The Tuesday Noon Uptown meeting has changed locations, and will not take place at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church.

Free parking is available in the TransAmerica Square parking deck across 7th Street from St. Peter’s Episcopal Church (the church address is 115 W 7th St, Charlotte, NC 28202, look for the big blue “P”). If you park there, the ticket machine will provide a ticket to be validated at St. Peter’s in order to exit the deck at no charge. Parking validation machines and ticket “chasers” to use for payment upon exiting the deck are available in two locations at St. Peter’s: North Tryon Street Tower Room and 7th Street Parish House Reception Lobby. In case of difficulty upon exiting the parking deck, there is a call button on the ticket machine.

The door to enter the church is on 7th St across from parking TransAmerica parking deck, up the stairs. This door stays locked so please arrive on time for entry.  Go up the stairs, left down the hall until it ends and another left.  Meeting is in the Parlor room on the left.  If late and can’t get in please text Chris at 513-885-7152.

Registration is now OPEN

The ISO Convention is the world’s largest SAA fellowship event, attended by SAA members from all over the world. It’s a multi-day event filled with speakers, workshops, and other great fellowship opportunities!

If you are interested in attending, please visit https://saa-convention.org/ for more details. The password to enter the site is keepcomingback.

Literature reps and other trusted servants: Consider printing copies of the convention brochure to share with your meeting. The brochure can be found here.

Financial Assistance

For individuals

Local meetings typically offer financial assistance to members interested in attending the convention. The availability and appropriation of funds depends on the the budget and group conscience of each meeting. Typically each meeting is able to fund two attendees, but this is not a requirement, nor is it consistent for every meeting. If you are interested in attending, start by asking your meeting’s secretary and treasurer about financial assistance.

For groups/meetings

GCAI (Greater Charlotte Area Intergroup) can offer funds to local meetings to cover expenses for members attending the convention. Requests for financial assistance should be agreed upon by a meeting’s group conscience before the request is made, and all requests must be signed by the requester and the meeting’s secretary. To submit a request, complete the form linked below and send it to webmaster@charlottesaa.net.

GCAI Financial Assistance Request Form

The International Service Organization of SAA (ISO) recently sent out this call for volunteers to participate in their prisoner out reach program. If you’re interested in a great service opportunity, please read their letter below and consider joining their efforts.

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Friends in recovery…

Requests from prisoners for information, literature, and ongoing help continue to pour into the ISO office. Despite procedural changes to streamline the handling of these requests, the need for letter writers/sponsors persists.

The need:  Members of the fellowship to write to prisoners and offer to sponsor them by correspondence. There are more than 100 prisoners currently waiting to be assigned a writer/sponsor.

Surely in a fellowship of more than 2200 registered SAA meetings, there are a few hundred members who can offer this important service to prisoners seeking help with their addiction. Sponsors might also consider encouraging their sponsees to become writers/sponsors.  Sponsoring a prisoner is gratifying and supports us in our recovery.

Members of our fellowship who work with prisoners consistently report a significant positive impact on their own recovery.

The action:  Sign up now to help an incarcerated addict.

Sign up at https://saa-recovery.org/powriter

More information and an explanation of what is involved are available on the ISO service website: https://saa-iso.org/mbrs/po/index.php. The username is keep; the password is comingback.

The Prisoner Outreach Committee and the ISO staff stand ready to assist you and answer any questions you may have. Email info@saa-recovery.org or call the office at +1 713-869-4209.

Please volunteer today to help the prisoner seeking help! The online sign-up form is here: https://saa-recovery.org/powriter.

ISO Prisoner Outreach Committee

Have you heard of The Outer Circle?

The SAA newsletter, The Outer Circle, is published bi-monthly by the International Service Organization (ISO) of SAA. It is available without cost by download from this website or by request in writing to info@saa-recovery.org.

The newsletter contains original articles and poetry about sex addiction written by members of the Fellowship. It also presents news of ISO and regional activities and other information of interest to members of the fellowship.

If you are a literature rep, consider including the newsletter alongside other SAA literature at your meetings. Groups can sign up for a printed copy or print out the online version.

The latest version of The Outer Circle can be viewed or printed by clicking the link below. This link always provides the latest version:

https://saa-recovery.org/wp-content/uploads/TheOuterCircleNewsletter.pdf