Intergroup
publishes
meeting
lists
which
are
revised
quarterly.
These
include
twenty
meetings
in
the
neighboring
counties
and
forty two
local
Sullivan
County
meetings.
Our
-
Hospital
and
Institutions
Committee
distributes
public
informal
packets
and
provides
infor-
mation
at
health
fairs
which
help
carry
the
message
to
the
still
suffering
alcoholic.
Addi-
tionally
this
committee
holds
six
meetings
in
prisons
and
rehabs.
S C I A
also
maintains
a
. .. .
professional answering service which is available 24 hours a day
.
District
in
cooperation
with
S E N Y
sponsors
various
workshops
and
informa-
1295,
. . . .,
tional
Share A Days
which
furthers
our
knowledge
of
our
disease
of
alcoholism.
This
en-
- -
ables
us
to
educate
and
inform
our
members,
and
to
pass
along
knowledge
to
the
public
at large so that we may be better able to help those who still suffer.
,
A Brief History of A A in Westchester
. .
Steps! 90 90!
in
Big Book Round Ups Unity Breakfasts!
!
- !
Group Inventory Meetings Anniversaries BIG Anniversaries!!
!
-
That s
what
Westchester
A A
is
all
about
today!
Just
as
Alcoholics
Anonymous
in
’
. .
New
York
and
Ohio,
then
throughout
the
nation,
we
grew
to
this
joyful
work
by
the
some-
times hard road of experience.
In
a
warm
and
witty
account
of
A A
. .
in
Westchester,
one
member
wrote
of
our
birthing
from
New
York
City
and
Greenwich,
CT.
Soon
after
Bill
W.
finished
writing
the
12
Steps
with
the
O K
. .
from
the
several
score
of
sober
ones,
5000
copies
of
the
Big
Book
were
printed.
Sister
Ignatia
and
Dr.
Bob
were
treating
thousands
of
alcoholics
in
St.
Thomas
Hospital
in
Akron,
Ohio.
It
was
then
that
John
Rockefeller
and
75
wealthy
dinner
guests
cemented
into
place
for
us
our
tradition
of
self
support,
and
Vesey
Street
in
New
York
City
was
set
up
as
the
first
A A
. .
World
Service
Office.
Bill
W.
wasted
no
time
in
“carrying
the
message”
and
two
solid
groups
appeared,
one
in
Greenwich.
CT,
and
one
in
Manhattan.
The
White
Plains
group,
still
going
strong
at
Memorial
U M C
came
into
being
on
May
from
the
folks
in
Connecticut
where
. . .,
17,
1941
fellowship
and
caring
was
strong.
From
here
sprouted
Peekskill
and
New
Rochelle
in
and the first of the Yonkers groups in
1944,
1945.
The
Mount
Vernon
Group
came
out
of
people
from
Bill
W s
old
home
town
of
Brook-
.’
lyn
in
while
he
and
Lois
were
making
their
first
cross country
tour
to
visit
the
recov-
1943
-
ered
miracles
of
our
century.
The
“city
people”
brought
with
them
the
structure
and
the
sharing
of
experience,
strength
and
hope
with
one
another.
All
the
groups
supported
one
another
discussing
ways
and
means
of
living
the
sober
life,
and
coming
together
on
a
daily
basis.
Bronxville,
with
groups
today,
absorbed
Fleetwood,
and
sent
out
many
to
12
the
East
and
West.
One
member
writes,
“lt
is
often
observed,
with
the
partial
accuracy
of
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