History of the Conference! 

-posted 2023

This is the 40th year that the formerly named Singles in Sobriety and now Miracles at Lake Murray A.A. conference has been held on the same weekend following the Labor Day holiday.

The first conference was held at Lake Texoma Lodge in 1984, where a group of us thought it would be fun to put together a conference, centered on not just speakers and meetings, which was the norm at the time, but an A.A. weekend of outdoor activities, games, laughter and fellowship.

Obviously, a need was met, as the conference was a great success, with over 300 people in attendance. Everyone remarked they loved the concept of the conference and could hardly wait to return next year. Those of us that initiated the idea of the conference were thrilled as we were able to pay the bills, donate to A.A. General Service and still have seed money left for the following year.

In 1986, the conference was moved to Lake Murray, we stayed here for 24 years, only leaving when the facility got so run down we had to provide the speakers with a plunger to keep from being flooded out of their rooms.

The conference then moved to Lake Texoma for 6 years, which, being a hotel setting caused us to lose the outdoor usage of our original concept, along with a number of our attendees.

We were so grateful to be able to move the conference back to Lake Murray in 2016, even though the facility’s rebuild was not yet completed, we were thrilled to be back home.

We are so fortunate to have retained the original beginnings of the conference, which combines this beautiful outdoor setting, a wonderful property, recovery at it’s best, and we are all looking forward to another 40 years, with the help of everyone in attendance.