Volume Issue # 20 1 Issue <strong>12</strong> August <strong>April</strong> <strong>2010</strong> 2009 Page Page 103EVENTS CALENDARNA EventsEvery Saturday - 9pm to 1:30am Dance at The First UnitarianChurch (22nd and Chestnut). Ages 18+, Donation$5. All proceeds support GPRCNA XXV<strong>April</strong> 2nd - <strong>April</strong> 4th- Greater Philadelphia Regional Convention25; Radisson Hotel / Valley Forge ConventionCenter, 1160 First Avenue Philadelphia, 888.201.1718;Event Information: Arlene C 215.848.0859<strong>April</strong> 10th - Serenity Group of NA 19th Anniversary /Marathon - <strong>12</strong>pm til 9pm - Drexel Hill Baptist Church -4400 State Rd & Childs Ave. Drexel Hill, PA<strong>April</strong> 10th - <strong>12</strong>pm til 9pm - New Life Group of NAMarathon / Anniversary - Gibson Temple Baptist Church -28th & Susquehanna<strong>April</strong> 17th - Philadelphia Are Unity Committee SpeakerJam - <strong>12</strong>pm til 5pm - Holy Spirit Lutheran Church - LorettoAve and Robbins Street (Enter on Robbins) - Topics:Where Am I Today - The Group - Principals before personalities- Most important - Recovery and Relapse - Allare welcome!PRO-ACT (Pennsylvania Recovery Organization -Achieving Community Together) Philadelphia RecoveryCommunity Center (PRCC) at 1701 W. Lehigh Ave., Ste.6, in Philadelphia. To register, call the PRCC at 215-223-7700 - See website at www.proact.org<strong>April</strong> 5th - Recovery Planning Discussion - 2:30pm-4:30pm Maria Cintron / *NEW* Recovery Discussion:Maintaining Recovery When the Weather Gets Warm5:30pm-7:30pm Andrea McNeil/Patrice Newman<strong>April</strong> 6th - Dual Recovery Support Group - <strong>12</strong>:30pm-2:30pm Tom Bacchus / Recovery Discussion: Fears - 1pm– 3 pm Larry Franklin / Recovery Discussion What are myGoals and Interests - 5:30 – 7:30 Brooke Feldman<strong>April</strong> 7th - Recovery Support Group: Week 4 - 10am –<strong>12</strong>pm Brooke Feldman / Computer Assistance - 11:00am-<strong>12</strong>:00pm - Grupo latina de Apoyo de Recuperación LatinosRecovery Support Group 11:00am-<strong>12</strong>:00pm MariaCintron / Booklet Discussion: Free to Care - 2:00pm –4:00pm Linda Willoughby/Denice Reeves<strong>April</strong> 8th - *Updated* Understanding, Repairing and Rebuildingyour Credit - <strong>12</strong>:30pm – 2:30pm Joe Watson / LifeSkills Workshop - 5:00pm -7:00pm James Canada / EarlRobinson<strong>April</strong> 9th - Life Skills: Spirituality - <strong>12</strong>:00pm-2:00pm / FredMartin/Robert Parks Booklet: Towards Spirituality -2:00pm-4:00pm Leon Gabriel / *New* Wii Sports: BowlingTournament Challenge - 3:30pm – 7:30pm<strong>April</strong> 10th - Recovery Discussion: Relationships in Recovery- 10:30am-<strong>12</strong>:30pm George Ruiz[Please check out PRO-ACT’s new Friday social night..Everything from karaoke, Wii, Movies, Poetry, etc..]AA EventsBottles and Badges - Every Wednesday Night at 7:00PM there is a meeting held at the Fraternal Order of PoliceBuilding, 1336 Spring Garden Street in Philadelphia.The meeting is for men and women in any branch or department,Federal, State and Local that have or have hadArrest Powers.<strong>April</strong> 23rd - The WEST OAK LANE group of AA announcestheir 37th anniversary at 8pm at the Reformation LutheranChurch, Vernon Road and Rugby Streets in Philadelphia.<strong>April</strong> 28th - The SUMMIT group of A.A. will celebrate their49th anniversary at Chestnut Hill Presbyterian Church,8855 Germantown Avenue (next to Chestnut Hill hospital).Food/fellowship at 7:00pm; Speaker at 8:00pm.How To Save a Life Foundation which helps people getinto treatment. Buy your tickets in advance for theSoberstock (see ad on page 21) event. Date: May 22nd<strong>2010</strong>, TD Bank Ampitheater 2400 Byberry Road, Bensalem.Ticket cost is $10. Come support this great causeStarting Point, Inc. - 856-854-3155215 Highland Ave Ste C. Westmont, NJFree Wednesday Lectures at 5:30 and 7:00PMGRIEF/LOSS SEPARATION SERIES<strong>April</strong> 7th - Stages of Grieving, Part I<strong>April</strong> 14th - Stages of Grieving, Part II<strong>April</strong> 21st - Stages of Grieving, Part III<strong>April</strong> 28th - *Guest Speaker – No 5:30 LectureSee StartingPoint.org for schedule of more free lectures.Every Wednesday @ 7:30 PM - Bristol-Bensalem Nar-Anon Meeting - St. Thomas Aquinas Church 601 BristolPike (Rte 13.) Croydon, PA 19021 - Enter meeting fromrear of church near main parking area.Every Friday @ 7:30pm- 9pm - Summerfield Church- 2215 E Dauphin St Philadelphia, PA - Christian <strong>12</strong><strong>Step</strong> Recovery MeetingReach Out Foundation of Bucks County - Dual DiagnosisSupport Center - Morrisville, PA - 215.428.0404Every Thursday - 7-8:30PM - Free Lecture on ShameGladness House, Philadelphia - Dolores Proto 215.331.1814<strong>April</strong> 10th - "Clean & Sober Dance" At 1st UnitedMethodist Church - 201 Mulberry St (At Wilson Street).Bristol Borough, PA 19007 - 50/50 Door Prize -Food/Fun/Fellowship - 8pm til <strong>12</strong>am - Tickets are $10 atthe door - Parking and Entrance in the rear.Every Tuesday @ 7:30PM – Livengrin Assoc. ofAlumni, Family & Friends - General gathering of bothLivengrin alums and all others welcome. While not an AAmeeting, includes speakers, sharing, and opportunities toassist soon-to-be or recent Livengrin alumni.To Place an AD or Calendar Listing Contact: 215-317-8774 or <strong>12</strong><strong>Step</strong><strong>Gazette</strong>@comcast.net
Volume Issue # 20 1 Issue <strong>12</strong> August <strong>April</strong> <strong>2010</strong> 2009 Page Page 119Drunk Pennsylvania ManTries to Revive Dead PossumPolice say they charged a Pennsylvania man with public drunkennessafter he was seen trying to resuscitate a long-dead possum along a highway.State police Trooper Jamie Levier says several witnesses saw 55-year-old Donald Wolfe, of Brookville, near the animal along Route 36 inOliver Township, about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. The troopersays one person saw Wolfe kneeling before the animal and gesturing asthough he were conducting a seance. He says another saw Wolfe attemptingto give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Levier says the animal alreadyhad been dead a while. [Editors note: That’s one of our ‘I nevers’]Heads Up For The WhizzinatorA pot-smoking parolee in Colorado faces criminal charges for allegedlyoffering a cash bribe to try to pass a drug test. Police said a 34-year-old man tried Jan. 3 to bribe a state worker to allow him to use adevice called a "Whizzinator" to pass a drug test he had to take whileon parole. Prosecutors said the man offered a state worker $300 afterthe worker found him with the "Whizzinator," a device of tubing andheater packs attached to a prosthetic penis sold to cheat drug tests.When asked to raise his shirt and lower his pants, the man was seenwearing the "Whizzinator." The man allegedly offered the state worker$300, then $500, to throw away the device. The worker refused.To Place an AD or Calendar Listing Contact: 215-317-8774 or <strong>12</strong><strong>Step</strong><strong>Gazette</strong>@comcast.net