W.A. World Service Organization Newsletter
Living in Balance E-NewsetterDecember 2013
In This Issue
Your W.A. Board Engaged
Kick Start Your W.A. Program in 2014
Registration Open for 2014 W.A. World Conference
W.A. Mediation Book needs member meditations.
Quick Links

Happy Holidays to all of you! We hope your holiday season is warm, wonderful and full of love, laughs and relaxation.
 
Kick start your W.A. recovery program in 2014! See info below.
 
Our members in Washington D.C. are having their first
Mid Atlantic Regional Playshop! See more below.
 
Registration for our W. A. World Conference 2014 in Malibu is already in full swing. See below for details.
 
Happy Holidays!

Michele S., Outreach Coordinator
Workaholics Anonymous
Kick Start Your W.A. Recovery Program in 2014!

A great way to kick start your recovery, to finally start your step work, or to recommit to and boost your recovery in WA. 
 

From the first week in January 2014 we will be working through the questions from the WA yellow and blue books. Posts will start on Wednesday, 1.1.2014 and weekly on Wednesdays after that.

For further info contact: anylength@optusnet.com.au
   Mid Atlantic Regional Playshop

 

Saturday, January 11, 2014

10am - 4pm

Washington, DC

 

"Play and fun help us to live in the present moment, rather than driving ourselves for hoped-for fulfillment in some faraway future time." 
W.A. Principles of Recover.   
 

An exploration of the 5th Promise: "We learn to play and have fun together."

 

Activities, games, discussion, guided meditation and speaker. Come prepared to laugh and learn... and take home ideas for bringing more play into your life.

 

DETAILS:

  • St. Luke's Church, 3655 Calvert St. NW, Washington, DC
  • Free! We will pass the basket to cover expenses.
  • Coffee at 9:30.
  • We'll take a leisurely lunch break; there are many restaurants in walking distance.
  • Park in church lot; enter lot via the driveway to the east of the church.
  • Easily accessible by bus but about 1.5 miles from the nearest Metro stop (Woodley or Cleveland Park). We can arrange to pick up folks arriving by Metro.
  • Hosted by the DuPont Circle W.A. Serenity Meeting.
  • RSVP to Jeff M. - 571-201-6112, jeffmarkiewiczva@yahoo.com
Workaholics Anonymous in California!
2014 - Malibu Here We Come!
The W.A. World Service Conference will be held in Malibu, CA
July 31-August 3, 2014. We will be staying at the Serra Retreat Center
which has a beautiful view of the Pacific Ocean!


Registration is now open.
Conference Call Line for ALL Phone Meetings
 
(712) 432-0363 
 Your W.A. World Service Board Engaged 
 

Treasurer

 
Hi, Sandi S, your friendly WA Treasurer here~Thank you ALL, meetings and individuals, for your Seventh Tradition donations! Thanksgiving is this week and I am thankful for the existence of Workaholics Anonymous and the ability to attend face to face, phone, and online meetings. The WA website is the hub for all this information and we are grateful for this technology....YOUR donations provide the $$ to do this~THANK YOU!

Outreach

I am looking to those interested in being on the Outreach Committee. One of the things I would like to get help with is contacting websites that are online that are discussing workaholism in hopes in helping others and let them know  about W.A..
Please contact Outreach@workaholics-anonymous.org if you want to come on board!  Michele S.

Technical Committee

We are moving along in our progress on  the new W.A. website! We are hoping to have  it done by the end of 2013 or early 2014. The new website design will have an improved design, development and new shopping cart. 

Literature

In addition to the ongoing process of developing our W.A. Meditation Book (see below for details), We have a couple of exciting projects planned for the near future - including some edits to our existing literature, a formatting facelift for our brochures and mailings, and even a new pamphlet on the topic of work anorexia/avoidance (which will ideally help members to overcome procrastination, perfectionism, and related fears).  

 

Please help with the revision process (easy service opportunity!) by contacting literature@workaholics-anonymous.org with any recommended changes that you or your group stumble upon as you read through the books and pamphlets, perhaps notating them as you read and including them all in a single email when you finish.  Do not be shy about voicing your ideas - from sweeping substantive concerns to tiny grammatical errors - as this is your literature.

 

If you are interested in joining the Literature Committee - or would like to otherwise consult on any of these ongoing projects - I would love the support. Again, please email literature@workaholics-anonymous.org for details.

 

Love and service,

Amber, W.A.W.S.O. Literature Chair

 

Communications 

  

The W.A. Communications Department is adding to our sponsors list for new members. We are particularly getting a lot of requests from women. Want to sponsor? Please contact communications@workaholics-anonymous.org. 

We are currently seeking a professional representative to speak on behalf of the fellowship and respond to public press releases that may misconstrue the reality of being a workaholic. See more information below.  
 

TO CONTACT THE WAWSO TRUSTEES BY EMAIL:  

For general information:  Anne communications@workaholics-anonymous.org

For meeting assistance:  Laura meetingassist@workaholics-anonymous.org

For WA Literature volunteers or corrections:  
Amber literature@workaholics-anonymous.org

For e-newsletter:  Michele outreach@workaholics-anonymous.org

For STORYLINE:  Shelley storyline@workaholics-anonymous.org

For WSR assistance:  Bob wsrsupport@workaholics-anonymous.org

For Meditation Book:  MeditationBook@workaholics-anonymous.org

For 2014 Conference:  Amy conference2014@workaholics-anonymous.org

For literature ordering questions:  fulfillment@workaholics-anonymous.org

General mailbox:  wso@workaholics-anonymous.org

 

For any Program issue, concern, initiative, suggestion, etc.:

Bruce A facilitator@workaholics-anonymous.org

Jerry S secretary@workaholics-anonymous.org

The W. A. Meditation Committee is writing a 
W.A. Meditation Book.

 

We welcome all members to write and submit meditations for this publication. Consider having a writing play day for your meeting group. Not only would this activity provide opportunities for reflection and meditation, but it would also allow group members to make contributions to a book that will serve the needs of the whole fellowship.

 

A suggested meeting format for writing meditations is available at the WA website. For more details about submitting meditations, please visit the W.A. website. 

 

Also, a suggested meeting format for writing meditations is also available at the W.A. website here for you to view. 

 

We look forward to receiving your meditations!!
Have fun with us!!

 

Your trusted servants,

W.A.W.S.O. Literature Committee

 

Interested in Becoming a Meeting Group Mentor?

Among the many support opportunities offered by WA, perhaps the richest are those created through relationships with fellow members. Across the globe people are forming meeting groups and sharing the message of recovery. We are excited by the growth of the fellowship, particularly in the number of people expressing interest in organizing meeting groups.

Because starting a meeting group can be an intimidating process, we would
like for beginners to receive a mentor during their initial stages of meeting development. Mentors offer service through answering questions and providing suggestions as needed for members beginning their meeting groups. Currently, we are in need of more mentors and would like to extend this service opportunity to members of the fellowship.

If you are interested in serving as a mentor for those starting meeting groups, please contact me at meetingassist@workaholics-anonymous.org. More information will be provided upon receiving your expressed interested.

With gratitude,
Laura R.
Request For Sponsors

W.A. receives requests regularly for sponsorship from people seeking recovery from workaholism. We do receive more requests for female sponsors. We need to add to this list so we can help the new members in our fellowship. We keep a confidential list of volunteers who are willing to take this on.  If you are willing, please send us an email with your contact information (or any other information you feel a sponsee should know) to: communications@workaholics-anonymous.org
 
Your information is kept confidential to protect your anonymity. We will contact you with a person's contact information when someone requests, offering you the opportunity to respond.  Your offering of this service will be of great value to your recovery, as well as to the person you would be sponsoring.
 

Group Support Section on Website  

 

There are helpful tools and materials available here that you can download for your group; meeting formats, types of meetings, tips on outreach, W.A. Public Awareness Guidelines, archives to news letters and much more!

 

 W.A. Seeks Professional Representative for Our Fellowship

As workaholism has become a widespread concept in public media, the ways it is communicated about can often create more misconceptions than understandings. In this regard, members of Workaholics Anonymous are currently seeking a professional representative to speak on behalf of the fellowship and respond to public press releases that may misconstrue the reality of being a workaholic. If you know of someone or have suggestions for who might serve as a reputable spokesperson for WA (who is not affiliated with the fellowship), please send your recommendations to Laura R. lauradawnr@gmail.com 
Supporting W.A. Seventh Tradition Contributions

Our Seventh Tradition provides that W.A. is fully self-supporting; declining outside contributions. WAWSO welcomes contributions from W.A. groups and members. One hundred percent of all contributions directly support recovery from workaholism. Carrying the message of recovery to workaholics who still suffer includes email and phone services, a quarterly newsletter, media and community outreach, literature development and distribution, this website, an annual conference, meeting information and support, and other outreach services. Please print out and send this Seventh Tradition form 
to support W.A.'s Outreach.

NOTE:
by Credit card or Paypal. Thank you for your generous support. 
Please contribute what you can for your meetings. :)

W.A operates on contributions from it's members and literature sales. Please don't forget to go online and make a contribution to W.A. if you only go to phone meetings. You can click here donate.

Purchase Our Books Online!

 

The Book Of Discovery

Book of Discovery, W.A. WorkbookA guide to the 12 Steps  


The Workaholics Anonymous Book of Discovery is a guide that provides step instruction, questions, activities, and stories-all with room to write and reflect as necessary, in a large spiral-bound, three-hole punch volume. The book is designed to lay completely flat so as to be easily used for writing as well as for protective storing in a three-ring notebook of your choice with other loose or extra pages if desired.  This workbook can be used alone, with a sponsor  or used with a group in a meeting format. 

Click here for online purchase    You can also purchase through the mail.  Price: $25. Plus $4.95 shipping and handling anywhere in the US. Send your check to WSO Web Payment Center, PO Box 56416, Portland, OR, 97238.

 

 
 
The Book of Recovery

W.A.'s first publication, The Book of Recovery is our main text. It has valuable information for all recovering workaholics; history, stories, guidance in working the steps and tools to help you with your recovery program! Click here for online purchase