is happening in AA in Australia and internationally

· The great debate, and much more

The Festival of Daring Ideas is happening at North Sydney Leagues Club on Saturday 6 September from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm. The internationally renowned Cabaret AA will be on in the same venue following the Festival.

It should be lots of fun. Hope you can be there.