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Need meeting lists? Have news or ideas?The latest printing of our Staten Island A. A. meeting list, done in a cheerful Mets/Yankees/(Brooklyn) Dodgers blue, is dated February 14, 2008. To order lists for your group or yourself, call (718) 727-7119, or e-mail the editors at s.i.meetings@gmail.com.
You can find here Printable Lists and Printable Secretary Notes. We now also have Staten Island’s Al-Anon and Narcotics Anonymous meetings listed here, as an (unofficial) service to our members and friends. Please send corrections, changes, anniversary notices, news, comments, questions and suggestions to the editors. Changes will be made at once, as well as listed below under Recent Changes, and in the online Secretary Notes, as appropriate. Meeting changes will also be listed on the Thursday page of the downloadable (printable) lists and Notes, as they occur, until the next main printing. Please see the discussion of our policy on listing new meetings, in the secretary notes section. |
“Open” and “Closed” Meetings“Open” and “Open Discussion” meetings (marked “O” and “OD” in the printed lists) are for anyone with an interest in recovery from alcoholism. “Open” meetings (as used here) are “Speaker” meetings, usually with a leader and two or more speakers, but without participation from the floor. “Open Discussion” meetings do include general participation, and more closely resemble most closed meetings. [Note] Meetings not marked “O”, “OD”, “Open” or “Open Discussion” are closed — that is, attendance is limited to those who may themselves have “a desire to stop drinking”. |
The Rainbow & Friends Group (Thurs., 7 PM) has changed from Open Discussion to Closed Discussion in format. [9/17]
The S.L.I.P. (Sober Living In Progress) group (Wed., 7 PM), which was founded in 1961, has closed its doors. They last met September 10. [9/12]
The Friday night (10:30 PM) meeting at Bethel, which began last July, has been removed from our meeting lists, in part due to the actions of its leaders in stealing the secretary notes from our website, and posting them on their own recently created website, as their own work. For those interested in full details, please e-mail s.i.meetings@gmail.com. [6/27]
The G. O. Y. A. Group (Sat., 9:30 AM) has stopped meeting at the South Beach ATC facility where it met for many years. [6/10]
The Huguenot Step Group (Fri., 9 PM) moved June 6 to St. Joseph & St. Thomas (R. C.) Church, 50 Maguire Ave., meeting in the church proper until work on a downstairs meeting room is finished. The P. A. C. Group (Fri., 7 PM) moved June 6 to Eltingville Lutheran Church, 300 Genesee Ave. Both groups had met for many years at the Huguenot Reformed Church. [5/16, /25, /28, /30]
Working With Others (Fri., 2 PM) has recently changed from the Beginners meeting format it had used since opening in August, 2002, working with the Living Sober book, to a Step format meeting. [4/29]
The Seaview Group (Fri., 7 PM) at SIUH North appears to have stopped meeting. [4/25]
"The Family Afterward" Group (Fri., 8 PM), has moved from the basement cafeteria to the main floor conference room of SIUH South. [4/4]
The St. George Step Group (Sat., 5 PM), is reported to have closed. [3/22]
The New Hope Group (Fri., 10 AM), which had temporarily closed earlier in March, re-opened on March 21 in its new location: Immanuel Lutheran Church, 2018 Richmond Ave. (between Signs Rd. & Rockland Ave.) [3-3, 3-13-08]
The Young People's Group of S. I. [Wed.] returned to its original Open Discussion format on July 18, while retaining its traditional focus on early sobriety. Also, as of September 5, the group's meetings begin at 7:30 PM and end at 8:45 PM, a half hour earlier in each case. [7-12, 8-29-07]
The Friday-Nite Big Book Discussion Group (Fri., 10:30 PM), which first met 7/13/07 as the Bridges & Tunnels Group, now meets at Bethel United Methodist Church, 7033 Amboy Rd. [8-21, 9/12, /30, 10/4]
Please note that all meetings at the Messiah Lutheran Center (1 PM, Thurs.-Sat.) are held at the Kroon Center, 195 Jefferson Blvd./Drumgoole Road East — not the pastor's residence at 174 Jefferson Blvd. This applies to the Annadale Group, Friday Afternoon Step Group and Steps by the Sea groups, respectively. [5-29-07]
For those wondering why the 'Foggy Bottom Group' (12/1/06) and its many meetings at the Port Richmond 'sober club' are not listed here or in our printed lists, please inquire of The Editors.
With regard to this 'group' and its effects – and one among many reasons for the non-listing – several meetings in the immediate neighborhood of the 'club' are in danger of closing, due to defections and competition from 'club' meetings. Support is vital for the survival of the Early Risers (Tues., 10:30 AM, 8/24/78); Sunnyside Group beginners (Wed., 7:15 PM, 2/1/49); and New Hope Group (Fri., 10 AM, 6/14/77) meetings. The dates are those at which these groups began, and indicate many years of service to A. A. here. Please help turn them around. [4-27-07]
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women
who share their experience, strength and hope with each other
that they may solve their common problem
and help others to recover from alcoholism.
The only requirement for membership
is a desire to stop drinking.
There are no dues or fees for A.A. membership;
we are self-supporting through our own contributions.
A.A. is not allied with any sect, denomination,
politics, organization or institution;
does not wish to engage in any controversy;
neither endorses nor opposes any causes.
Our primary purpose is to stay sober
and to help other alcoholics achieve sobriety.
— The "AA Preamble" is reprinted by permission of the
AA Grapevine —
Box 1980 — NY, NY 10163-1980
Emergency Phone Numbers [Note] | |
|---|---|
| Bayley-Seton Hosp. Intake/Detox | (718) 818-5375/5600 |
| S. I. University Hosp. Intake/Detox | (718) 226-2800/2220 |
| Bayley-Seton Crisis Center/Sobering-Up Station | (718) 818-5766 |
| A. A.for the Homebound* | Volunteers Needed |
| *—Meetings arranged for those unable to attend regular meetings due to illness or disability. | |
