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Welcome to the 35th EVER Florida

Conference of Young People in AA! 

What is FCYPAA? FCYPAA was founded with the purpose of

providing an annual celebration of sobriety among young people

in AA. Since its inception, a growing group of people, who at first

would not have considered themselves “young people,” have

become regular attendees. The number of young people sufferingfrom alcoholism is growing. FCYPAA helps carry AA’s message of

recovery to alcoholics of all ages. This conference provides an

opportunity for young AA’s from all over to come together and

share their experience, strength, and hope as members of

Alcoholics Anonymous. We hope AA members who attend FCYPAA

can return home better prepared to receive young people who

come to AA looking for a better way of life.

The Suncoast Host Committee of the 35th EVER FCYPAA is pleasedyou are here and hope you enjoy Standing in the Sunlight at Last

with us. The Suncoast Bid for FCYPAA began in 2012 after an

announcement was shared about a YPAA event at our local young

person’s group. This announcement carried the message of YPAA all

over the state. The first bid committee in our area was formed. We

chose the theme “Bid Life” and went to FCYPAA in the 239 to bring

the conference back to the Sarasota area, district 4. Although West

Palm Beach was awarded the conference that year, we were

determined to trudge the road of happy destiny.

We kept calm and bid on, attending FCYPAA in West Palm. We met

with advisory, danced, performed our bid presentation and was not

awarded the conference again. 2015 FCYPAA was in Tampa, only an

hour north of the Sarasota. We once again spent the year making our

bid books, playing unity games, camping, having and attending

events, knowing we may have had 99 problems, but the bid wasn't

one. We have a way out through brotherly and harmonious action,

and much to our pleasure and surprise we were awarded the 35th

EVER FCYPAA on May 30, 2015! This year has been rewarding for ourAA community and our host committee members. Although we are a

small host committee we are ready to bring the heat! Our bid life

brought us to trudge the road knowing we have a way out and now

we Stand in the Sunlight at Last!

Our Theme:

Despite the living example of my friend there remained in me the

vestiges of my old prejudice. The word God still aroused a certain

antipathy. When the thought was expressed that there might be aGod personal to me this was intensified. I didn’t like the idea. I could

go for such conceptions as Creative Intelligence, Universal Mind or

Spirit of Nature but I resisted the thought of a Czar of the Heavens,

however loving his sway might be. I have since talked with scores of

men who felt the same way. My Friend suggested what then seemed

a novel idea. He said “Why don’t you choose your own conception of

God?” That statement hit me hard. It melted the icy intellectual

mountain in whose shadow I had lived and shivered many years. I

stood in the sunlight at last.

The 35th Ever FCYPAA

Presented by the Suncoast

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Registration

  Registration is located near the elevators, by the Ringling Room.

Friday: Noon-8pm, 10pm-Midnight

Saturday: 8am-8pm, 10pm-Midnight

Merchandise

  Merchandise is located at the convention center registration desk next to

the Manatee Room.

Friday: Noon-8pm, 10pm-Midnight

Saturday: 8am-8pm (while supplies last)

Hospitality

  Hospitality is located in the Florida Room.

Friday: 4pm-8pm, 10pm-Midnight

Saturday: 12am-8pm, 10pm-Midnight

Sunday: 12am-10am

Quiet Hours: 10pm-7am

Archives

  Archives are located in the Palm Room.Friday: 1pm-8pm

Saturday: 9am-8pm

All the Things!

There is always something to do at the 35th Ever FCYPAA!

All the panels are in The Keys: Casey/Siesta, and all the workshops are in The

Keys: Longboat/Lido. From 11pm-7am Friday and Saturday The Keys turn into

a Lounge/Gameroom. The Three main speaker meetings are in the Sarasota

Ballroom, doors open at 7:15pm for seating and pre-meeting hype dancing!

Marathon MeetingsMarathon Meetings begin at 10pm in the Ringling Room on Friday, running all weekend

except during Saturday main meetings. Please note there is a Spanish marathon

meeting located in The Keys on Saturday at 6pm.

  Friday

  10pm

  11pm

  Saturday

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  Sunday

  12am

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Friday

All Weekend

4pm

4-6pm

5pm

5pm

6-7pm

6pm8pm

11pm-1am

11pm-3am

Saturday

7:30-8:30

9am

9am

10-11am10am

11am-12pm

11am

12pm

1-4pm

1pm

2pm

3pm

Snapchat Scavenger Hunt Starts (At Registration)

Panel: What to do with a Wet Drunk

IRL Guess Who (The Boathouse)

Workshop: Grapevine

How to Bid (Sarasota Ballroom)

Bid City Meet and Greet (Ringling Room)

Panel: Keeping it Fresh, When AA gets boringMain Speaker Meeting: Rep Yo City!

City and State Countdown 

Laser Tag (Sarasota Ballroom)

Under the Sea Rave (The Boathouse)

Big Love Yoga (Palm Terrace)

Panel: Sponsorship

Bid Presentations (Sarasota Ballroom)

Upon Awakening: Guided Meditation (Palm Terrace)Workshop: Traditions

TuTu Turbokick (The Boathouse)

Panel: Different Takes on Spirituality

Workshop: Concepts

Recess!!! (The Boathouse & Palm Terrace)

Spun Dry Day Dance

Games on the Lawn

Panel: Learning the Hard Way... Sober

Workshop: General Service

Panel: Emotional Sobriety

4-5:30pm

4pm

5pm

5:30-7pm

6pm

8pm

10:15pm-2am

11pm-3amSunday

8-9am

10am

11am

AA Jeopardy (The Boathouse)

Workshop: Corrections

Panel: Thine Own Self be True (Sex, Relationships, and Single in Sobriety)

Caffeinated Canvases (The Boathouse)

Meeting: Daily Reflections in Spanish (The Keys)

Main Speaker Meeting: Fresh to Death, Wear Your Best

Sobriety Countdown!

Karaoke (The Boathouse)

Party Animal Dance! (Sarasota Ballroom) 

Meditation in Motion (Palm Terrace)

Branquet (Sarasota Ballroom)

Main Speaker Meeting

Bill’s Story

Dr. Bob’s Nightmare

LGBTQ: Gay, Joyous, and Free

Promise/Principle 1: Honesty

Promise/Principle 2: Hope

Promise/Principle 3: Faith

Promise/Principle 4: Courage

Promise/Principle 5: Integrity

Promise/Principle 6: Willingness

Promise/Principle 7: Humility

Promise/Principle 8: Brotherly Love

Promise/Principle 9: Justice

Promise/Principle 10: Perseverance

Promise/Principle 11: Spirituality

Promise/Principle 12: Service

Blind Speaker

LGBTQ: Not Afraid to be Judged

The Doctor’s Opinion

There is a Solution

More About Alcoholism

We Agnostics

How it Works

Into Action

Working With Others

To the Wives

The Family Afterward

To Employers

A Vision for You

Back to School in Sobriety

Never had a Legal Drink

Yet They got Drunk Again

Military: AA in the Armed Forces

LGBTQ: Sponsorship

Bill’s Story: From the Grapevine