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  • Interactive Area Maps Are Online

    Have you ever wondered in which District your home group is? An interactive Area 56 Map is now online that can help you figure it out. It was developed by the Communications Committee using Google My Maps and includes boundaries or push pins for all of the Area Districts. You can interact with the map…

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  • Important Information from Our Delegate

  • Message from our Delegate . . .

    Hi. My name is Nancy F. and I am your Panel 70 Delegate to the General Service Conference (GSC). In April, I will go to the GSC, carrying the Group Conscience that we will create at the Mini-Conference in March. I will connect Southwest Ohio with the rest of AA in the U.S. and Canada….

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  • District Boundaries in Area 56

    District 01: From the intersection of I-275 and the Indiana-Ohio border, Northeast on I-275 to I-74, East on I-74 to I-75, South on I-75 to the Ohio River, West on the Ohio River to the Indiana border, North on the Indiana border to the start point. District 02: From the intersection of I-75 and the…

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  • Box 459 Group Business Meeting Where AA Service

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    The Group Business Meeting: Where A.A. Service Begins Reprinted from Feb./Mar. 1990 issue of Box 4-5-9. The 85,000 groups comprising A.A. today [108,000 in 2011] hold what co-founder Bill W. called “the ultimate responsibility and final authority for our world services.” But where does this ever-lengthening chain of responsibility begin? Who has the authority to…

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  • Traditions can be Fuzzy

    My homegroup faced some challenges this year. Even though I was glad that we had the opportunity to apply the traditions, they were really not all that clear. In the fall, I filled in as chairperson. I hate chairing big discussion meetings because I feel, as the chair, it is my responsibility to keep the…

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Upcoming Events

Feb
7
Fri
Conference of Delegates Past & Present
Feb 7 @ 3:00 PM – Feb 9 @ 12:00 PM
Our Area Delegate will attend this event, contact the delegate to get more information about this conference.
Feb
10
Mon
Greater Cincinnati Intergroup Council Meeting @ Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church
Feb 10 @ 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM

Greater Cincinnati Intergroup Council Meeting

We meet the 2nd Monday every month, except there is no intergroup meeting in July.

  • New Rep Orientation @ 7:00 PM
  • Intergroup Meeting @ 7:30 PM
  • 2nd Monday of Each Month
Feb
13
Thu
Dayton Area Intergroup @ St John's Church
Feb 13 @ 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Dayton Intergroup is an association of representatives from any official AA meeting within its area. The area covered is Xenia, Ohio west to the Indiana State line. The southern border runs through Middletown. The area extends north to Troy. Within this area there are more than 400 meetings per week at 160 locations.

The purpose of  Intergroup is to support the activities of the individual groups through committees:

  • Central Office (operates a bookstore and offers walk-in, telephone and email support to people seeking information about Alcoholics Anonymous)
  • Archives (preserves local AA history)
  • Unity (monthly publication of area information for AA members)
  • Public Information and Professional Relations (provides speakers, etc. to non-AA groups or institutions)
  • Corrections (provides services to prison inmates and judicial programs)
  • Treatment Facilities (sponsors meetings in treatment facilities and provides contact for persons leaving treatment programs)
  • Special Needs (handicapped accessible meetings available)
  • Hearing Impaired (provides ASL services to hearing impaired members upon request)
  • Mobile Meetings (provides meetings to homebound members)
  • General Service Representative (coordinates with other Intergroups)
  • Grapevine and Literature (provides information about literature available to members and groups)
  • Special Events (annual spring banquet and fall breakfast)
  • Membership (introduces new Intergroup Representatives to Intergroup purpose, structure and activities)
Each committee is Chaired by an AA member with significant sobriety.
Officers of Intergroup are:
  • Chairperson
  • Vice Chairperson
  • Treasurer
  • Secretary
Each meeting in the area has the right to elect a representative to Intergroup.  All decisions are reached by means of a group conscience.
All AA members are invited to attend.
Feb
15
Sat
Area 56 Assembly @ St John's Luthern Church
Feb 15 @ 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

This is when we prepare for the Area56 Mini-Conference. All GSR’s in Area 56 are welcome to participate in all Area 56 assemblies which occur 4 times a year.

Mar
7
Fri
Area 53 Mini-Conference
Mar 7 @ 3:00 PM – Mar 9 @ 12:00 PM
Mar
10
Mon
Greater Cincinnati Intergroup Council Meeting @ Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church
Mar 10 @ 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM

Greater Cincinnati Intergroup Council Meeting

We meet the 2nd Monday every month, except there is no intergroup meeting in July.

  • New Rep Orientation @ 7:00 PM
  • Intergroup Meeting @ 7:30 PM
  • 2nd Monday of Each Month
Mar
13
Thu
Dayton Area Intergroup @ St John's Church
Mar 13 @ 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Dayton Intergroup is an association of representatives from any official AA meeting within its area. The area covered is Xenia, Ohio west to the Indiana State line. The southern border runs through Middletown. The area extends north to Troy. Within this area there are more than 400 meetings per week at 160 locations.

The purpose of  Intergroup is to support the activities of the individual groups through committees:

  • Central Office (operates a bookstore and offers walk-in, telephone and email support to people seeking information about Alcoholics Anonymous)
  • Archives (preserves local AA history)
  • Unity (monthly publication of area information for AA members)
  • Public Information and Professional Relations (provides speakers, etc. to non-AA groups or institutions)
  • Corrections (provides services to prison inmates and judicial programs)
  • Treatment Facilities (sponsors meetings in treatment facilities and provides contact for persons leaving treatment programs)
  • Special Needs (handicapped accessible meetings available)
  • Hearing Impaired (provides ASL services to hearing impaired members upon request)
  • Mobile Meetings (provides meetings to homebound members)
  • General Service Representative (coordinates with other Intergroups)
  • Grapevine and Literature (provides information about literature available to members and groups)
  • Special Events (annual spring banquet and fall breakfast)
  • Membership (introduces new Intergroup Representatives to Intergroup purpose, structure and activities)
Each committee is Chaired by an AA member with significant sobriety.
Officers of Intergroup are:
  • Chairperson
  • Vice Chairperson
  • Treasurer
  • Secretary
Each meeting in the area has the right to elect a representative to Intergroup.  All decisions are reached by means of a group conscience.
All AA members are invited to attend.
Mar
14
Fri
Area 56 Mini-Conference @ Hope Hotel
Mar 14 @ 3:00 PM – Mar 16 @ 12:00 PM

Go to Area 56 website to register(after Jan 12, 2024)

Mar
21
Fri
Area 55 Mini-Conference
Mar 21 @ 3:00 PM – Mar 23 @ 12:00 PM
Mar
28
Fri
Area 54 Mini-Conference
Mar 28 @ 3:00 PM – Mar 30 @ 12:00 PM