AA Virginia District 4

Dulles, Northern VA

AA Dulles serving Reston, Herndon, Great Falls, Sterling, and Surrounding Areas

Need Help?  Call 703.293.9753 (local)

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AA Northern VA District 4

2023 Holiday Soberthon

Noon Christmas Eve Through Midnight Christmas Day
In-Person Only

Meetings on Even Hours
Fellowship on Odd Hours

Volunteer to Lead or Room Host

Government Center (Police Station)
1801 Cameron Glen Dr, Reston, VA 20190
Wheelchair Accessible

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Stepping Stones Thanksgiving Day Food Fest - All Day

The Stepping Stones Men’s Group is providing an all-day food fest  open to anyone who wants to share some food and fellowship. They guarantee there will be plenty of good eats.

The Mens Group meeting schedule will be maintained on that day, but the sharing of food is open to everyone.

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Annual Candlelight Eating Meeting

A candlelight potluck dinner will be held at Sterling United Methodist Church on Monday December 18th.

Bring a dish to share. Eating starts 6-6:30 and meeting starts at 7:30.

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Download the Grapevine App

While the Grapevine has been known as a paper publication, there is plenty of new material being offered. Podcasts and articles read aloud (by real human beings) to name a few.

There are options for the non-subscriber and subscriber alike.

Check it out at https://www.aagrapevine.org/

A fellowship of people sharing their experience, strength, and hope.

Fall Workshop: Fellowship Saturday 11/4/23 9AM-Noon

This falls workshop will be held at  Good Shepherd Lutheran Church 1133 Reston Ave, Herndon, VA 20170.

Learn about how the fellowship helps one another, making friends in AA, and having fun in sobriety!

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Accessibility: Making sure the hand of AA is always there

The following handouts provide guidance on making sure that AA meetings are available to all.

Best Practices for Making and Keeping Your Meeting Accessible to Members with Disabilities

Turning On Close Captioning in Zoom

AA Policy Guidance on Accessibility

I am responsible, when anyone, anywhere reaches out for help, I want the hand of A.A. always to be there. And for that: I am responsible.

Is Your Meeting is UP-TO-DATE

In the carrying our message to the struggling alcoholic, we need to be vigilant in making sure our meeting information is up to date on the web.

Please double check your meeting information on both the Virginia AA website and the Northern Virginia InterGroup site. If you have an online meeting only you can also register it at Online Intergroup, a directory of world-wide online meetings.

Big Book New Stories

Contribute Your Story to the New Big Book

Telling our own stories helps us keep sober and helps those we share with. Perhaps your story could help others far into the future of AA. If you have thought about writing your story, then think about submitting it to the next edition of the the Big Book.

Learn how to submit your story.

welcoming newcomers

Welcoming Newcomers in the Age of Zoom

Groups and members can and should reach out to newcomers during virtual meetings. Here are some tried-and-true tips to welcome newcomers and encourage them to keep coming back.

Read our tips on welcoming .

The New Normal

Transitioning Back to In-Person Meetings. Groups are autonomous, and make their decisions through the group conscience process. This article provides a framework of topics to be considered when transitioning back to in-person meetings.

Learn more

Grapevine Announces Document Price Increase

To cover the increasing publication costs, the Grapevine has announce a modest price increase to all publications. More information can be found by clicking here.

AA Service Opportunities

Our Twelfth Step—carrying the message—is the basic service that the AA Fellowship gives; this is our principal aim and the main reason for our existence. Therefore, AA is more than a set of principles; it is a society of alcoholics in action. We must carry the message, else we ourselves can wither and those who haven’t been given the truth may die. From “A.A.’s Legacy of Service by Bill. W.,” The A.A. Service Manual by Bill W. 2018-2020 edition, p. S1.

Numerous opportunities to stay in the middle of A.A. and give back what has so freely been given are available. Get involved today!

In Service Insight: Archive Committee

How many times in a meeting have you heard: Isn’t it great they wrote that down!

Read Billy D’s perspective on the value and adventure of being part of the archive committee.

AA Dulles Events

Is your District 4 group celebrating an anniversary or other special event? Want to let everyone know about it?

Let us know and we will add it to our Events page.

Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy.

AA Big Book: Page 417

And we have ceased fighting anything or anyone—even alcohol.

AA Big Book, p. 84

We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.

AA Big Book, Page 83

That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear.

AA Big Book, Page 84

If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it--then you are ready to take certain steps.

AA Big Book Page 58

Whatever our ideal turns out to be, we must be willing to grow towards it.

AA big book, Page 69

Patience, tolerance, understanding and love are the watchwords.

AA Big Book, Page 118

But there exists among us a fellowship, a friendliness, and an understanding which is inde­scribably wonderful.

AA Big Book, Page 17

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