Spirit of the Pines is a Retreat for Recovering Alcoholics that is held Bi annually at Camp Olympia in Trinity Texas.

Next Spirit - October 4, 5, and 6 are the dates for the Fall 2013 Spirit

Save the date -  April 25, 26, and 27 is the Spring Spirit for 2014
Registration Form (April 2013 Spirit) (PDF Format)  (New one will be up about two months before the next Spirit)
Camp Layout (PDF Format)

Schedule Revised 08/09 (PDF Format)

Directions to Camp

Map of Location

New Photos in the photo gallery thanks to Ariana

For the time being Camp Olympia is non smoking. 

Quotable:

"This was my first Spirit. I was in no way prepared for the experience I had. I had seen a flier for the retreat at a meeting and got super excited. I had attended Camp Olympia as a child some 40 years ago and had fond memories. It was a step back in time as I entered the property, pine trees in full glory. As the weekend progressed, I found myself reminiscing camp experiences as I cultivated new experiences. I recall as a youngster the last night of camp we would congregate around a huge bonfire by the lake. It was a bittersweet time of sharing memories and making plans for camp the following summer. I never could have predicted that through my life journey, God would have led me back to Camp Olympia 40 years later to get to experience another bonfire with my friends sharing our experience, strength, and hope. I felt as if my life had come full circle. I was right where I was supposed to be." Shelley V. April 2012 Spirit

"Every six months, at around this time of the night before leaving, I pause to wonder how short my life would have been had I not gone to that first Spirit in '95. My life was over, except for deciding how to get out of it. (If I had known in advance that I would get my will to live back at that first retreat, I probably would not have gone.) So, I arrive there with gratitude, which grows with every familiar face I see, and with every new face I see lighting up with that Spirit." - Tim L. before the Oct 09 Spirit

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