Announcements

SLAA Picnic Potluck! 9/20/2025

Registration for SLAA Fall Gathering is Open!!!

10/25/2025

September Intergroup Meeting

The next intergroup meeting will be held on Saturday, September 20th from 8:00am-9:15am. In Person and Zoom (Hybrid).

Location: 3326 N. Ashland, Chicago IL 60657

There is parking at the Target on the Northwest corner of School and Ashland. You must park in an upper level of the garage and not on the street-level parking in order to avoid the risk of a ticket.

Therapist Outreach:

If you currently work with a therapist or know one personally, and you’re willing to forward a message (which we’ll provide) to them, please share your name and contact email to mailroom@slaachicago.org. We’ll send you a pre-written message to make forwarding quick and easy.

Opportunity for Service:

A Chicagoland area treatment center is looking for SLAA speakers to share their experience, strength and hope in SLAA recovery at their Northbrook facility. This treatment center also has opportunities for SLAA members to speak virtually. Because it’s a professional facility, speakers will be interviewed by the SLAA Outreach Chair about their sobriety and experience in SLAA. To inquire, contact mailroom@slaachicago.org

Greater Chicago/Milwaukee SLAA Intergroup Representation

The Greater Chicago/Milwaukee SLAA Intergroup is grateful to have representatives from the following meetings :

12&12 - Living in the Solution (In-Person)
Milwaukee Saturday Morning Group
Serenity Group/ Serenity on Friday

The Intergroup is still seeking representatives from the following meetings:

Evanston Sunday Night Group
Friday Evening Suburban West
Friday Morning Suburban West
Friday Night Into Action
Keep Coming Back Group - Thursday (Virtual)
Keep Coming Back Group - Tuesday
Loop Coop Meeting
Lutheran General Hospital
Milwaukee Wednesday Evening Meeting
Monday Morning Suburban West Meeting
Monday Night Naperville
Monthly Intergroup Meeting
Pelagian Meeting
Ravenswood Fellowship Group
Reba Place Church
Rise & Shine (St. Pauls)
Saturday Morning Oak Park
SLAA From Anorexia to Healthy Relationships
State of Grace
Sunday Morning Suburban West Meeting
Sunday Night Oak Park
Sunday Night Women’s Meeting (WOMEN ONLY)
The Path Is Wide Enough For All
The Priceless Gift of Sobriety Meeting
Thursday Morning Suburban West
Thursday Night Naperville
Tuesday Morning Suburban West
Wednesday Morning Suburban West
Wicker Way SLA

Please join us in developing an inclusive SLAA community that represents the entire Chicago/Milwaukee area.

The intergroup would like to remind everyone that it relies on monetary donations from groups to fund its service projects. If you are an intergroup representative, please ask your home group to consider making a monthly donation to the intergroup. When sending donations via Venmo to @Augustine-Fellowship as the recipient, please write “group donation” in the comments section and specify which group the donation is coming from.

Contribute to GREAT FACT

GREAT FACT—what you are reading at this very minute—is the newsletter for the Greater Chicago–Milwaukee Intergroup.

We're prepping for publication for the next few months and looking for the following submissions for future issues as it pertains to your experience, strength and hope:

Essays
Fiction
Poetry
Artwork
Photography

Upcoming Theme:

Step 9 - Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others: How making amends changed my relationships.

Deadline for submissions is September 20th.

To submit, please send an email to mailroom@slaachicago.org with the subject line "Newsletter Submission." Please feel free to send us something outside of the themes above, and we’ll slot it in when appropriate. Thanks!

June Intergroup Minutes

GREATER CHICAGO/MILWAUKEE SLAA INTERGROUP

Agenda for May 17, 2025 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM

Name | Home Group | Intergroup Position

Caitlyn | Ravenswood Fellowship Group | Inreach Chair, ABM Delegate

Hannah K | Ravenswood Fellowship Group | Supporting Events Co-Chairs

Abby | RFG, Tuesday Keep Coming Back | Website Facilitator, Supporting Events, ABM Delegate

Anthony | Tuesday Keep Coming Back | ABM Delegate

Crystal | Ravenswood Fellowship Group | Summer Retreat Co-Chair

Ian | RFG, Tuesday Keep Coming Back | Outreach Chair

Chris V | Sunday Evening Women's Meeting | Fall Gathering Co-Chair

Jeff S | Ravenswood Fellowship Group | Newsletter Contributing Editor, Secretary to this Meeting for Inreach Chair

Aimee | SLAA Member

Chase | Ravenswood Fellowship Group | Fiduciary Vice-Chair

Alana | SLAA Member
Steve | SLAA Member

Steve P | Tuesday Keep Coming Back

Jeremy | Ravenswood Fellowship Group | Events Co-Chair

READINGS & INTRODUCTIONS (10 Minutes)

Prayer for a Trusted Servant
Traditions
Introductions (name, group affiliation and position)
Greater Chicago/Milwaukee SLAA IG Statement of Purpose
Review Agenda
Concept 7 Abby August Concept 8 Jeff S

Facilitation (45 Minutes.)

General Report: Caitlyn
- Approve Minutes: June Approved
- Drop down menu project: Abby
- Co-website facilitator Open
- August Intergroup Meeting - vote to move to 4th Saturday 8/23/25 due to regular meeting overlapping with the retreat Approved

Fiduciary (5 Minutes)

General Treasurer Report: Zane Receipt of donation from Friday/Sunday Beverly Meeting
July Fiduciary report
Retreat Fiduciary update
Report Financials: General

Inreach General Report (5 Minutes)

General Report: Dave Sch & Nathan
- Newsletter Report (Production Editor Crystal, Jeff and Justin)
- Event Coordinator: Jeremy, Mark, Hannah C
  - Idea for pickleball event at the end of summer
  - Oak Park event
- Fall gathering: Chris V and Chris S
  - October 25, 2025
  - Contract update
  - Save the date - can we add to the website & send out an email to the email list? Add poster to website approved, with link to registration page
  - Schedule of events - extending 30 minutes
- Summer retreat: Trevor & Crystal
  - Update (# of registrations, paid, scholarships)
  - Registration deadline - July 24th Short extension approved

OutReach (5 Minutes)

General Report: Ian W & Hannah K
Update on letter to professionals
Trainings for new speakers

Annual Business Meeting Delegates (5 min)

ABM Delegates: Anthony, Caitlyn, Abby, Zane Christian L
Meetings reviewing ABM agenda items (Beverly, Tuesday KCB, RFG) Friday/Sunday Beverly approved editing to SLAA Preamble

New Business ( As Possible)

SUGGESTED ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR MEETING REPS:

Submissions to newsletter - August theme:
SLAA Summer Retreat August 14-17, 2025
Fall Gathering October 25, 2025
Subscribe to the newsletter on the slaachicago website
Encourage donations to IG via Venmo (@Augustine-Fellowship)
Please submit Meeting Updates via the Meeting Update Function on the Website (reopening, etc.)

Proposed Next Meeting: August 23, 2025
8:00am – 9:15 am
Hybrid both In-Person (preferred) and OnLine (Zoom ID Above)
3326 N Ashland Ave.

Visit us at www.slaachicago.org

Higher Power, We ask your guidance in carrying out this work in service to the Fellowship. Relieve us of the burdens of our egos and perfectionism. Grant us the grace of humility. Remind us to place principles before personalities. Help us to focus only on the greater good of the group. Let us know that we are responsible only for doing the leg work, not the outcome. Give us the faith to trust in You and the Group Conscience. And grant us the serenity to accept the things we can not change the courage to change the things we can and the wisdom to know the difference.

Fiduciary Report

Reporting Range: 5/11/25-6/13/25

Previous Month's Balance $ 8,329.69

Expenses $ (2,060.34)

Income (Contributions) $ 70.00

Income (Events) $ 1,621.00

Current Balance $ 7,960.35

Prudent Reserve $ (7,276.53)

Working Balance $ 683.82

Income

7th Tradition Contributions
- Tuesday Keep Coming Back SLAA Group $16.00
- Ravenswood Fellowship Group $2.00
- SLAA Anorexia to Healthy Relationships $50.00
- Individual Donations $2.00
Retreat 2025
- Retreat Registration Payments $1,616.00
- Retreat Donations (Group) $5.00

Expenses

ABM Expense Regristration/Housing $2,025.34
Intergroup Room Rent (NTAC) Monthly $35.00

Additional

None

Thank you very much to all groups and individuals who contributed to the Intergroup (listed above).
Please continue to encourage 7th tradition contributions from your groups, and remember to indicate your group's name and "Group Donation" in the comments section on Venmo.

SLAA Online Text-Only Chat

Those who need an additional resource in their SLAA recovery are invited to SLAA Online text-only chat recovery fellowship. Find more information by visiting the SLAA website, slaaonline.org, or by emailing slaaonline@yahoo.com.

Contribute to the Fellowship-Wide Newsletter: Journal

The Journal is SLAA’s fellowship-wide newsletter, which goes out to fellows across the world.

Submit responses or other contributions to www.slaafws.org/journalsubmit.

To subscribe to the Journal or read the current issue, please click here.

Thank you for reading!

Step 9 - Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others: How making amends changed my relationships.

Deadline for submissions is September 20th.

We invite you to share your experience, strength, and hope.

To submit, please send an email to mailroom@slaachicago.org

with the subject line "Newsletter Submission"

Newsletter of the Greater Chicago/Milwaukee SLAA Intergroup

August 2025 Intergroup News

CONTENTS

Therapist Outreach:

Opportunity for Service:

Fiduciary Report

Reporting Range: 5/11/25-6/13/25

Thank you very much to all groups and individuals who contributed to the Intergroup (listed above).
Please continue to encourage 7th tradition contributions from your groups, and remember to indicate your group's name and "Group Donation" in the comments section on Venmo.

SLAA Online Text-Only Chat

Thank you for reading!

Step 9 - Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others: How making amends changed my relationships.

We invite you to share your experience, strength, and hope.

August 2025 Intergroup News

CONTENTS​​​​

Therapist Outreach:

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Opportunity for Service:

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Fiduciary Report

Reporting Range: 5/11/25-6/13/25​​

Thank you very much to all groups and individuals who contributed to the Intergroup (listed above). Please continue to encourage 7th tradition contributions from your groups, and remember to indicate your group's name and "Group Donation" in the comments section on Venmo.​​

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SLAA Online Text-Only Chat

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Thank you for reading!

Step 9 - Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others: How making amends changed my relationships.

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We invite you to share your experience, strength, and hope.

CONTENTS

Reporting Range: 5/11/25-6/13/25

Thank you very much to all groups and individuals who contributed to the Intergroup (listed above).
Please continue to encourage 7th tradition contributions from your groups, and remember to indicate your group's name and "Group Donation" in the comments section on Venmo.