{"id":7959,"date":"2024-05-30T13:42:44","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T13:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capeatlanticaa.org\/roundup\/about\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T01:28:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T01:28:39","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.capeatlanticaa.org\/roundup\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The annual Recovery Roundup is a weekend-long conference for members of Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon, Alateen. It is an open event to  families and friends of people in recovery; anyone is welcome to attend.<\/p>\n

We come together as a recovery fellowship to share our experience, strength and hope with each other.<\/p>\n

This event offers a variety of workshops and meetings, as well as live entertainment, raffles and opportunities for fellowship.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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First Waves Round Up: A Retrospective<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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In 2006, during a Steering Committee Meeting of Cape Atlantic Intergroup, our then-treasurer, Doug G., suggested we consider ways to raise money so we could afford a better office to store our literature and perhaps have committee meetings in.\u00a0 (That very same afternoon, as new Chair of Intergroup, I had been thinking of starting a \u201croundup\u201d which our current group could sponsor. I prayed and asked my Higher Power to show me a sign that this could be a reality.)\u00a0 I shot my hand up (realizing this was God being anonymous) and asked our Intergroup Leaders if they were interested in a potential AA Roundup.<\/span><\/p>

We were unified and agreed that I was to create a proposal\u00a0 \u2013 dates, costs, location, and feasibility.\u00a0 It was suggested I present this idea to the entire Intergroup that following week \u2013 seven days from that date of inception! I began calling my friends from AA \u2013 Joey H. of South Jersey Intergroup agreed to \u201cco-chair\u201d the roundup if I would \u201cchair,\u201d and Heather Ann S. of Area 45 agreed to be our first Registration Chair and create original art work. Our team was forming!<\/span><\/p>

A group of us met at Borders Book Store in Hamilton, NJ (a mere three (3) days after calling upon my service-minded friends), and there were 12 of us in total.\u00a0 After three hours and many hot lattes, we agreed upon a location: the Wildwood Convention Center and a name: The Waves of Sobriety!\u00a0 We finished the proposal, which included the registration and banquet prices, and the cost for the hotel for the weekend.\u00a0 Our proposal was ready for presentation!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

During the Intergroup meeting, I pitched the idea to our full body of representatives. Joey and Heather Ann stood up and gave enthusiastic pitches in support of The Waves of Sobriety\u2019s first weekend roundup, and it passed unanimously! Our first Roundup was held that November and it was a huge success \u2013 a success continues to this day!<\/span><\/p>

Keep going Waves of Sobriety, carry the AA torch of hope!<\/span><\/p>


<\/span>In AA Love and service,<\/span><\/i>
<\/span><\/i>Robbie W.<\/span><\/i>
<\/span><\/i>Waves of Sobriety, 2007 Chairperson<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

About What is a Recovery Round Up? The annual Recovery Roundup is a weekend-long conference for members of Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon, Alateen. It is an open event to  families and friends of people in recovery; anyone is welcome to attend. We come together as a recovery fellowship to share our experience, strength and hope with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":183,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7959","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.capeatlanticaa.org\/roundup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.capeatlanticaa.org\/roundup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.capeatlanticaa.org\/roundup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.capeatlanticaa.org\/roundup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.capeatlanticaa.org\/roundup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7959"}],"version-history":[{"count":64,"href":"https:\/\/www.capeatlanticaa.org\/roundup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9328,"href":"https:\/\/www.capeatlanticaa.org\/roundup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7959\/revisions\/9328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.capeatlanticaa.org\/roundup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}