Welcome to the May 2022 issue of Service Matters, your answer to the question, “What’s Up in GreySheet?” regarding all the work done for GSA as a whole to carry the message to compulsive eaters who still suffer. What service Means To Me Service keeps me sober…this was said in prior 12 step programs of mine and here in GSA we say service is slimming! Regardless, service has kept me from eating non-abstinently on numerous occasions. I’m a GSR and can only do that with 90-days sobri...
Welcome to the June 2022 issue of Service Matters, your answer to the question, “What’s Up in GreySheet?” regarding all the work done for GSA as a whole to carry the message to compulsive eaters who still suffer. What service Means To Me For the longest time, my service in GS consisted of being a sponsor, going to meetings, being a GSR in a very tiny in-person group that couldn't afford to participate in World Service, and staying abstinent. That served me well when I lived in th...
Welcome to the April 2022 issue of Service Matters, your answer to the question, “What’s Up in GreySheet?” regarding all the work done for GSA as a whole to carry the message to compulsive eaters who still suffer.
Welcome to the March 2022 issue of Service Matters, your answer to the question, “What’s Up in GreySheet?” regarding all the work done for GSA as a whole to carry the message to compulsive eaters who still suffer.
Welcome to the February 2022 Issue of Service Matters! Welcome to the February 2022 issue of Service Matters, your answer to the question, "What's Up in GreySheet?" regarding all the work done for GSA as a whole to carry the message to compulsive eaters who still suffer. What Do You Love About Abstinence? It's February and time to appre...
Welcome to the January 2022 Issue of Service Matters! Welcome to the January 2022 issue of Service Matters, your answer to the question, “What’s Up in GreySheet?” regarding all the work done for GSA as a whole to carry the message to compulsive eaters who still suffer. Share for the New Year My experience with New Year’s resolutions never included starting a diet. My obesity and compulsive eating started in my late 30s and by that time I had had some time as a PhD candidate in Nu...
Welcome to the December 2021 Issue of Service Matters! Welcome to the December 2021 issue of Service Matters, your answer to the question, “What’s Up in GreySheet?” regarding all the work done for GSA as a whole to carry the message to compulsive eaters who still suffer. ‘Tis the season of gratitude and what better way to express our gratitude toward GreySheet and our abstinence than to give back by helping to implement the newly passed resolutions! Each c...
Welcome to the November 2021 Issue of Service Matters! Welcome to the November 2021 issue of Service Matters, your answer to the question, “What’s Up in GreySheet?” regarding all the work done for GSA as a whole to carry the message to compulsive eaters who still suffer. Upcoming Meetings All Interested GreySheeters Welcome! Each of these meetings is an opportunity to expand your recovery by learning more about the framework that guides our work together. If you’re a del...
Welcome to the October 2021 Issue of Service Matters! Welcome to the October 2021 issue of Service Matters, your answer to the question, “What’s Up in GreySheet?” regarding all the work done for GSA as a whole to carry the message to compulsive eaters who still suffer. WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCE NEWS! Dear Fellow GreySheeters, We will hold our 2021 World Service Conference on Sunday, October 17 from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm ET. This will be our first virtual conference. As we learn f...
Welcome to the September 2021 Issue of Service Matters! Welcome to the September 2021 issue of Service Matters, your answer to the question, “What’s Up in GreySheet?” regarding all the work done for GSA as a whole to carry the message to compulsive eaters who still suffer. Hello dear community of fellow GSers:We, in the Literature Committee, are so excited and grateful that you love the book Living Abstinent. Your feedback to us via your meetings is encouraging us...
Welcome to the August 2021 Issue of Service Matters! Welcome to the August 2021 issue of Service Matters, your answer to the question, “What’s Up in GreySheet?” regarding all the work done for GSA as a whole to carry the message to compulsive eaters who still suffer. Attention GSRs:Upcoming Committees Connecting Resolutions - August 8th, at 12:00 Noon ET This month, the Conference, Finance and Website Committees will be presenting their resolutions...
Welcome to the July 2021 Issue of Service Matters! Welcome to the July 2021 issue of Service Matters, your answer to the question, “What’s Up in GreySheet?” regarding all the work done for GSA as a whole to carry the message to compulsive eaters who still suffer. Attention GSRs:Upcoming Committees Connecting Resolutions - July 11th, at 12:00 Noon ET This month, the Public Information and Communication Committees will be presenting their resolutions. They include thr...
Welcome to the June 2021 Issue of Service Matters! Welcome to the June 2021 issue of Service Matters, your answer to the question, “What’s Up in GreySheet?” regarding all the work done for GSA as a whole to carry the message to compulsive eaters who still suffer. Breaking News! The Board of Trustees has revised two of their resolutions based on your input at May’s Committees Connecting meeting. Click here: https://bit.ly/3pcLxlu for all the Q&A from May’s Committees Conn...
Welcome to the May 2021 Issue of Service Matters! Welcome to the May 2021 issue of Service Matters, your answer to the question, “What’s Up in GreySheet?” regarding all the work done for GSA as a whole to carry the message to compulsive eaters who still suffer. Attention GSRs: Preparing for the World Service Conference 2021 Q: How does a GSR inform his/her group about resolutions for the World Service Conference October 2021? I know it’s my job to inform, explain and listen to my group...
Welcome to the April 2021 Issue of Service Matters! Welcome to the April 2021 issue of Service Matters, your answer to the question, “What’s Up in GreySheet?” regarding all the work done for GSA as a whole to carry the message to compulsive eaters who still suffer. Question and Answer - World Service Conference How do we go from a 3-day in person World Service Conference to a one-day Zoom conference?The simple answer is we do only those things that are absolutely critical and required by th...
Welcome to the March 2021 issue of Service Matters, your answer to the question “What’s Up in GreySheet?” regarding all the work done for GSA as a whole to carry the message to compulsive eaters who still suffer. Keeping it Green During COVID-19 As we approach the month of March, we may reflect on the beginning of the pandemic a year ago. Frightening and stressful for a myriad of reasons, the impact of the coronavirus continues to this day and beyond. Some of us came into GSA as a result of...
Welcome to the February 2021 Issue of Service Matters! Welcome to the February 2021 issue of Service Matters, your answer to the question, “What’s Up in GreySheet?” regarding all the work done for GSA as a whole to carry the message to compulsive eaters who still suffer. As Valentine's Day approaches, many of us reflect on the nature of love. It is all too easy sometimes to get pulled into the marketing of love presented by advertising and the media. These can include being "completed"...
Welcome to the January 2021 Issue of Service Matters! Welcome to the January 2021 issue of Service Matters, your answer to the question, “What’s Up in GreySheet?” regarding all the work done for GSA as a whole to carry the message to compulsive eaters who still suffer. This past year has been hard for many of us, and may have been full of illness, financial hardship, and separation from friends and loved ones. However, 2020 has been enlightening in other ways, helping u...
Welcome to the December Issue of Service Matters! Welcome to the December 2020 issue of Service Matters, your answer to the question, “What’s Up in GreySheet?” regarding all the work done for GSA as a whole to carry the message to compulsive eaters who still suffer. As compulsive eaters, we have a disease of perspective. For many during the holiday season, with family get-togethers and lavish spreads of indulgent glut, this can be a more commonly encountered reminder than other times o...
Welcome to the November Issue of Service Matters! Welcome to the November 2020 issue of Service Matters, your answer to the question, “What’s Up in GreySheet?” regarding all the work done for GSA as a whole to carry the message to compulsive eaters who still suffer. Do you need a copy of the GreySheet Abstinence: Clarifications and Sponsor Guidelines? Email your request to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we’ll happily send a copy to you. Upcoming Meetings - all interes...
Welcome to the October Issue of Service Matters! Welcome to the October 2020 issue of Service Matters, your answer to the question, “What’s Up in GreySheet?” regarding all the work done for GSA as a whole to carry the message to compulsive eaters who still suffer. GSRs and ISRs - Please read and inform your group members of the following items as soon as possible: 1 - From the Conference Committee - You are invited to the first GreySheeters Anonymous Worl...
Welcome to the September Issue of Service Matters! Welcome to the September 2020 issue of Service Matters, your answer to the question, “What’s Up in GreySheet?” regarding all the work done for GSA as a whole to carry the message to compulsive eaters who still suffer.For many of us, it’s Harvest Time, a time of bounty and gratitude. We begin this issue of Service Matters by inviting our GreySheet brothers and sisters to reflect on the spiritual harvest of GreySheet abstinence. As...
Welcome to the August 2020 issue of Service Matters, your answer to the question, “What’s Up in GreySheet?” regarding all the work done for GSA as a whole to carry the message to compulsive eaters who still suffer. As we welcome you to the August issue of Service Matters, we are aware that the COVID-19 pandemic NMW continues to stretch from days to weeks to months. The long view can be a distraction, but the literature tells us we have a daily reprieve and we do this 3-0-1! ...
Welcome to the July Issue of SERVICE MATTERS! Welcome to the July 2020 issue of Service Matters, your answer to the question, “What’s Up in GreySheet?” regarding all the work done for GSA as a whole to carry the message to compulsive eaters who still suffer. July Theme - Unity As the world cries out in suffering and for justice, many of us find ourselves asking just what is an outside issue during these times? We can reach out with compassion and act as individuals, and in ...
Welcome to the June Issue of SERVICE MATTERS! GSRs - please read at your meetings 1. GreySheeters Anonymous World Services wants to strengthen our community support networks. We need your help to identify the digital platforms our community uses such as: Instagram, Facebook, Marco Polo, WhatsApp, etc. Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with: Platform Name:Link:Responsible Name (Owner, Administrator, Coordinator, Moderator, etc.):Email:Pho...
Welcome to the May Issue of SERVICE MATTERS! Welcome, GreySheet brothers and sisters! We dedicate the May issue of Service Matters to the theme of Awakenings/New Growth. We fellows of GreySheeters Anonymous know what it's like to endure seemingly fallow times, only to be joyfully surprised by clear signs of growth. We are well-acquainted with the process of growing roots first, before the lovely blossoms peak through the earth. In these d...
Happy 22nd Anniversary to GSA!! Welcome to the April 2020 issue of Service Matters, your newsletter providing information about service work, current projects to help carry the message, and opportunities to participate in GSA. April 2020 - Monthly Board of Trustees Column Letter to the GreySheeters Anonymous Fellowship from the Board of Trustees of GreySheeters Anonymous World Services:March 19, 2020Dear Fellow GreySheeters,As your Board of Trustees, we want to reach out to you during ...
Welcome to the March Issue of SERVICE MATTERS! Your newsletter providing information about service in GSA! March 2020 - Monthly Board of Trustees Column Grainne M., President, GreySheeters Anonymous World Services World Service ConferenceIn consultation with the Conference Committee and the other World Service Conference committees, the Board of Trustees has decided to postpone the conference to 2021. Stay tuned for the new date. The World Service Conference is the business m...
Welcome to the February Issue of SERVICE MATTERS! Welcome to the February issue of Service Matters, your newsletter providing information about service in GSA. This month, to celebrate Valentine’s Day, our question and answer section is about loving ourselves in abstinence, or what some GreySheeters refer to as “radical self-care.” We also highlight a new “Help Wanted” section for GreySheeters with special skills to help us in the coming months. If you are qualified and interested in servi...
Welcome to the first issue of Service Matters in 2020 – May our vision benefit not only from hindsight, which they say is 20-20, but also from clear, abstinent and grateful eyes! We don’t need to celebrate the new year with re-solutions, because we already have a solution that works!!
The Structure Committee
Purpose: to make recommendations for GSA service structure and to document current board policies, procedures, job descriptions and standard practices and to present them for approval at the World Service Conference.
The Structure Committee is hard at work preparing for the next GreySheet World Service Conference by drafting procedures to be included in our Service Manual and Conference Charter. To be assigned to a committee, please contact your ISR or e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Town Hall Meeting
The next Board of Trustees Town Hall meeting will be on Sunday, January 26 at 11:00 AM ET, on the following link: https://zoom.us/j/717731799. All are welcome!!The phone link for this meeting is: +1 669 900 6833, and when prompted please use the meeting ID, 717 731 799 # to join. Any questions for the board may be sent through the Communications Committee at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or submitted directly to the Board at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
The next Committees Connecting Meeting is scheduled for Sunday, January 12, at 12:00 noon ET at the following link: https://zoom.us/j/663470166. The Finance Committee and the Conference Committee are presenting the work of their committees and opportunities for new people to volunteer. You may also use the phone link: +14086380968, 663470166# US (San Jose) and then when prompted use the meeting ID: 663 470 166. All are welcome!
Concept 3 meeting: Sunday, January 19 from 1:00 – 1:30 PM ET, at this link: https://zoom.us/j/791453380.
Tradition 3 meeting – Sunday, January 26 from 1:00 – 1:30 PM ET, at this link: https://zoom.us/j/791453380.
January 2020 - Monthly Board of Trustees Column
Joyce S. - Treasurer
Hello! I’m honored to write this column to introduce myself as the newly elected Treasurer of our fellowship. First, I am a grateful member of GSA and I have enjoyed 22 years of back-to-back abstinence, one day at a time, since March 24, 1997. I live in Overland Park, KS, the wife of a retired CPA, the mother of three adult sons, the grandmother of 5 grandchildren and one on the way. I’m a retired accountant having spent time in my career as a tax auditor for the IRS, as an auditor with the inspector general’s office of the USDA, as the accountant for our parish, and bookkeeper for a small non-profit organization for 11 years. I’ve been the treasurer of our local Kansas City GreySheet community for many years. I like to live a quiet life of simple pleasures. I enjoy bookkeeping and find it very relaxing, somewhat like the order and peace I find in weighing and measuring my food. These days, I find myself very busy in my role as GSAWS Treasurer.