Area 53 Web Team

According to the reservation operator, as of February 21st there are only 8 standard rooms ($95/night plus taxes) left at Deer Creek Lodge for the dates of the Area 53 … Read more

If you are registered for the mini-conference and want to add meals to your registration, visit the Mini-Conference Meals Order and Payment page. You can order meals AND pay online … Read more

Greeting everyone, March 11th is just around the corner. As your Mini-Conference Chair, I am getting eager as we get closer to the opening of your 2016 Mini Conference. Never … Read more

Area 53 received receipt and gratitude from the General Service Office (GSO) in New York for sending our delegate, Kristi H., to the General Service Conference this coming April. The … Read more

Area 53 Delegate, Kristi H., has received the General Service Conference agenda for 2016. She has selected six committee topics that will deliberate at the 2016 Area 53 Mini-Conference: (1) Cooperation With the Professional Community, (2) Corrections; International Convention; Treatment/Special Needs-Accessibilities, (3) Literature I, (4) Literature II, (5) Policy/Admissions; Public Information, and (6) Report and Charter. Read more to get the complete committee agendas.

“I was humbled & in awe to play a small part in the service of alcoholics anonymous. I frequently hear at meetings that the folks sitting in a regular meeting are the most important members of AA. Its true! The voices of my home group members were heard at the mini-conference and all the committee members truly were the trusted servants of their groups. Can I ever be grateful enough?”
–Eileen L.

Thirty Six days – technically, that’s a bit more than a month – until the Area 53 2016 Mini-Conference opens at Deer Creek Conference Center in Mt Sterling Ohio! As … Read more

The Hospitality Suite opens at 4:00pm on March 11 at the start of the Mini-Conference. Coffee-o-plenty will be brewed and waiting for you in Rooms 110-112 at Deer Creek Conference … Read more

“From my very first AA meeting, I have felt the magic in the rooms- the spirit of carrying the message. My first Mini-Conference in 2005 I had just celebrated my first year anniversary. And at a time when I was experiencing a spiritual awaking, my exposure with a mass of seasoned AAers coming together for the future of AA only heightened my spiritual experience and compelled me more to becoming ‘I am responsible’.” Who said this?