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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Keep It Simple Group Celebrates 20 years
In
my 15th month of sobriety, four members of my first home
group – Doug T. (now deceased), Florence E., Wally,
and Doris – asked me to join them in starting a discussion
group because there weren't many discussions available in
our area.
The
name Keep It Simple was chosen to commemorate the last discussion
between Dr. Bob and Bill W. We chose the Heron Park Community
Centre as a central Scarborough location, starting with
a Thursday night closed discussion group. However, as new
members celebrated milestones, we added an open meeting
on Sundays.
Our
first meeting was November 6, 1981 and looking back today,
I can't express my gratitude enough for the many miracles
we've seen.
On
August 5 of this year, we temporarily moved out of Heron
Park Community Centre to make way for renovations. We've
been meeting temporarily at the Port Union Community Centre,
but we'll be back in our newly rebuilt old home, Heron Park,
located off Manse Road, in time for our anniversary celebration
– complete with cake and refreshments – on November
11, 2001.
My
gratitude goes out to the four members who helped start
the group. It's been a wonderful journey in my 21 years
of sobriety. We all look forward to many more years of carrying
the message.
Jim
H.
Copyright
© November 2001, Better Times, GTA Intergroup, Toronto,
Canada
http://www.aatoronto.org/
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