October 2026 News

Southern Delaware Intergroup Posted on October 1, 2026

SOUTHERN DELAWARE INTERGROUP NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2026 Highlighted Step/Tradition/Concept for October Step 10: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong  promptly admitted it. Admitting we were wrong was not a strong skill set for most of us when we entered the rooms. Righteous indignation consumed us and being convinced we were the victims in most of these scenarios we found it hard to imagine we could have been the culprit in any wrongdoing. But, if we … [Read More >>]

September 2026 News

Southern Delaware Intergroup Posted on September 1, 2026

SOUTHERN DELAWARE INTERGROUP NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2026 Highlighted Step/Tradition/Concept for September Step 9: “Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.” As the student population makes it’s way back into the classrooms…we, as students and practitioners of this 12 step way of life, continue to evolve and grow preparing ourselves for the next level of our spiritual way of life. It is yet another instance of … [Read More >>]

August 2026 News

Southern Delaware Intergroup Posted on August 1, 2026

SOUTHERN DELAWARE INTERGROUP NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2026 Highlighted Step/Tradition/Concept for August Step 8: “Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.” Sometimes I wonder if we can ever completely clear all of those who laid in the wake of the wreckage of our past. Who made the cut and who didn’t even get an honorable mention? What about those who played an active part in our wrongdoings? … [Read More >>]

July 2026 News

Southern Delaware Intergroup Posted on July 1, 2026

SOUTHERN DELAWARE INTERGROUP NEWSLETTER JULY 2026 Highlighted Step/Tradition/Concept for July Step 7: “Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.” “Oh lord, its hard to be humble…when you’re perfect in every way” (Mac Davis circa 1980). Now, I don’t know about you, but I never thought I was perfect in any way at all…but boy oh boy did I spend A LOT of time and energy trying to convince other people I was! I was never going … [Read More >>]

June 2026 News

Southern Delaware Intergroup Posted on June 1, 2026

SOUTHERN DELAWARE INTERGROUP NEWSLETTER JUNE 2026 Highlighted Step/Tradition/Concept for June Step 6 — “Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.” Were we really E-N-T-I-R-E-L-Y ready to have all these defects of character removed?  ALL of them?  That is a very tall order!  This is exactly why we use the “peeling of the onion” format for achieving this goal.  We did know one thing for certain; we were DEFINITELY ready to stop … [Read More >>]

May 2026 News

Southern Delaware Intergroup Posted on May 1, 2026

SOUTHERN DELAWARE INTERGROUP NEWSLETTER May 2026 MAY AND STEP 5:  EGO IS NOT MY AMIGO! STEP 5: “ADMITTED TO GOD, TO OURSELVES, AND TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING THE EXACT NATURE OF OUR WRONGS.” I vividly remember as a child entering the “confessional” with my well prepared list of wrong doings; “I lied twice…I cursed 10 times” and the ensuing penance of recited prayers and absolution.   Looking back,  I realize I learned at a VERY early … [Read More >>]

April 2026 News

Southern Delaware Intergroup Posted on April 1, 2026

SOUTHERN DELAWARE INTERGROUP NEWSLETTER April 2026 APRIL & STEP 4:   ABANDONING THE ALIBIS Many of us arrive at the doors of A.A. beaten down yet full of “justified indignation”. Some of us may even remember pleasant experiences early in our drinking careers, yet we now have a lengthy mental list of how those around us have done us wrong, and many excuses for why we had to drink.  We HAD to drink…. that much is … [Read More >>]

March 2026 News

Southern Delaware Intergroup Posted on March 1, 2026

SOUTHERN DELAWARE INTERGROUP NEWSLETTER March 2026 SPRING FORWARD AND MARCH ON! For many of us, in our drinking careers, March held a “holiday” that we celebrated like a holy day of obligation…regardless of our national origins.  Maybe, like me, you couldn’t imagine not honoring the leprechaun-laden celebration or any others that featured alcohol as the main event.  Don’t get me wrong, I still wear green and will even make “Irish Potatoes” as part of my … [Read More >>]

February 2026 News

Southern Delaware Intergroup Posted on February 1, 2026

SOUTHERN DELAWARE INTERGROUP NEWSLETTER February 2026 WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT??  EVERYTHING!! Nothing says love like an AA event conceived, planned, and executed by group members…ON A HOLIDAY!!  For the very first time this past 12/31,  I attended the annual “New Years Eve Spaghetti Dinner & Dance” at Jones Hall and was once again blown away by the enthusiastic display of service and fun all in the name of “extending the hand of … [Read More >>]

January 2026 News

Southern Delaware Intergroup Posted on January 1, 2026

SOUTHERN DELAWARE INTERGROUP NEWSLETTER January 2026 ‘TIS THE SEASON TO BE….POWERLESS!  In our drinking careers we would never consider including powerlessness in the annual “New Years Resolutions” list! Yet here we are, knowing this is the paramount belief required for achieving and maintaining our sobriety. Being powerless means to be “absolutely helpless” and we, control freaks to our very core, could never imagine powerlessness as an asset. However, step one tells us: “We are powerless … [Read More >>]