Northeastern Maryland Intergroup of AA

Staying Away from the First Drink

"Many of us have come to believe that our alcoholism is an addiction to the drug alcohol; like addicts of any sort that want to maintain recovery, we have to keep away from the first dose of the drug we have become addicted to. Our experience seems to prove this..."

Living Sober, p. 5

Upcoming Events

• February 25th - NEMDAA Intergroup Council Monthly Meeting
• March 1st - NEMDAA Rock n Bowl
• March 3rd - Area 29 Conference Agenda Review Committee (CARC) III Planning Meeting
• March 3rd - Area 29 General Service Representative (GSR) Orientation
• March 3rd - Area 29 Intergroup Liaison Committee (IGLC) Monthly Meeting
• March 8th - NEMDAA Event Planning Committee Meeting

Office News

Intergroup Book Sale:
Came to Believe - Large Print Only $4.00
As Bill Sees It - Hard and Soft Copies - no large print - $9.00

Tickets are now available at the office for the Annual Breakfast occurring April 6th. Stop in to get yours!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

GROUP NEWS

March 2nd - The SOS Group will not meet.

The North East Big Book Group will start at 7:30PM (instead of 7PM) from March 5-April 9, 2025, due to church activities.

New Meeting - Fellowship of the Spirit will meet on Fridays at 7PM starting March 7th at 7 Aberdeen Shopping Plaza Rd in Aberdeen. Join them for an open discussion focusing on the first 164 pages of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Meeting Closure - Attraction Not Distraction is permanently closed.

DISTRICT NEWS

April 5th - Join District 11 for their Spring 2025 workshop, "On the Road of Happy Destiny!" from 10AM-1:30PM at North East Methodist Church. See the flyer for details.

INTERGROUP NEWS

To all who attended or supported in other ways, thank you for another successful NEMDAA BINGO event!

The Archive Committee will meet on Monday, March 3rd at 6 PM in the Aberdeen NEMDAA office. See our committee page for more information. Besides committee work we will discuss the newly accessed: Gleaning from Maryland's AA History.

Join us for Rock 'n' Bowl on March 1st at Harford Lanes in Aberdeen. Sign up here by February 23rd. FLYER

AAWS & MARYLAND NEWS

March 6th - Area 29 will host the Conference Agenda Review Committee (CARC) III Planning Meeting on Zoom from 6PM-7PM. All are welcome - be a part of A.A.'s group conscience! See the event page for more info and email registrar@marylandaa.org if you are interested but cannot attend this meeting.

Also from Area 29 - The latest issue of Our Common Welfare and the February 2025 Delegate's Report are available now! Click the links to read about the December assembly, the Area inventory, Corrections activities, and more.

From the A.A. Grapevine - Read the March 2025 Grapevine News to learn what's new in print and online.

Institutions Committee

Cecil County Detention Center (CCDC) Volunteers: Mark your calendars for orientation. Refresher orientation for existing volunteers will be held March 5th at 11 AM. New volunteer orientation will be held on March 6th at 11 AM. New volunteers who plan to attend this orientation but did not yet submit the required paperwork should contact Kyle as soon as possible at kyle@nemdaa.org.

Service

New Answering Service information: Comcast has changed their website, affecting how we sign in and change numbers for our Answering Service commitment. Carol has updated the instructions on how to sign in from PCs and mobile devices in Google Drive. She will be sharing this with her group contacts in the upcoming weeks. For more information please contact Carol at answeringservice@nemdaa.org.

April 6th - The Events Committee is still looking for a Home Group to support the Annual Breakfast. Volunteers would help sell door tickets and 50/50 at the event. Contact events@nemdaa.org for more info.

Answering Service

Anniversaries