Alcoholics  Anonymous  Singapore  holds  monthly  events.  Details  in  relation  to  these  social  events can  be  obtained  by  sending  an  email  to  sociaalcom@gmail.com.    The  next  event  will  take  place on  30th  May  at  Hort  Park. Event  Committee

The  Events  Committee  are  in  discussion  in  relation  to  holding  a  similar  Round  Up  to  the  2015 event.  Further  details  and  request  will  be  inlcuded  in  the  next  edition  of  the  Dialy  Reprieve.  In the  meantime  thank  you  to  one  of  our  members  who  has  provided  the  following  artilce  on  the 2015  Round  Up.  If  you  would  like  to  assist  with  next  Round  Up,  the  Event  Committee  are  looking for  volunteers,  and  you  can  express  your  interest  in  doing  some  great  Service  work  by  sending  an email  to  events@singaporeaa.com

Keep  It  Simple  Singapore  –  January  30  to  February  1  2015

The  last  weekend  of  January  saw  the  second  ever  Singapore  AA  Roundup  –  “KISS”  –  Keep  It  Simple Singapore!  The  event  was  billed  with  two  international  speakers  together  with  participation  from  Al-­‐ Anon  to  be  held  at  the  SAF  yacht  club  near  Changi.  It  all  kicked  off  on  the  Friday  evening  with  a  talk by  one  of  the  international  speakers,  Lorraine  L  from  Glasgow,  followed  by  local  speaker  Sharmini W.  The  evening  concluded  with  dinner  and  musical  entertainment  from  Tom  W  regaling  everyone with  Jonny  Cash  numbers.  Attendance  was  good  for  the  evening.  I  did  not  attend  this,  but  I  was  told it  was  a  great  evening. Saturday  saw  a  slew  of  shares  and  attendees  from  various  parts  of  the  world.  There  were  jewellery and   AA   literature   for   sale,   adding   to   contributions   towards   the   event.   All   speakers   had   great messages  from  Bali,  Glasgow  and  Singapore  to  New  York.  I  personally  found  the  talk  by  the  Al-­‐Anon speaker  to  be  very  powerful.  It  was  great  to  get  a  doctor’s  view  of  working  with  alcoholics. Sunday  was  dedicated  to  a  Big  Book  workshop  with  the  international  speaker  Kevin  H,  from  New York.  This  was  titled  “The  Big  Book  in  a  New  York  Minute”.  Kevin  led  us  through  the  Big  Book  from step   1   to   step   12,   choosing   selected   passages   from   the   text   whilst   adding   in   his   experience   in working  these  steps  with  others.  I  found  this  very  insightful  and  was  delighted  to  work  through  steps again. For  this  alcoholic,  the  roundup  was  a  truly  wonderful  experience  and  great  to  see  the  fruit  of  all  the hard  work  others  had  put  in  to  making  this  such  a  special  event.  I  came  away  with  renewed  vigour to  get  down  and  do  some  work.  This  reminded  me  of  the  first  roundup  I  attended  in  Dubai  when  I was  5  months  sober.  What  an  experience  that  was. I   wish   to   thank   all   those   that   were   involved   in   ensuring   a   great   event,   including   all   those   that attended  and  volunteered  to  share  or  talk  at  the  roundup.  Will  Singapore  have  another  roundup next  year,  definitely…See  you  then. Anonymous….