MEETING DIRECTORY www.SouthCoastAreaNA.com NA HELPLINE 800-333-3610

South Coast Area Narcotics Anonymous Newsletter

JULY

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Chili Cook-OffJuly 8th 2017

South Coast Area NArcotics Anonymous

PLEASE - NO PETS ALLOWED AT PARK

at Cooks ParkSan Juan Capistrano

Kickoff Meeting 9am Closing Meeting 4pm

LIVE MUSIC 11:30pm - 3:30pmLunch at 12pm & Softball - 10am

ENTER YOUR winning Chili

11am Entry Deadline11am-2pm Chili Tasting 2:30pm Winners Announced

For more info: Michelle 949-293-2547NA Helpline 800-333-3610

www.SouthCoastAreaNA.com/activities

Ortega Hwy La Novia Ave

Calle Arroyo

Rancho Viejo Rd5FRWY

ADDRESS at COOKS PARK 27551 Calle Arroyo, San Juan Capistrano 92675

($5 Lunch Donation)

Hospitals &

Institutions Service Commitments

Available

Has your Sponsor sug-gested to you that you

get involved in service? Having a service commitment helps us to stay clean and get

out of “self ” and be of service to “others”. H&I is an awesome service commitment . . . , we believe that any addict can stop using. lose the desire to

use, and find a new way to live. H&I brings NA meetings/panels to addicts who cannot access outside meetings. We go into jails, juvenile facili-ties, hospitals and rehabs to bring the message of HOPE to addicts. There is only One Promise in Narcotics Anonymous and that is Freedom from active Addiction and our message is Hope.

ELECTIONS IN JULYWe meet the 4th Sunday of every month at 4:30 pm at Shepherd of the Hills Church,

26001 Muirlands, Mission Viejo, CA.

7-1 .....Stephanie 8 .....Charlie B 127-2 .....Mark ...... 87-4 .....Mark F .... 97-11 ... Lindsey M 117-13 ...Chris W ... 8 ....Bonnie G 317-13 ...Harvey G 31

7-14 ...DuWayne 227-15 ...Mehran D 107-23 ...Howard G 287-29 ...Rose P .. 257-31 ...Sandy P 10

JULY 2017 Anniversaries

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FOR A FULL LIST OF LOCAL NA EVENTS www.TODAYNA.org click on Activities

PUBLIC INFORMATION (PI) SUBCOMMITEE NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT JUST ONE DAY A MONTH

Public Information gets the word out to the public and provided them with pamphlets and other NA literature. Meets 3rd Wednesday of the Month

Call for location and time of meeting. Mike H. 949-226-4077

Artist’s Creative RecoverySubmit your artwork, poem, or song and we will publish it in our next newsletter. CleanSheets@SouthCoastAreaNA.com

Destination Addiction

I had grown up going to church with my family but my understanding and com-mitment was superficial at best. Going way back in my memory I recall reading about many different religions and philosophies. I don’t believe I had rejected my childhood religion but it seemed I couldn’t find the same faith or contentment oth-ers appeared to have. In my search to find whatever was missing I did indeed get exposure to a considerable amount of positive thought and inspiration. Intoxica-tion across a broad spectrum not only failed to bring relief but introduced serious difficulties that compounded my discomfort and sense of being lost.

When I had the good fortune to receive the gift of desperation our twelve step fellowship was here waiting for me. As I attended meetings and read our literature I remember writing down how I desperately wanted to be able to just sit quietly and be ‘okay’. As I progressed through the twelve steps one of the gifts I received was the realization that I didn’t have to ask for or wait for everything to be ‘okay’. It was already happening! I could sit quietly and be at peace, life was already ‘okay’. Not to say that life was how I thought it should be or that I had gotten to the top of the mountain and could now relax. No, not like that at all.

It was another new sense of freedom realizing that I was on a journey to be sa-vored, a journey with no destination. In my new life shaped around our program I saw some similarities between our program and my previous readings of philoso-phies and religions. One that stood out was the illusion that getting the next thing that I sought would make everything ‘okay’. It could be a better job, more money, a new romantic interest, a hairstyle, tanning, weight loss, new furniture, a geo-graphical change… anything I thought I had to have to make my life better. When I apply the template of our program to my current existence I realize I am either ‘okay’ right now or I’m not.

So I ask myself a question, have I been suffering from destination addiction? Have I been like a hamster spinning the wheel and thinking if I just get this next something everything will be ‘okay’? Getting that next something is not what I need. Adjusting my attitude and reminding myself of all that I have to be grateful for can make me ‘okay’. If I’m not happy with the life I have today and I’m not doing anything to change it, shame on me.

My personal experience and my observations are that when I make use of our program I am not only ‘okay’ most of the time but I seem to attract good things and good people. This in turn seems to attract people that need help and we are able and willing to help them. And those times when I’m not ‘okay’ I’m in the midst of people that can and will help me. And the circle keeps turning…

Bob H. 05/01/1997 (Written on 11/28/2015 with Jackie and Charlene for inspiration!)

Letters from the Addict

Artist - Anonymous

Artist - Anonymous

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“Temple Of Light, Irvine” is closing, therefore, effective July 1st, the following meetings will be moving to:

St. George’s Episcopal Church, 23802 Avenida De La Carlota, Laguna Hills, CA

Tuesday nite “It Works How & Why” Mtg. Bdlg.A, Upstairs Room #204, Entry Door Code #5826

Saturday nite “Meditation” Mtg. Bldg.C, Hammond Room

Everyday Mid-Day Solutions Mtg. Bldg. C, Hammond Room

Wednesday night The “Speak & Be Heard” Mtg is moving to:Unity Church 23181 Verdugo, Ste. 103B, Laguna Hills

(next to the old “Her Place”)Monday “Alcohol is a Drug” Mtg. reads from “Living Clean”.

SCANA NEWS UPDATEGroup Problems, Solutions, and Announcements

LOCAL MEETINGS NEED YOUR SUPPORT. SERVICE POSI-TIONS AVAILABLE / ASK YOUR MEETING SECRETARY

Please remember if you want to celebrate your NA birthday in the Clean Sheets, contact Jason S. a month prior by calling, emailing or give your GSR the information. Your ideas, poems, stories, thoughts, plans, birthdays, fun, commentaries, recovery plans, memories, artwork, etc, are all welcomed to be published in the Clean Sheets! Of course they are subject to approval by the committee; Me. Keep It Real, Keep It Clean! In Loving Service, Jason S.

Some Funny Sheet!Comic strips submitted by readers.

Take a look backward and try to discover where your faults are

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STEP 8

just for today

LAUGHTERis my

DRUG of CHOICE

Chairperson: Clint . .......... chairperson@southcoastareana.com Vice Chair: Eric. ................. vicechair@southcoastareana.com Secretary: Becka. ........... secretary@southcoastareana.com Alt. Secretary: OPEN POSITION Treasurer: Ryan. ............... treasurer@southcoastareana.com Alt. Treasurer: Mike Parliamentarian: Robin RCM: Keane. ....................rcm@southcoastareana.com Alt. RCM: Taro Literature: Steve. .............. literature@southcoastareana.com Alt. Literature: OPEN POSITION Youth Liaison: OPEN POSITION Phone Lines: Mike H. ......... phonelines@southcoastareana.com Webmaster: Pete D. ..........webmaster@southcoastareana.com Clean Sheets: Jason S. .......cleansheets@southcoastareana.com

Meets 1st Sunday of the Month • 5pm CALL Jason 949-412-6934 for Location

Activities: Michelle T . ....... activities@southcoastareana.comMeets 2nd Thursday of the Month • 5:30pm Bravo Burger 31722 Rancho Viejo Rd SJC, CA

Hospitals & Inst.: Mark ........................hni@southcoastareana.comMeets Last Sunday of the Month • 4:30pmShepherd of the Hills Church, 26001 Muirlands,

Mission Viejo, CA   Public Info.: Mike H. ...........publicinfo@southcoastareana.com

Meets 3rd Monday of the Month, • 5:30Call for Location 800-333-3610

COMMITTEE

HOSPITALS & INSTUTUTIONS (H & I) Would like to invite you to join them. H&I carries a clear message of recovery to addicts who are unable to attend

outside meetings. This is accomplished through the operation of panels that visit specific facilities on a regular basis.

ACTIVITIES JOIN US! and help create fun and exciting events for addicts to enjoy. Activities is lways open to new people and

new ideas for Narcotics Anonymous functions.

PUBLIC INFORMATION (P I) Our purpose is to inform the public that NA exists, and provide information about how and where to find it. Come

by & see what it’s all about. You will be rewarded in ways you never thought possible.

LITERATURE SUBCOMMITTEE NEEDS YOU! We are looking for willing trusted servants who want to be part of a team that enjoys serving the South Coast Area by helping fill literature orders once a month. Arrive at 6:00 on any Area Sunday to train and help us out! This is a

busy, fun, and important job with opportunities for growth!

PHONE LINE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - SUPPORT THE NA HELP LINEWe meet the third MONDAY of every month at 5:30pm @ Academy of Defensive Driving

31726 Rancho Viejo Rd, Ste 120, San Juan Capistrano, CA Contact Public Information (PI) Chairperson

Publishers Disclaimer: All articles submitted to SCANA Clean Sheets newsletter go through a review and editing process. We make other edits in keeping with NA’s understanding of the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, using standard NA language such as clean, recovery, and addict. The opinions expressed are not to be attributed to Narcotics Anonymous as a whole, nor does publication of any article imply endorsement by NA, Clean Sheets or NA World Services. – Editor

BEEN OF SERVICE LATELY? SCANA Needs Your Support to continue all the great work these subcommitees do.

UPDATED MEETINGS TUESDAY - MOVED

IT WORKS HOW & WHY ST. GEORGE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH23802 AVENIDA DE LA CARLOTA

LAGUNA HILLS, CABDLG.A, UPSTAIRS ROOM #204, CODE #5826

WEDNESDAY - MOVEDSPEAK & BE HEARD

UNITY CHURCH23181 VERDUGO, STE. 103B

LAGUNA HILLS (NEXT TO THE OLD “HER PLACE”)

SATURDAY - MOVEDMEDITATION MEETING

ST. GEORGE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH23802 AVENIDA DE LA CARLOTA

LAGUNA HILLS, CA / BLDG C HAMMOND RM

EVERYDAY - MOVEDMEDITATION MEETING

ST. GEORGE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH23802 AVENIDA DE LA CARLOTA

LAGUNA HILLS, CA / BLDG C HAMMOND RM

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South Coast Area Narcotics AnonymousPhone: 800-333-3610

P.O. Box 1085 | San Juan Capistano | California 92675

We meet the last Sunday of the month to talk about what’s going on in the South Coast Area. All G.S.R.s are required to attend. Everyone is welcome. 6:30pm @ Shepherd of the Hills Church, 26001 Muirlands, Mission Viejo, CA. (At the corner of La Paz & Muirlands) South Coast Area NA

Helpline: (800) 333-3610Orange County Area NA(714) 590-2388www.orangecountyna.orgSo. Calif Regional NA(800) TODAY NAwww.todayna.org

NA World Service(818) 773-9999www.na.orgLínea Telefónica en vivo(888) NAAHORA or (888) 622-4672

Regional & Area Websites, Links, Helpline Numbers