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Do you have something to
contribute? We would
love to
include ARTS-related
personal stories of
experience, strength and
hope, poetry, photos,
audio files, writing,
and art. The Twelve
Traditions apply. Email
the editors at: newsletter@artsanonymous.org
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Announcements
The Product vs. Product pamphlet
is back!:
This pamphlet was written in 1988 by the Southern
California A.R.T.S. Anonymous
intergroup, revised in 1994, and
Conference-approved in 2002. It
is available electronically
here:
ARTS
Literature
ARTS Zoomathon:
The next one is on Saturday, March 25. For more
information and to sign up for
service, go to the
Zoomathon page on the
ARTS website. Newcomers are
welcome!
Member Stories:
The Member Stories Sub-committee of the Literature
Committee would like to hear
your story of experience,
strength and hope in recovery
through ARTS Anonymous. We would
like to develop these stories
into a book to add to our
Literature. For questions,
suggestions and guidelines, or
to make a submission, email:
memberstories@artsanonymous.org
Treasurer’s Reports:
Click
January 2023 Treasurer’s Report
for a corrected report (yes, we
made a mistake!), and click here
for the
February 2023 Treasurer’s Report
for Worldwide Services.
Treasurer Needed:
The Board of Trustees is in search of a Treasurer. Click
here for the
Board Application, or
contact
chair@artsanonymous.org
if you have questions. All Board
applicants will be interviewed,
and per the Conference Charter,
the Concepts of Service, and the
By-laws, all Board members are
expected to understand the
Traditions and Concepts of
A.R.T.S. Anonymous. The
Treasurer will have good
financial understanding and be
able to provide, understand and
explain reports, analyze trends,
and propose a budget. The
position does not involve
bookkeeping.
Setting the Agenda for the April
Pre-Conference meeting:
All members of ARTS are invited
to join the Conference Planning
Committee on Saturday April 1 at
2pm PT/5pm ET/ 22.00 BST, 7am in
Australia on Sunday April 2 via
Zoom.
Click here to register for the
zoom. The Committee
will be discussing and
developing the agenda for the
April 15 Pre-Conference
meeting.
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For 2023: Writings on the
Traditions
While the Twelve Steps of
A.R.T.S Anonymous guide us to
recover our inspiration and joy
in expressing our creativity,
the Twelve Traditions guide our
focus on our primary purpose in
A.R.T.S. Anonymous. What better
way to begin this new year of
2023 than with a focus on the
Tradition that corresponds with
each of the 12 months. Below in
this March issue of the
newsletter is one member’s
personal response to Tradition
3.
March’s Newsletter welcomes your
response to
Tradition 4: The only
requirement for A.R.T.S.
membership is a desire to
identify and express our
creativity.
We suggest the following series
of questions when writing your
response.
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What does
Tradition 4 mean to you?
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How do you feel
about Tradition 4?
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How may
Tradition 4 help your
creative expression?
It will be wonderful to receive
your thoughts, feelings, and
application of Tradition 4.
Please send your response to the
editors at
newsletter@artsanonymous.org
for possible publication.
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Tradition Three – A Personal
Response
Tradition 3: The only
requirement for A.R.T.S.
membership is a desire to
identify and express our
creativity.
My name is Anna, and I am a
visual artist who has reached
some professional competency and
regularly sells her work. I may
not struggle to do my art as
much as others, yet Tradition 3
lets me know that it’s OK for me
to be in A.R.T.S., because every
day I have the desire to
identify and express my
creativity.
I remember a sponsor a long time
ago asking me as I reiterated my
litany of complaints, “Think
back to when you were six, what
did you like to do?” The answer
was immediate; making art.
Dancing to The Nutcracker,
drawing, painting, knitting,
writing stories, “bossing” my
younger siblings into putting on
costume parades and circuses.
Today my world is a little
different. But several weeks
ago, I pulled out the flute I
had not played since my college
days, formed my thumb and one
finger in place, and was able to
produce one long, single note B,
savoring the sensation of the
cool steel on my lower lip, the
modulation of the sound as I
breathed. I may call myself one
kind of artist in affirming my
creativity, but I am still
recovering to identify and
express all that my gifts are.
Click
here for the full essay
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The Traditions in Action:
Forming an In-Reach Committee
A.R.T.S. Anonymous is a
fellowship community unified by
the Twelve Traditions of A.R.T.S
Anonymous, adapted from A.A.
What sustains the health of the
fellowship is meeting our
primary purpose of Tradition 5.
Service work is the daily
sustenance making it possible
for tradition 5 to be met. We
serve one another when we come
together at our ARTS meetings,
form service committees,
establish boards, and
orchestrate events like:
Zoom-a-thon, Workshops,
Conventions/Celebrations, and
the World Service Conference.
Because of this service and its
accompanying unity, every member
can recover his or her joy in
creating and sharing their
creations with others. As we
serve one another the
fellowship, and our art, we grow
as individuals, our groups
thrive, and the health of
A.R.T.S. Anonymous expands to
meet our primary purpose.
Click here for the full article
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Feelin’ Too Good: by Jay M.
Do you ever have a day where it
seems something is “wrong”
because everything feels “too
good”? Listen to Jay M. play and
sing his song for us:
Feelin’ Too Good.
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