Announcements & Events

Out of the Fog and Into the Light – 2025

Friday 14 March (4PM) to Sunday 16 March (3PM)

The Bay Area Retreat Committee is excited to invite you to our annual Out of the Fog retreat at Walker Creek Ranch in Marin County on the weekend of March 14-16, 2025. Enrich your recovery with meetings, workshops, meditation, and fellowship. We will also enjoy all manner of outer circle activities including drum circles, campfires, game night, talent/no talent show, and hiking among the rolling hills of West Marin. 

Prices have been REDUCED from last year!  We hope that those of you who are able will donate to help bridge the gap so we can offer a scholarships to every member who wants to attend the retreat.

Registration & Workshop Submittal links:

http://bit.ly/retreat2025link

http://bit.ly/2025workshopform

Please share the links to the online registration with your meetings/fellows.  All who register will get information emails as we get closer to the retreat. If you have any questions, please email us at bayarearetreat@gmail.com.

We hope to see you at this year’s retreat!

The Retreat Committee

SAA & COSA Quarterly Speakers Meeting Online
Sunday, February 2nd @ 5:30pm Pacific

Speakers:

SAA – Evan K (San Francisco), 7 years

COSA – Peter F (Oakland), 4 years

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83729345573?pwd=ZkZCMVhoOU1HT1BNRnQ4N05zbFVTZz09

Meeting ID: 837 2934 5573
Passcode: 121212
Call in: 669-900-9128

The Bay Area Quarterly Speakers Meeting brings together SAA & COSA speakers for an evening of fellowship in February, May, August, and November. This is an open meeting.

Catch and Release – Steps 4, 5, 6 & 7

Marin Lutheran Church, 649 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera, CA

Saturday, 1-3pm, January 25, 2025

An experimental workshop where personal defects will be illuminated via participant-defined role-play scenarios, followed by shared learning from member’s Outer Circle Step practices – letting go of defects through a Higher Power-aided release. 

Workshop Goals 

• Experiencing and releasing defects members want to be rid of
• Create 5-minute anytime pause & practice 
• Learn from others

Prerequisites

• Openness
• Willingness
• Understanding you cannot fix defects yourself 
• A readiness to play

More Information

• Sponsored by BayAreaSAA.org
• $10 Suggested Donation  – pay at door cash, check, Venmo
• Workshop Contact: Frank T. 415-497-6800

The 2025 Bay Area Retreat Committee warmly invites you to participate in the planning for our upcoming retreat.  The retreat is scheduled for March 14th -16th at Walker Creek Ranch in Petaluma, CA.  For those who have attended before, you know that it is a transformative and spiritual weekend filled with Outer Circle events, Step Studies, and opportunities to grow in our program from wherever we are currently.  However, without the voluntary support of our members, there would be no food, no beds, no workshops, no speakers, no hikes, and little or nothing to do.

This announcement is an official call to action for anyone who wants to volunteer to be of service either in planning or running the retreat.  We are looking to fill positions on the planning committee and there are many opportunities to be of service at the retreat itself.

Topic: Retreat Planning Committee

January 26th, 2pm

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4695902399?pwd=YTd6VFJMSFFnZmplVGI1N0d2Zzk1dz09

Meeting ID: 469 590 2399

Passcode: tP7A8

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact me at Paul.mj.recovery@gmail.com with your interest and someone from the committee will follow up with you.

We hope you can join us to help make this year’s retreat the best ever!

The SAA Bay Area Intergroup created a report about the functions handled by Intergroup. 

Most members are aware of the Bay Area SAA website with its meeting lists, announcements, and events pages.

This report opens up the inner workings of Intergroup to the membership. It’s a great way to learn more about Intergroup, what it’s doing, and how to get involved.

Please let me know what you think.

Download the link to the report on your phone or computer.

Feel free to print or share the link with others.

Thank you 

BAISAA

The Out of the Fog newsletter is our local publication that is filled with experience, strength, and hope. You will also find links to many of the great activities and resources that are available to help you with your recovery.

Read the latest version of our newsletter here

See all our past issues here

Looking for Women to Help on Women’s Newcomer Line

If interested in serving, please call: (925) 338-0996

Please Submit Group Donations via Website

This allows us to make sure we know which group is donating.  Use this link:  https://bayareasaa.org/contribute/ 

Winter Newsletter

8 pages, experience-strength-hope + announcements – https://bit.ly/4bMRm0W

The Intergroup web team is looking for volunteers who have experience with web design using WordPress. The service requires approximately 1 hour per week.

Many hands makes for light work!

For more information, contact Brad B (306) 529-1957 bradinrecovery@outlook.com

SSG will hold meetings on the first Saturday of April, June, August, October, and December from 9:45-10:45 am at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 3151 Union Ave, San Jose.

One of the key aspects of recovery is to work with others. This forum can provide a useful way to learn about sponsorship, share ideas, suggestions, and fellowship with one another. Also, if you have several months of sobriety, and would like to learn how to become a sponsor, please join us.

Bill N (408) 568-9702