Westside club Augusta Georgia

Once again it falls on me to inform the Westside family that after the National Hills meeting, tonight at 8:30, we will be closing the club for a period of at least 14 days, as recommended as a quarantine period. This decision has been made due to a positive COVID test by one of our most avid members, "Sawmill" Jim G. I have been in contact with Jim this morning and he is doing well and asked me to identify him in this post, so that everyone would know. This morning I have ...been in contact with the Board members and many trusted servants from each of the 4 main group's, this closure came out of the consensus of those conversations. No one hates to see this happen more than me , but I believe it is the responsible thing to do. We are not going to try and restrict outside meetings but we do ask that you wear a mask and social distance. Please feel free to contact me directly with any question... Thanks Scott Shelton 706-962-7197 See more

I just wanted to let everyone know that the club will be opening back up on Monday May 25 for regular meetings...thanks Scott

This is the new link for The National Hills meeting @ 8:30pm on Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/633532771 Meeting ID: 633 532 771 Password: 12345... One tap mobile +16465588656,,633532771# US (New York) +13126266799,,633532771# US (Chicago) Dial by your location +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 301 715 8592 US +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US Meeting ID: 633 532 771 Password: 12345 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kd5wG0nAyC

This is the link for the 6pm Happy Hour group's online Zoom meeting...https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9433984894

The Club will be closed all next week July 8-12 for renovations. This will include the middle rooms and the main meeting room. The Backroom on the Coke machine end of the buildings will be open for groups to use for meetings, I know it will be cozy but i think we will survive. On Sunday night after the National Hills meeting i will be removing everything from the meeting room and setting up the backroom for meetings. I will also be moving the coffee machine to that end of the building so it will be available. Please get anything out of your cabinets that you may need for the week before Monday so we don't disturb the guys doing the work or track sheetrock dust everywhere... If anyone has any question send me a message. Thanks for your help....Scott S

New National Hills group Zoom meeting code. Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/615164460... Meeting ID: 615 164 460

NATIONAL HILLS GROUP Is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: National Hills group Time: Mar 22, 2020 08:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Every day, until Mar 28, 2020, 7 occurrence(s)... Mar 22, 2020 08:30 PM Mar 23, 2020 08:30 PM Mar 24, 2020 08:30 PM Mar 25, 2020 08:30 PM Mar 26, 2020 08:30 PM Mar 27, 2020 08:30 PM Mar 28, 2020 08:30 PM Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system. Daily: https://zoom.us/mee/vpcufu6pqzoiRbhdvS5A4te4SLxA6V2Xww/ics Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/333971518

I regret to inform everyone that after the National Hills meeting tonight the Westside Club board has decided to close the Club for at least 2 weeks or until restrictions on meeting places have been lifted. If anyone has any questions feel free to message me... Thanks for your cooperation Scott S

The Westside Club is open and we are leaving the decision up to the individual groups whether or not they want to have their meetings. As of today I have talked to group representatives and the Too sleepy to drink 8am, Happy Hour 6pm, and the National Hills 8:30pm group's are continuing their 7 day a week normal schedule... The No Nipping Nooners 12pm group is going to take it on a day by day basis, depending on the amount of people who show up... If anything changes please let me know and I will try to keep this page updated... Thanks Scott Shelton

Beginning January 1 2020 the Westside Club will be a no Smoking or Vaping building....inside the building... Smoking and Vaping will still be allowed outside the building....

We have been advised that there are concerns over privacy/possible conflict with 12 step recovery traditions/anonymity. This page is only meant to provide information about the westside club and the recovery activities held there. If you need to discuss private or more intimate issues please go to "thewestsideclub" page and log in there.

Get your Soberbash registration in asap!!!! August 21st is last day to get free t-shirt. Seven days only!!!!

In taking revenge, a man is equal to his enemy;in passing over it,he is superior.

The Club will be closed all next week July 8-12 for renovations. This will include the middle rooms and the main meeting room. The Backroom on the Coke machine end of the buildings will be open for groups to use for meetings, I know it will be cozy but i think we will survive. On Sunday night after the National Hills meeting i will be removing everything from the meeting room and setting up the backroom for meetings. I will also be moving the coffee machine to that end of the building so it will be available. Please get anything out of your cabinets that you may need for the week before Monday so we don't disturb the guys doing the work or track sheetrock dust everywhere... If anyone has any question send me a message. Thanks for your help....Scott S

Soberbash is on the way! Time to get your registration in

Updated photos of the Westside Club

"UBUNTU" I am because we are.

Everyone is invited to join us Friday June 3rd at 10:30 for Gilbery Y's 24 year recovery celebration at the Awesome AA candlelight meeting

Waterfall swing by @dash7_design. Water recirculates through 273 independently controlled solenoid valves at the top of the structure to create a wall of water.

Happy 83rd Anniverary Alcoholics Anonymous! Today Bill gave Dr. Bob his last beer to steady his nerves to do an operation. Thank you for my life!

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach. Shakespeare.

30 years ago today the 1st meeting was held at the Westside Club...

Big Book Quote July 17th: "Many of us felt that we had plenty of character. There was a tremendous urge to cease forever. Yet we found it impossible. This is the baffling feature of alcoholism as we know itthis utter inability to leave it alone, no matter how great the necessity or the wish." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, More About Alcoholism, pg. 34~ **********************************************************************************

Big Book Quote July 16th: "Faith without works was dead, he said. And how appallingly true for the alcoholic! For if an alcoholic failed to perfect and enlarge his spiritual life through work and self-sacrifice for others, he could not survive the certain trials and low spots ahead. If he did not work, he would surely drink again, and if he drank, he would surely die. Then faith would be dead indeed. With us it is just like that." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Bill's Story, pg. 14~ *********************************************************************

Big Book Quote July 15th: "The less people tolerated us, the more we withdrew from society, from life itself. As we became subjects of King Alcohol, shivering denizens of his mad realm, the chilling vapor that is loneliness settled down. It thickened, ever becoming blacker. Some of us sought out sordid places, hoping to find understanding companionship and approval. Momentarily we didthen would come oblivion and the awful awakening to face the hideous Four HorsemenTerror, Bewilderment, Frustration, Despair." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, A Vision For You, pg. 151~ ****************************************************************************

Big Book Quote July 14th: "Everybody knows that those in bad health, and those who seldom play, do not laugh much. So let each family play together or separately as much as their circumstances warrant. We are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous, and free." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 132~

Big Book Quote July 11th: "If we were to live, we had to be free of anger. The grouch and the brainstorm were not for us. They may be the dubious luxury of normal men, but for alcoholics these things are poison." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 66~ ***********************************************************************

Big Book Quote July 10th: "We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired. If what we have learned and felt and seen means anything at all, it means that all of us, whatever our race, creed, or color are the children of a living Creator with whom we may form a relationship upon simple and understandable terms as soon as we are willing and honest enough to try." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, pg. 28~ *****************************************************************************

Drunk Thinking July 7th: There’s only two people in this town that I hate, and you’re both of them. Ian R., a drunkard with few enemies but much bile, venting at Rosalyn’s Bar and Grill.

Big Book Quote July 7th: "In dealing with resentments, we set them on paper. We listed people, institutions or principles with whom we were angry. We asked ourselves why we were angry. In most cases it was found that our self-esteem, our pocketbooks, our ambitions, our personal relationships,(including sex) were hurt or threatened." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 64~ *********************************************************************

Big Book Quote July 5th: "These men had found something brand new in life. Though they knew they must help other alcoholics if they would remain sober, that motive became secondary. It was transcended by the happiness they found in giving themselves for others." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, A Vision For You, pg. 159~ ***************************************************************************

Big Book Quote July 4th: "Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friendsthis is an experience you must not miss." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, pg. 89~ *****************************************************************************

Big Book Quote July 3rd: "Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God's will into all of our activities. "How can I best serve Thee, Thy will(not mine) be done." These are thoughts which must go with us constantly." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 85~ ******************************************************************

Big Book Quote July 2cnd: "Opinions vary considerably as to why the alcoholic reacts differently from normal people. We are not sure why, once a certain point is reached, little can be done for him. We cannot answer the riddle." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, pg. 22~ ****************************************************************************

Big Book Quote July 1st: "To get over drinking will require a transformation of thought and attitude. We all had to place recovery above everything, for without recovery we would have lost both home and business." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, To Employers, pg. 143~ ************************************************************************

Big Book Quote July 30th: "We began to see that the world and its people really dominated us. In that state, the wrong-doing of others, fancied or real, had power to actually kill. How could we escape? We saw that these resentments must be mastered, but how? We could not wish them away any more than alcohol." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 66~ *********************************************************************

Big Book Quote Jun 29th: "When we drew near to Him He disclosed Himself to us!" ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 57~ **********************************************************************

Big Book Quote Jun 28th: "In spite of the great increase in the size and the span of this Fellowship, at its core it remains simple and personal. Each day, somewhere in the world, recovery begins when one alcoholic talks with another alcoholic, sharing experience, strength, and hope." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Foreword To Third Edition, pg. xxii~ ********************************************************************************

Big Book Quote Jun 27th: "Outsiders are sometimes shocked when we burst into merriment over a seemingly tragic experience out of the past. But why shouldn't we laugh? We have recovered, and have been given the power to help others." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 132~ ***************************************************************************

Drunk Thinking Jun 26th: Things are a lot more like they used to be than they are now. Graffiti in the men’s room of Gritty McDuff’s Portland Brew Pub, Portland, ME.

Big Book Quote Jun 26th: "Henry Ford once made a wise remark to the effect that experience is the thing of supreme value in life. That is true only if one is willing to turn the past to good account. We grow by our willingness to face and rectify errors and convert them into assets. The alcoholic's past thus becomes the principal asset of the family and frequently it is almost the only one!" Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 124 ************************************************************************

Drunk Thinking Jun 25th: "It’s okay, I already asked. Nick G., 22, responding to the bartender’s inquiry as to why he is refilling his glass from the tap.

Big Book Quote Jun 25th: "To be vital, faith must be accompanied by self sacrifice and unselfish, constructive action." Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, pg. 93 *********************************************************************

Big Book Quote Jun 24th: "There may be some wrongs we can never fully right. We don't worry about them if we can honestly say to ourselves that we would right them if we could." Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg 83 ************************************************************

Big Book Quote Jun 23rd: "When we became alcoholics, crushed by a self-imposed crisis we could not postpone or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing. God either is or He isn't." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 53~ ******************************************************************

Big Book Quote Jun 22cnd: "We cannot be helpful to all people, but at least God will show us how to take a kindly and tolerant view of each and every one." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 67~ ******************************************************************

Drunk Thinking Jun 21st: If you didn’t serve me last night, what makes you think I’d remember that? Unnamed drunk in the James Joyce Pub in response to the bartender’s query of: If we didn’t serve you last night, what makes you think we’re going to serve you this afternoon?

Big Book Quote Jun 21st: "In a few seconds he was overwhelmed by a conviction of the Presence of God. It poured over and through him with the certainty and majesty of a great tide at flood. The barriers he had built through the years were swept away. He stood in the Presence of Infinite Power and Love. He had stepped from bridge to shore. For the first time, he lived in conscious companionship with his Creator." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edit ion, We Agnostics, pg. 56~ *********************************************************************

Drunk Thinking Jun 19th: The jukebox is the drunkard’s fireplace. Troy B., warming himself to Wheel in the Sky in the Streets of London Pub.

Big Book Quote Jun 19th: "We agnostically inclined would not feel satisfied with a proposal which does not lend itself to reasonable approach and interpretation. Hence we are at pains to tell why we think our present faith is reasonable, why we think it more sane and logical to believe than not to believe, why we say our former thinking was soft and mushy when we threw up our hands in doubt and said, 'We don't know.'" ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 53~ *******************************************************************

Drunk Thinking Jun 17th: Why am I homeless? Why do all you SOB's need homes is the real question. Tony R., footloose, rent-free and begging for spare change in front of the Denver Public Library.

Big Book Quote Jun 17th: "The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and effective spiritual experiences which have revolutionized our whole attitude toward life, toward our fellows and toward God's universe. The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our Creator has entered into our hearts and lives in a way which is indeed miraculous. He has commenced to accomplish those things for us which we could never do by ourselves." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, pg. 25~ ************************************************************************

Big Book Quote Jun 16th: "We know that while the alcoholic keeps away from drink, as he may do for months or years, he reacts much like other men. We are equally positive that once he takes any alcohol whatever into his system, something happens, both in the bodily and mental sense, which makes it virtually impossible for him to stop. The experience of any alcoholic will abundantly confirm this." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, pg. 22~ *************************************************************************

Drunk Thinking Jun 15th: Time for a cup of Good Morning America. Shannon D., opening his first (but not the last) beer of the a.m.

Big Book Quote Jun 15th: "...I humbly offered myself to God, as I then I understood Him, to do with me as He would. I placed myself unreservedly under His care and direction. I admitted for the first time that of myself I was nothing; that without Him I was lost. I ruthlessly faced my sins and became willing to have my new-found Friend take them away, root and branch." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Bill's Story, pg. 13~ **************************************************************

Big Book Quote Jun 14th; "Frothy emotional appeal seldom suffices. The message which can interest and hold these alcoholic people must have depth and weight. In nearly all cases, their ideals must be grounded in a power greater than themselves, if they are to re-create their lives." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Doctor's Opinion, pg. xxviii~ *****************************************************************************

Drunk Thinking Jun 13th: "Yes, and I have the solution right here," Jake S., 29, responding to the comment that he might have a drinking problem at the Lion's Lair Lounge.

Big Book Quote Jun 13th: "Cessation of drinking is but the first step away from a highly strained, abnormal condition." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 122~ ***************************************************************************

Drunk Thinking Jun 12th: "I like it when the booze says, 'You don’t really want to drink me' and I say 'Shut up, fucker, and get in my throat' then I drink it and the fuckin’ booze says 'Got you, fucker!' Blackneto relates a recurring conversation on the MDM BBS.

Big Book Quote Jun 12th: "Selfishnessself-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles. Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self- seeking, and self-pity, we step on the toes of our fellows and they retaliate. Sometimes they hurt us, seemingly without provocation, but we invariably find that at some time in the past we have made decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 62~ **********************************************************************

Drunk Thinking Jun 11th: Gentlemen, at approximately nine o’clock last night, a small scouting force was sent into the vicinity of my liver. They’ve not been heard from. A rescue force was dispatched, but they, too, have been lost. I’m afraid I have no choice but to declare a state of full-scale war with my liver. Time for a martini. Lincoln Freimund rallies the troops on New Year’s Eve.

Big Book Quote Jun 11th: "Burn the idea into the consciousness of every man that he can get well regardless of anyone. The only condition is that he trust in God and clean house." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, pg. 98~ *********************************************************************************

Big Book Quote Jun 10th: "We, in our turn, sought the same escape with all the desperation of drowning men. What seemed at first a flimsy reed, has proved to be the loving and powerful hand of God. A new life has been given us or, if you prefer, "a design for living" that really works." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, pg. 28~ ************************************************************************

Drunk Thinking Jun 9th: Sure I drink a lot; but just look what it does for my social skills. Timothy, 37, being helped by three concerned young women after he regurgitated an evening’s worth of boilermakers outside Bisbano’s Pub, Lafayette, LA.

Big Book Quote Jun 9th: "If we are sorry for what we have done, and have the honest desire to let God take us to better things, we believe we will be forgiven and will have learned our lesson. If we are not sorry, and our conduct continues to harm others, we are quite sure to drink. We are not theorizing. These are facts out of our experience." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 70~ ******************************************************************

Big Book Quote Jun 8th: "We are people who normally would not mix. But there exists among us a fellowship, a friendliness, and an understanding which is indescribably wonderful." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, pg. 17~ ******************************************************************************

Big Book Quote Jun 7th: "We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, More About Alcoholism, pg. 30~ *****************************************************************************

Drunk Thinking Jun 6th Give me another glass of wine, and pour it strong this time. Annie G., 24, attempting to squeeze booze from a turnip at the Streets of London Pub.