SERVICES       

provided by the Colorado Service Group
Correspondence to: P.O. Box 284, Englewood, Colorado 80151
or email: information@coloradoservicegroup.org
Website: http://coloradoservicegroup.org

The Colorado Service Group provides these services for the local meetings that govern and support it.

1.   1. This Website: "coloradoservicegroup.org" provides information on all 12-Step fellowships and directing inquirers to all of Colorado's "S" meetings. A phone message at (303) 427-0176 listed as "Sexual Addiction Problems Organizations" in the White Pages of several Colorado phone books, directs callers to this website for information about "Sex-Related 12-Step Programs."

2. 2. A Statewide "Meetings List" for inquirers, helping professionals, and newcomers to let people know what meetings are available and how to visit them. Viewers can PRINT a copy of the list. From time-to-time, various meetings print copies for their Literature Table. Perhaps the most visited page in this website, our Meetings list is kept as up-to-date as possible.

3. Statewide Conferences so recovering people may share their experience, strength and hope.  Speakers from all the "S" fellowships have appeared by invitation since the first conference at the Evergreen Conference Center in August 1988.  Go to the Home Page for announcements of the next CSG event.

4.   Interfellowship Information Projects:
   

• Recovery Stories from Colorado members, which supplement fellowship-wide literature. Click here for those Stories.



• Comparisons of differing concepts and practices of the "S" fellowships:

The Twelve Steps - A Comparison of all Ten "S" Fellowships... highlighting the ways they differ from the original AA version and each other.
Self-Discovery Tools - the questionnaire of each fellowship
The Obsession (defined) - as expressed in the First Step of each of the "S" Fellowships
The Recovery Goal (described for the fellowship) - as expressed in the Third Tradition of each of the "S" Fellowships. 


• Historical information:
  "The International Fellowships - How They Started & Why They Differ."



• Cross-Fellowship Sharing. During CSG events, any "S" meeting may share the handouts they have created within their local group. Such cross-pollinization from one fellowship to another has proven to be an invaluable resource to the personal recovery of individuals as well as a valuable resource to the autonomous meetings. For example, SA and SLAA meetings wrestling with what to do about reporting or not reporting sexual abuse of children, were able to learn from the pioneering work of SAA meetings in Minnesota during the 1980's. Another example is the way that CSG conferences created a place for men or women to learn about RCA meetings where they might successfully address their coupleship problems.

The Service Group began in December 1987 as a cooperative statewide committee serving the seven Sexahholics Anonymous and Sex & Love Addicts Anonymous meetings at that time.  They hoped to create services collectively which none of them were getting done individually. Colorado Service Group is careful to respect the differing beliefs and practices of the various fellowships, focusing on what all have in common.  Local meetings send "group service representatives" (GSR), financial support, and provide details for the Meetings List, thereby maintaining their group autonomy. CSG does not "govern"; rather it is governed by the local groups through their trusted servants who attend the monthly business meetings.

MONTHLY BUSINESS MEETINGS

The CSG meets on the 1st Sunday afternoon of each month via audio conferencing to coordinate services provided to the member meetings. Being involved with persons from other meetings from across Colorado makes these gatherings a highlight of the month. Those friendships have become a backbone of stability for the small weekly meetings in each locale. You may contact the current Chairperson via email at: information@coloradoservicegroup.org.

CSG is a Colorado non-profit corporation with a 501(c)(3) tax status. The bylaws are available at this website.

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