Let's Create Recovery Together

Welcome To

Miami BDA 

WHAT IS BDA?

Business Debtors Anonymous (BDA) is a 12-step group, based on the principles of Debtors Anonymous (DA), created to focus on the recovery of members of the fellowship who are business owners.

In BDA, we learn to operate our business along spiritual lines. We recognize a Power greater than ourselves as the source of our abundance. Together, members of BDA support one another in applying DA principles and tools when owning and running a business.

This BDA meeting is for all who own a business, are self-employed, or who may have an interest in having their own business in the future.

Entrepreneurs, artists, contractors, craftspeople, consultants, merchants, shopkeepers, the self-employed and venture capitalists may all benefit from attending BDA meetings.

VIRTUAL MEETING DETAILS

We meet via video conference every Saturday
10:30 AM Eastern Time
7:30 AM Pacific Time
4:30 PM South Africa
4:30 pm Germany
5:30 PM Middle east
8:00 PM India
(GMT-5 November 1-March 8;
GMT-4 March 8-November 1
(USA Daylight savings/summer time)

Saturday Zoom room for Miami BDA meeting:
Join meeting ID: 834 576 101
Link: https://zoom.us/j/834576101
Dial in by telephone:
US: +1 646 558 8656 / Meeting ID: 834 576 101

Thursday Kenya Express Group BDA Meeting:
A Currency of Hope & BDA Tools Study Meeting
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm, East Africa Time (6 am US Eastern Time)

Meeting ID: 941 9522 4867
Passcode: Express

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85638768445?pwd=Q05sYkljVDFEdCtsdGRVQnI5b0I4QT09

WhatsApp group
(link is available in our meetings)


MEETING CHAIR CALENDAR

January 2024

Fabiana

February 2024

Joey

March 2024

Fabiana

April 2025

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May 2025

?

June 2025

?

July 2025

?

August 2025

?

Service Positions

Business Chair

(6 Months)

Sean

Ends: 7/31/2025

Treasurer

(2 Years)


Sheila

Ends: 7/31/2025

Tech Host

(1 Year)


Bob

Ends: 7/31/2025

Alt. Tech Host

(1 Year)


Sheila

Ends: 7/31/25

GSR

(2 Years)

Claudia

Ends: 7/31/2025

Secretary

(1 Year)

Doris

Ends: 7/31/2025

P.I. 

(1 Year)

Needed

Ends:

ISR

(1 Year)

Needed

Ends:

Weekly Agenda

Here are the topics we cover each week:

1st Saturday: Group reading of the Debtors’ Anonymous Step of the Month, or 1st Step

2nd Saturday: Speaker on Business Vision

3rd Saturday: 20-min Group business meeting + read the BDA Tool of the month

4th Saturday: Speaker on the Business Toolkit

5th Saturday:
Speaker on a BDA topic

LITERATURE DOWNLOADS


Meeting Format

12 Steps of DA

12 Traditions of DA

Beginners Toolkit

Business Owners Debting Signals

12 Promises of DA

1-Page Business Plan

DA Step 1

Visions Pamphlet

BDA Tools

Other Literature

Fear of Success

15 Questions About Compulsive Debting

Sample Spending Plan

Business Mtg Format

THE 

BDA 

TOOLS

In B.D.A. we learn to operate our business along spiritual lines and find that operating in integrity and being of service is profitable.

We accumulate cash reserves, pay our bills and employees on time. and build a thriving, prosperous, debt-free and financially solvent business.

Here are our tools:

  1. We keep separate professional and personal financial records and bank accounts.

  2. We write annual one-year business plans with definable and accountable goals and targets.

  3. We keep clean, orderly, and accurate financial records, including Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Cash on Hand, Inventory, Assets, and Outstanding Debts, and put all tax and bill due-dates on our calendar.

  4. We pay ourselves a salary including benefits, medical insurance, vacations, and sick days.

  5. We remain mindful that dollars spent should generate revenue, and we compare prices before making purchases.

  6. We maintain clarity about the overhead and profit margins of every product or service we sell.

  7. We pay our bills and invoice our clients promptly.

  8. We put all our business agreements in writing and write our own Letters of Agreement.

  9. We notice the competition but don’t worry about it. We learn from our competitors and trust that it is an abundant universe with more than enough for everyone.

  10. We separate ourselves from difficult personalities and poor-paying clients and place principles before personalities.

  11. We "bookend" before and after making commitments and difficult business decisions or actions.

  12. We are willing to be in charge of and responsible for our business. Professionals who work for us, such as accountants, lawyers, and consultants, are not our Higher Power.

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