AUGUSTINE ALCHEMY DAY OF HEALING
17th Annual 12 step conference
Jointly sponsored by COSLAA and SLAA
SATURDAY, August 13, 2016
8:30am registration for 9am to 5pm conference
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
941 Old Rock Hill Road
Wallingford, CT 06492
Suggested 7th tradition $18
Conference includes:
Closed COSLAA meeting
Two speakers from COSLAA
Separate getting current rooms
Facilitated topic sessions
Beautiful gardens for meditation
Fellowship and Refreshments Room
Recovery Gift Raffle
Conference Sponsors for the Day
Sober sharing of Strength and Hope for Individual, Couple,
and Family and Community Healing.
Step One Booklet for each COSLAA attendee.
Tentative Program
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7:30 AM | Open for hospitality and quiet contemplation. Eating and quiet rooms provided. There is outside gathering room for talking NO SMOKING ON GROUNDS. |
| 9 AM | General Session.Introduction and instructions SLAA speaker. COSLAA speaker |
| 10 AM | First Breakout sessions. Those who wish to moderate sessions please let personnel at the desk know you wish to do so. Six month bottom line sobriety requirement. There are provided formats for each session. Depending on attendance there will be from 4 -6 different breakouts. Sessions regarding partners or relationships should have a partner team leading those groups (see formats at the meeting). There are always getting current rooms reserved for SLAA and COSLAA respectively. Please be respectful of boundaries. |
| 11:15 AM | Second Breakout sessions. Those who wish to moderate sessions please let personnel at the desk know you wish to do so. Six month bottom line sobriety requirement. There are provided formats for each session. Depending on attendance there will be from 4 -6 different breakouts. Sessions regarding partners or relationships should have a partner team leading those groups (see formats at the meeting). There are always getting current rooms reserved for SLAA and COSLAA respectively. Please be respectful of boundaries. |
| 12:15 PM | Lunch. Bring a bag lunch or go out on the town (Westport) is within walking distance. A map will be provided of lunching spots. A posting here will have many of the on foot choices. |
| 2:00 PM | Third Breakout Sessions. Those who wish to moderate sessions please let personnel at the desk know you wish to do so. Six month bottom line sobriety requirement. There are provided formats for each session. Depending on attendance there will be from 4 -6 different breakouts. Sessions regarding partners or relationships should have a partner team leading those groups (see formats at the meeting). There are always getting current rooms reserved for SLAA and COSLAA respectively. Please be respectful of boundaries. |
| 3:15 PM | Fourth Breakout Sessions. Those who wish to moderate sessions please let personnel at the desk know you wish to do so. Six month bottom line sobriety requirement. There are provided formats for each session. Depending on attendance there will be from 4 -6 different breakouts. Sessions regarding partners or relationships should have a partner team leading those groups (see formats at the meeting). There are always getting current rooms reserved for SLAA and COSLAA respectively. Please be respectful of boundaries. |
| 4:15 PM | Closing remarks and closing speakers from COSLAA and SLAA |
| 5:00 PM | Final remarks and closing circle. (Updated July 4, 2011) |
Temporary sponsors: Temporary sponsors agree to be sponsors-for-a-day and will be available for sponsorship help in respective getting current rooms. Please adhere to boundaries and use an SLAA sponsor if you are an addict, a COSLAA sponsor if you are a NON-addict but in relationship with or affected by an addict. Sponsors will be wearing SPONSOR-SLAA or SPONSOR-COSLAA ribbons with their name tags. If you wish to do this service ask at registration. Please have appropriate sobriety from bottom line for this service. If there are other non-SLAA group attendees who wish to sponsor for their program, please advise us at the desk.
Hospitality help: The hospitality room will need some assistance with put out and clean up. If you wish to do service in this way, please let us know at the registration desk.
Moderators: Program chairs are chosen at each session. There is a format to follow for each room; however, be mindful that chairs usually do less sharing and more facilitating. If you have questions about the role of chairs in the rooms, or questions about sobriety requirements, please ask at the registration desk.
Updated July 2016