Weekly Orange U.A. Meeting Highlights: July 16, 2014

Here are the highlights from the monthly Wednesday Step Study meeting at St. Matthews Church in Orange, CA.

Attendees:  4

 Reading:  Big Book   

Step 4:  "Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves."

Question of the Day:

 What actions am I willing to take to overcome procrastination and proceed with my inventory?

Here were some reflections this blogger related to:

·         Set up rewards system

·         Have a set amount of time to work on steps.

·         Create a location to focus on recovery.

·         Use timesheets

·         I’m not less than or more than.  I am here.

What are your thoughts on the question of the day?

To learn more about the U.A. program, visit the www.underearnersanonymous.org  website.

If you are in the Orange County, CA area, come join us for a face-to-face meeting on Wednesday Nights.

When:  7:00 PM -8:30 PM

Where: St Matthews Ecumenical Church

Location:  1111 W Town and Country Rd # 14, Orange, CA 92868

Cross Streets:  Town & Country Rd and Main St.

Meeting in the study room adjacent to the business office.

(Park in rear of building)

Posted by Orange Under

Good Things Report

This blogger reports learning new gifts and talents for cooking as a result of working my program.

Who knew I could make healthier meals by exploring what is available in the cupboard and applying my creative mind and WILLINGNESS to learn and listen to the experience of others.

I have gone on more interviews this week than I have in the last month, and have learned of side jobs from other members which utilize my joys of connecting with children and pets.

I feel hopeful of finding work that will use my gifts and talents.

My household made an extra $120.00 this week by selling unnecessary items.

This is all from resisting the symptoms of idea deflection and time indifference, and using the tools of possession consciousness and communication.

Weekly Orange U.A. Meeting Highlights: July 9, 2014

Here are the highlights from the monthly Wednesday Step Study meeting at St. Matthews Church in Orange, CA.

Attendees: 5

 Reading:  AA 12 & 12 pg 64-71

Step 4:  "Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves."

Question of the Day:

How can I best approach the daunting task of writing my inventory and make it more manageable and less overwhelming?

Here were some reflections this blogger related to:

      ·         Just write

·         Write a letter to my higher power

·         Work a set amount of time each day/ week

·         Bookend  with my sponsor

·         What are my gifts?

·         What has brought me joy?

What are your thoughts on the question of the day?

To learn more about the U.A. program, visit the www.underearnersanonymous.org  website.

If you are in the Orange County, CA area, come join us for a face-to-face meeting on Wednesday Nights.

When:  7:00 PM -8:30 PM

Where: St Matthews Ecumenical Church

Location:  1111 W Town and Country Rd # 14, Orange, CA 92868

Cross Streets:  Town & Country Rd and Main St.

Meeting in the study room adjacent to the business office.

(Park in rear of building)

Sharing Experience, Strength, and Hope...

The Orange Underearners anonymous group is looking to expand our fellowship through the contributions of existing members to help update our blog.

We are reaching out to Orange County U.A. members to share their experience, strength, and hope around the tools of U.A, working the steps in the program, and how awareness of your symptoms have impacted your life.

The purpose of this exercise is to help each other and especially newcomers come to an understanding of how working the steps and using the tools can change our awareness of our symptoms, issues and concerns as we move toward recovery.

An ideal blog schedule is listed below:

DAY	TOPIC	DESCRIPTION
MON	GOOD THINGS REPORT	What good things are you experiencing today or this week as a result of working your program?
TUES	SYMPTOMS	How has your awareness of the symptoms changed as you work your program?
WED	PROMISES	What do the promises of UA mean to you?
THURS	MEETING HIGHLIGHT	List the question of the day details.
FRI	TOOLS/ STEPS	What does the UA tool / step of ____  mean to you?

Our blog will be updated on the corresponding day with your submissions, so please be sure to submit your writings on the day prior to posting by the cut-off time of 6:00 PM PST.

Please e-mail your submissions to:  underearners.orange@gmail.com

All submissions will of course remain anonymous, citing your city and initials if desired.

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To learn more about the U.A. program, visit the www.underearnersanonymous.org  website.

If you are in the Orange County, CA area, come join us for a face-to-face meeting on Wednesday Nights.

When:  7:00 PM -8:30 PM

Where: St Matthews Ecumenical Church

Location:  1111 W Town and Country Rd # 14, Orange, CA 92868

Cross Streets:  Town & Country Rd and Main St.

Meeting in the study room adjacent to the business office.

(Park in rear of building)

What does the UA tool of meetings mean to me?

This blogger writes:

Meetings mean getting outside of myself to hear another person’s shares and concerns.  Sometimes I wrap myself in isolation and fear, but getting to a meeting and knowing there is another person who shares my experience is relieving.

Meetings are opportunities for me to be present in life and to share on my experiences – to acknowledge my being alive.  I am allowed to be of service to others by acknowledging and receiving their experience, strength, and hope.

Meetings are places where I learn to honor the space and commitments of others and myself.

Being present at a meeting allows me to acknowledge my own experience, strength, and hope.  The disease of underbeing keeps me from recognizing that I have value, too.

Meetings teach me to establish boundaries around my shares and experiences. 

Meetings are a power greater than myself through which I can receive connection with my higher power.  Sometimes, something is said at a meeting that I desperately needed to hear or express.

What do meetings mean to you?

To learn more about the U.A. program, visit the www.underearnersanonymous.org  website.

If you are in the Orange County, CA area, come join us for a face-to-face meeting on Wednesday Nights.

When:  7:00 PM -8:30 PM

Where: St Matthews Ecumenical Church

Location:  1111 W Town and Country Rd # 14, Orange, CA 92868

Cross Streets:  Town & Country Rd and Main St.

Meeting in the study room adjacent to the business office.

(Park in rear of building)

Weekly Orange U.A. Meeting Highlights: July 2, 2014

Here are the highlights from the monthly Wednesday Step Study meeting at St. Matthews Church in Orange, CA.

Attendees: 5

 Reading:  AA 12 & 12 pg 34 - 41

Step 3:  "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood God."

Question of the Day:

How can I surrender my life to my higher power and yet have an understanding that the willingness to surrender is a decision I have to make all on my own?

Here were some reflections this blogger related to:

·         In the teach a man to fish metaphor, my higher power is the teacher, and recovery is the fish.  I have to be willing to fish.

·         Surrender my false sense of self daily.

·         Common sense and success strategies are examples of my higher power’s will.

What are your thoughts on the question of the day?

To learn more about the U.A. program, visit the www.underearnersanonymous.org  website.

If you are in the Orange County, CA area, come join us for a face-to-face meeting on Wednesday Nights.

When:  7:00 PM -8:30 PM

Where: St Matthews Ecumenical Church

Location:  1111 W Town and Country Rd # 14, Orange, CA 92868

Cross Streets:  Town & Country Rd and Main St.

Meeting in the study room adjacent to the business office.

(Park in rear of building)