Recovery Serenity Prosperity

D.A. WANTS TO HEAR YOUR VOICE!

D.A. is preparing a pamphlet in the “Voices” series in which Black members can tell their stories of recovery.

You are invited to submit your story.

At the 2019 World Service Conference in Los Angeles, the Convocation passed a motion to approve the concept of developing a pamphlet entitled “D.A. Voices from the Black Community.” Its mission statement is to “Give voice to the voiceless by bringing the message of D.A. to the black debtor who still suffers.”

Our hope is that these recovery stories by Black D.A.members will help to reflect a diversity of paths to a serene and solvent recovery. This is our Step-12 work as a fellowship: helping to make D.A. more inclusive by carrying the message to the debtor who still suffers. We welcome the experience, strength and hope from black members throughout the world.

Guidelines for submitting your story

You may want to address some of the following points:

• What was your life like before D.A.?
• What brought you into the program?
• What was your experience coming into D.A.?
• What are your experiences with incurring unsecured debt with earning?
• What have been your challenges in recovery?
• How has D.A. changed your life?
• How have you used D.A.’s tools and steps to remain solvent and to have an abundant and prosperous life?

Your submission should observe D.A. ‘s Twelve Traditions and be written in the first person: ‘When I first came to D.A. ….’ Submissions will be anonymised for the final publication. The D.A. GSB reserves the right to edit your work where necessary.

PLEASE PASS THIS REQUEST ONTO ALL MEMBERS AND GROUPS

• Contributors are encouraged to write or send recorded shares (e.g. mp3 file recorded on your smartphone or computer) to: bl*****************@de**************.org
• A signed Assignment of Rights form must also be submitted — click on www.debtorsanonymous.org/release This can also be found on the D.A. website under “Legal Forms & Documents”.

Click here to download flyer.

Call for Submissions:

Voices of Recovery: Solvency in Retirement pamphlet

The WSC Literature Committee invites members to submit D.A. recovery stories for possible inclusion in the Voices of Recovery: Solvency in Retirement pamphlet. Submissions should be approximately 1000 words.

While sharing your story, you may want to address some of the following points:

• What does retirement mean to you?
• Do you have a vision for retirement?
• Are you someone living a vision in retirement?
• What have been your challenges in taking the financial leap into retirement?
• How have you used D.A.’s tools and steps to remain solvent in retirement, for example, by taking part-time employment.

Our hope is that these recovery stories by D.A. members reflect a diversity of paths towards a serene and solvent retirement. We welcome experience, strength and hope from all walks of life throughout the world, including a special invitation to underserved voices.

• Submitters will need to identify as “compulsive debtors” or “debtors” to be consistent with D.A.’s primary purpose, which is to “not incur unsecured debt.”
• Members are encouraged to identify and highlight symptoms of debting in their personal stories (underearning and compulsive spending, for example).

Your submission should observe D.A.’s Twelve Traditions and be written in the first person: ‘When I first came to D.A. ….’ Submissions will be anonymised for the final publication.

The D.A. GSB reserves the right to edit your work where necessary.

• Please send submissions by email only and by the end of May 2023, in an editable MS Word format only, with a signed and dated Assignment of Rights release to: re**************@de**************.org
• For the Assignment of Rights release form go to: https://debtorsanonymous.org/download/release-of-rights

Please include your full name and your mailing and email addresses. All personal information will be kept confidential. Please share this information with other members and at meetings.

Download flyer here.

Two info sessions will be held over Zoom to provide information about the Host Committee for the 2024 DA World Service Conference, which will be held in Ottawa. The info sessions will help people understand what the Host Committee does, and how people can volunteer to help make the WSC 2024 a success. The sessions will take place on 15 & 18 April 2023. For more information (including Zoom links) please see the previous post about the info sessions.

2024 D.A. WSC Host Committee Info Sessions

Call for volunteers

The General Service Board (GSB) of Debtors Anonymous (D.A.) has selected Ottawa as the host location for the 2024 World Service Conference (WSC). A Host Committee needs to be formed to support this conference and to help plan the behind the scenes activities. There are various roles in this Committee which will be reviewed during the calls.

Find out more

The GSB will be holding two informational meetings on Zoom for individuals who would like to find out more of the volunteer positions available. These will occur on Saturday, 15 April at 1 p.m. EDT and on Tuesday, 18 April at 8 p.m. EDT. Each call will cover the same content.

2024 D.A. WSC Host Committee Info Sessions

TWO ZOOM MEETINGS

Call 1: Saturday 15 April, 2023 at 1 p.m. EDT

Call 2: Tuesday 18 April, 2023 at 8 p.m. EDT

Zoom ID: 851 888 7121

For the Zoom passcode and further info, please see this flyer.

About the Conference

The World Service Conference (WSC) of Debtors Anonymous is the annual meeting of all worldwide General Service. Representatives (GSRs), Intergroup Service Representatives (ISRs), and General Service Board (GSB) Trustees.

These trusted fellows are committed to providing service to Debtors Anonymous at the World Service Conference committee level in order to best advance the good of the Fellowship of Debtors Anonymous.

The representatives who attend are elected by their local groups or intergroups.

The WSC allows for discussion, the debate of recommendations and voting on motions.

2024 D.A. WSC Host Committee Info Sessions

Conference Details

Location: The Brookstreet Hotel and Conference Centre, Kanata (Ottawa), ON

Dates: Wednesday to Sunday, 7-11 August 2024.

The San Diego DA community is hosting 2 workshops this month. Please announce and / or attend. We appreciate your supporting us in this way. (Note the Zoom IDs are different as are the starting times).

• March 5th (12:00 – 1:30 pm Pacific Time): WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A DA INTERGROUP?

Hosted by Ocean Beach DA group 

There will be 4 Speakers sharing on this topic. 

Zoom ID 616 149 8468

For the Zoom password and further info, please see this flyer.

• March 25th (11:30 – 1:30 Pacific Time): THE ART OF NEGOTIATION: Having Normal Discussions about Money.

Hosted by San Diego DA Intergroup

There will be 4 Speakers sharing on this topic: Marian (Morro Bay), Roxanne (Minneapolis), Eddie (San Diego) & Joy (Nashville). 

Zoom ID 396 583 3455 

For the Zoom password and further info, please see this flyer.

Hello all: please see this updated poster for this in-person event in Toronto on 25 Feb 2023, 4-7 pm EST (poster includes an announcement in French / l’affiche contient des renseignements en français).

This is an opportunity to meet the General Service Board of DA in person. In addition to the official event itself, there will be a chance to socialize afterwards. A reservation has been made at the Denny’s at 121 Dundas St W. (about a five-minute walk away from the meeting space) that will allow for a variety of price points (just a coffee to a full meal) for those who wish to join us afterwards.

Hard-copy DA literature (books and pamphlets) will be available for sale at the event.

For more info, contact Roger at vi********@gm***.com.

On the afternoon of Saturday, Feb 25th, 2023, The General Service Board (GSB) of Debtors Anonymous invites you to meet the 10 Trustees on the present board and learn about how the D.A. structure works, what the Board does day to day and how GSRs and the WSC conference fit into the service structure. This is an in-person event that will happen in Toronto. For more information, see the event poster.

L’après-midi du samedi 25 février, 2023, Le Conseil des Services Généraux (CSG) des Débiteurs Anonymes vous invite à rencontrer les 10 administrateurs du présent conseil et à découvrir comment fonctionne la structure des DA, ce que fait le conseil au jour le jour et comment les représentants auprès des services généraux (RSG) et la conférence des services mondiaux (CSM) s’intègrent dans la structure de service. Cet événement se tiendra en personne a Toronto. Veuillez voir l’affiche pour plus de renseignements.

The General Service Board of Debtors Anonymous is pleased to announce that Ottawa, Ontario, Canada has been selected as the host city for the 2024 World Service Conference in early August. More details will be forthcoming.

The Board wishes to thank the Canadian Feasibility Committee for offering assistance at the 2022 WSC when no bid for 2024 materialized. This committee prepared and sent a Request for Proposal to the convention and tourism boards of Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver and received replies from several hotels and conference centres. In January 2023 the GSB-Conference Support Committee met with venues and conducted site inspections and decided on Ottawa as the ideal location for 2024.

Groups and Intergroups are invited to consider hosting a future World Service Conference in their area. Bids for 2025 are due by 1 July 2023 and will be voted on at the 2023 WSC this August in Newark, NJ. The email address for bids and inquiries is: Bi********@de**************.org.

The Barrie DA group has decided to shut down, and to merge its Zoom meeting with those of Montreal’s Prosperity D.A. group (#706). For information on how to join this meeting, please refer to the Find a Meeting page.

Debtors Anonymous World Service Conference International Committee presents:
NEW YEAR’S DAY 24hr MARATHON MEETING, starting at Noon January 14, 2023 (New Zealand Daylight Savings Time; 6 pm EDT, 13 Jan 2023).

Please see the flyer here for more information on Zoom links and timezones.