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The Port Richmond Group (Fri., 8:30 PM), which had closed for furnace repairs at their former location, will be reopening on January 22 at St. Paul's-St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 186 Decker Ave./Catherine St., in the church basement. [1/9, /15]
Note on New Meetings – New groups and meetings are generally listed in the secretary notes (under 'Notes & Changes') as they open. After some years' experience, though, and as is the custom in most places, they will be added to the printed and online lists only after they've been in business for a while, to be sure that they are viable, well supported and likely to last.
The Friday night (10:30 PM) meeting at Bethel Methodist Church in Tottenville, which began in July of 2007, was removed from our meeting lists by June of 2008, in part due to the actions of its leaders in creating their own highly deceptive website ... which deception includes routinely stealing the secretary notes from this page, to give that site (and those hiding behind it) the appearance of being a key part of A. A. here. For those interested in full details, please e-mail s.i.meetings@gmail.com. [6/27/08]
Likewise, for those wondering why the ‘Foggy Bottom Group’ (12/1/06) and its many meetings at the Port Richmond ‘sober club’ (12/1/06) are not listed here or in our printed lists, please inquire at s.i.meetings@gmail.com. [1/26/07]
Alcoholics Anonymous is founded on its autonomous groups. The meetings a group holds are just part of its “primary purpose” (per our 5th Tradition) of carrying its message of sobriety to those who still suffer from alcoholism. Ideally, planning how best to do all this carrying is the “business” of our “business meetings” – something important to keep in mind. For suggestions on how we might do so, The A. A. Group pamphlet is an excellent start.
All listings in these notes are by group, rather than the more common designation by location. This in part may help avoid the impression that we are affiliated with the places we meet in, contrary to our 6th Tradition. More importantly, we hope it may encourage members to become an active part of these groups — to join a group in the first place – and encourage the groups in further A. A. activity. Along these lines, our A. A. expression ‘commitment’ might be transformed from a temporary job that we ‘take’, here or there, for a period of months, to a long-term commitment we ‘make’ ... to a specific, ongoing group of A. A. members.
We apologize for the puzzlement this may cause at first. Those used to hearing “St. Roch’s” (Monday nights) and “St. Mark’s” (Saturday mornings), may wonder what on earth the “Mariners Harbor Group” and “Good Mornin’ Group” might be. We hope the confusion is only temporary, and that the reminder that these are actually meetings of groups will in some way help our work
Unfortunately, it must also be noted that organizations which claim to be A. A. groups, while severely violating A. A.'s Traditions, will not be listed as A. A. groups in any way, including in these secretary notes. The Traditions are too important to the well-being, and even the survival, of A. A. to be trampled on or ignored, no matter how attractive such ‘meetings’ may appear.
Finally, you may have noticed that the Sunnyside Group, which for many years met in Bulls Head, now finds itself in Port Richmond ... the Pleasant Plains Group in Oakwood ... The Point Group (Great Kills) in Richmondtown ... and (best of all) the Mariners Harbor Group in Port Richmond but the Port Richmond Group in Mariners Harbor...in the very church where the Mariners Harbor Group began!
The practice of naming groups for the towns they started in was once very common, and often marks the oldest groups in an area – and all the less inclined to change their names for any reason. The only exception we know of here was the old West Brighton Group, which over the course of its travels was transformed into the First Step Group of today.
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| January, 2010 | Group | Anniversaries, Events, Meetings, Notes | |||||||||||||
| 1-1 | Groups meeting New Year's Day | Annadale Group, Friends of Bill W., "The Family Afterward" Group [12/14] | |||||||||||||
| " | No meeting New Year's Day | Port Richmond Group [12/14] | |||||||||||||
| 1-5 | Sunlight of the Spirit Group | 3rd Group Anniversary, all welcome [12/14] | |||||||||||||
| 1-6 | The Promises Group Amboy-Eltingville Group | No meeting this evening, church function [12/18] | |||||||||||||
| 1-7 | Annadale Group | Allison (1) [Closed] [12/10] | |||||||||||||
| " | Rainbow and Friends Group | Tedd (11) [Open] [1/2] | |||||||||||||
| 1-10 | SI General Service Meeting | 7 PM, Oakwood Heights Community Church, 345 Guyon/Falcon. All are welcome. [1/7] | |||||||||||||
| " | Meeting at the Park | Cathy (1) [1/3] | |||||||||||||
| 1-12 | First Step Group | Angel (1) [11/29] | |||||||||||||
| " | [In Florida] | Frankie Pep (13) [1/1/10] | |||||||||||||
| 1-15 | Port Richmond Group | No meeting tonight, church furnace being repaired. Moving next week (1/22) to St. Paul's-St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 186 Decker Ave./Catherine St., still 8:30 PM [1/9, 15] | |||||||||||||
| 1-17 | Get Free Group | Tim (28) [1/2] | |||||||||||||
| 1-22 | Port Richmond Group | First meeting at new location, St. Paul's-St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 186 Decker Ave./Catherine St. Time unchanged at 8:30 PM. [1/15] | |||||||||||||
| 1-24 | Attitude Adjustment | Debra (1) [Open] [12/23, /28] | |||||||||||||
| 1-25 | Great Kills Group (II) | Bill S. (13), Owen (3), Jim B. (22) [11/23, 12/10, 1/15] | |||||||||||||
| " | Another Alternative Group | Marcial (13), Lamont (7) [12/28] | |||||||||||||
| " | Mariners Harbor Group | Tugboat Vinny (29) [12/29] | |||||||||||||
| 1-26 | Shields | Joe (4) [1/7] | |||||||||||||
| " | First Step Group | Charlie (30), Emilio (20), Gregory (19), Mike (11), Debra (18) [11/29, 12/25] | |||||||||||||
| " | Women Sharing Group | Cathy Cool (18) [Open] [1/5] | |||||||||||||
| " | John Grant Memorial Service | 7:30 PM, Mount Lorretta (old church) [1/25] | |||||||||||||
| 1-27 | The Promises Group | Tommy E. (10), Jack (2) [1/5] | |||||||||||||
| " | Common Solution | Mike M. (17) [Open Discussion] [12/13] | |||||||||||||
| 1-28 | Annadale Group | Slowly Recovering Mike O'C. (28 back) [12/23] | |||||||||||||
| " | Came To Believe Group | Mike O'C. (4) [Open speakers] [1/8] | |||||||||||||
| " | 3rd & 11th Steps Group | Marianne (27) [1/12] | |||||||||||||
| " | Randall Manor Group | Steve H. (3) [8:30 PM] [1/11] | |||||||||||||
| 1-29 | Friday Night Women's Group | Diane F. (7 years back), Jodi (2) [Open] [1/22, /27] | |||||||||||||
| Friends of Bill W. | Mike the Rug (40) [Open] [1/2] | ||||||||||||||
| " | Big Book "Pioneer Group" | John L. (2) [1/9] | |||||||||||||
| " | Huguenot Step Group | Betsie (32), George (32), Billy R. (22), Joe R. (22), Brian (13), Joan W. (34) [1/7, /15] | |||||||||||||
| 1-30 | Steps by the Sea | Kathleen D. (20), Sue D. (20) [12/18] | |||||||||||||
| " | The Point Group | Dominick (22) [12/10] | |||||||||||||
| 1-31 | Sunday Morning Early Birds | Lorraine M. (2) [1/3] | |||||||||||||
| " | Conscious Contact | Gill (4) [12/20] | |||||||||||||
| " | Get Free Group | Julie (1) [1/2] | |||||||||||||
| " | Victory Group | Mae (5), Carl (2) [1/2] | |||||||||||||
| " | Attitude Adjustment | Karen (15), Eugene (20) [12/28] | |||||||||||||
| " | Amboy-Eltingville Group | Cliff H. (7) [1/13] | |||||||||||||
| February | Group | Anniversaries, Events, Meetings, Notes | |||||||||||||
| 2-3 | H.O.P.E. Group | Babe (27) [12/17] | |||||||||||||
| " | Location uncertain | Piano Dave (4) [1/16] | |||||||||||||
| 2-4 | 3rd & 11th Steps Group | Renée (1) [1/8] | |||||||||||||
| 2-5 | Tottenville Group | David L. (2) [1/13] | |||||||||||||
| 2-6 | Steps by the Sea | Dianne R. (5) [1/26] | |||||||||||||
| 2-7 | Conscious Contact | David G. (1) [Open] [1/19] | |||||||||||||
| " | Meeting at the Park | Nel (2), Tom (2) [12/27, 1/3] | |||||||||||||
| 2-9 | (Somewhere in Florida) | John (1) [1/23] | |||||||||||||
| 2-10 | Common Solution | Meeting canceled due to blizzard, anniversary postponed [1/15, 2/10] | |||||||||||||
| 2-11 | Annadale Group | Jimmy (26) [2/5] | |||||||||||||
| 2-12 | P. A. C. Group | Carla (3) [1/19] | |||||||||||||
| 2-13 | A. A. Work in Detoxes & Rehabs Citywide Workshop, All Welcome | P. S. 41, 6th Ave./11th St. – 9 AM-3 PM, Breakfast & Lunch [2/12 PM – Notice of this event was not received here until preceding afternoon] | |||||||||||||
| 2-14 | SI General Service Meeting | 7 PM, Oakwood Heights Community Church, 345 Guyon/Falcon. All are welcome. [1/7] | |||||||||||||
| 2-16 | One Step at a Time Group | No meeting, church function [2/5] | |||||||||||||
| 2-17 | Common Solution | Bo D. (20) [Open] [1/15] | |||||||||||||
| 2-18 | H. A. L. T. Group II | Angela (2) [12/28] | |||||||||||||
| " | “Came To Believe” | Chris (1) [2/2] | |||||||||||||
| 2-20 | The Porch Group | Daytop Dick (24) [2/10] | |||||||||||||
| " | The Point Group | No meeting, church function [2/5] | |||||||||||||
| 2-21 | Conscious Contact | Lisa D. (1) [1/19] | |||||||||||||
| " | Remembrance Group | Tommy T. (1) [1/20] | |||||||||||||
| " | Get Free Group | Steven H. (11) [2/6] | |||||||||||||
| 2-22 | H.O.P.E. Group | Gail (17) [Open] [1/7] | |||||||||||||
| " | Great Kills Group (II) | Antonette (9) [1/26] | |||||||||||||
| " | Mariners Harbor Group | John the Painter (20), Lucky George (19), Maid Marion (14), Pedro (14), Ben (13), Anthony (4) [1/25, 2/5] | |||||||||||||
| 2-23 | Fifth Chapter — How It Works | Carlos (19) [1/19] | |||||||||||||
| " | Shields | Paul S. (10) [1/4] | |||||||||||||
| " | Sunlight of the Spirit Group | Hugh D. (4) [2/10] | |||||||||||||
| 2-24 | Sunnyside Group | 61st Group Anniversary, from 6 PM, All invited, Food, Fun, etc. [1/13] | |||||||||||||
| " | Common Solution | Jeannette K. (2) [Open] [1/15] | |||||||||||||
| 2-25 | Lunchtime Beginners Group | 1st Group Anniversary [2/1] | |||||||||||||
| 2-26 | Fifth Chapter-How it Works II | Beth L. (15) [2/9] | |||||||||||||
| " | Port Richmond Group | Sunshine Jim (24) [2/5] | |||||||||||||
| " | Huguenot Step Group | Shawn (25) [2/8] | |||||||||||||
| 2-27 | The Other End Group | Ursula (25), Val (9), Jimmy W. (5) [1/18] | |||||||||||||
| " | Steps by the Sea | Eileen D. (6) [1/2] | |||||||||||||
| 2-28 | Sunday Morning Early Birds | Singin' Sal (2), Mark (4), Skendar (4) [Open] [1/2, /18, 2/5, /18] | |||||||||||||
| " | Victory Group | Rob D. (1), Steve (8), Steve M. (23), Bobby P. (17) [Open] [1/10, 2/11, /15] | |||||||||||||
| March | Group | Anniversaries, Events, Meetings, Notes | |||||||||||||
| 3-4 | Came To Believe Group | Ruth L. (1) [2/2] | |||||||||||||
| 3-6 | The Point Group | Meaghan (1) [2/2] | |||||||||||||
| 3-8 | H.O.P.E. Group | Michele B. (1) [1/6] | |||||||||||||
| " | Mariners Harbor Group | Domenick (1) [1/26] | |||||||||||||
| 3-9 | Fifth Chapter — How It Works | Charlie (37) [2/12] | |||||||||||||
| 3-10 | Undecided as yet | George H. (1) [2/1] | |||||||||||||
| 3-12 | Fifth Chapter-How it Works II | Bayway Mike (20) [3/19] | |||||||||||||
| 3-14 | Inspiration Group | George (1) [2/17] | |||||||||||||
| " | Get Free Group | Frank B. (33) [2/13] | |||||||||||||
| " | SI General Service Meeting | 7 PM, Oakwood Heights Community Church, 345 Guyon/Falcon. All are welcome. [1/7] | |||||||||||||
| " | Amboy-Eltingville Group | Arthur C. (4), Pat O'C. (19) [2/22, /23] | |||||||||||||
| 3-16 | Fifth Chapter — How It Works | Mike R. (31), Russ (13) [2/16] | |||||||||||||
| 3-17 | Keeping it Simple Group | Tim T. (33), Bob S. (28), Stu L. (26) [2/4] | |||||||||||||
| 3-20 | Watch Your Step Group | Ginger (35) [3/7] | |||||||||||||
| 3-21 | Victory Group | Tara C. (1), Christina V. (3) [Open] [2/22, /28] | |||||||||||||
| " | Attitude Adjustment | William (1) [Open] [2/25] | |||||||||||||
| 3-22 | Decker Avenue Step Group | Joe M. (1) [2/14, /18] | |||||||||||||
| 3-23 | Women Sharing Group | Bridget (1) [Open to all] [3/3] | |||||||||||||
| 3-25 | Came To Believe Group | Nicky P. (2) [3/6] | |||||||||||||
| " | 3rd & 11th Steps Group | Samantha (8) [2/3] | |||||||||||||
| 3-26 | Friday Night Women's Group | Melissa D. (4) [Open] [2/24] | |||||||||||||
| " | "The Family Afterward" Group | John the Electrician (2), Matt (1), Phantom Tom (2) [2/10, 3/5] | |||||||||||||
| " | Port Richmond Group | Karl (29), Brian (21), Joe S. (14) [2/5] | |||||||||||||
| " | Big Book "Pioneer Group" | Nate (4), Brian (15), Steve (1) [2/13, /23] | |||||||||||||
| " | Huguenot Step Group | Norske John J. (14), Danny R. (15) [2/16] | |||||||||||||
| 3-27 | The Other End Group | Cookie (34), Jim the Lawyer (1) [2/22, 3/3] | |||||||||||||
| 3-28 | Sunday Morning Early Birds | Joe C. (2) [3/1] | |||||||||||||
| " | First Drink Group | Scott E. (16), Anthony L. (18) [2/20] | |||||||||||||
| " | Conscious Contact | Chris P. (5), Marilyn M. (16), Jerry R. (26) [2/28] | |||||||||||||
| " | Attitude Adjustment | Barbara (5), Mike (14), Eileen N. (22) [Open] [2/23] | |||||||||||||
| " | Watch Your Step Group (Beginners) | Little Stevie (1) [2/1] | |||||||||||||
| 3-29 | Decker Avenue Step Group | Anthony F. (3) [2/14] | |||||||||||||
| 3-30 | Women Sharing Group | 31st Group Anniversary, Open to All, Food & Festivities from 6:30 PM [3/3] | |||||||||||||
| 3-31 | Prince's Bay Step Group | Barbara L. (20), Tom B. (20) [1/27] | |||||||||||||
| April | Group | Anniversaries, Events, Meetings, Notes | |||||||||||||
| 4-6 | Shields | Robert G. (5) [3/3] | |||||||||||||
| 4-8 | H.O.P.E. Group | Jeremy (3) [2/23] | |||||||||||||
| 4-9 | Friday Night Women's Group | 10th Group Anniversary [Open] [3/5] | |||||||||||||
| 4-18 | Sunday Morning Early Birds | Russ (1) [3/8] | |||||||||||||
| 4-24 | Good Mornin' Group | Leslie B. (16) [2/27, 3/7] | |||||||||||||
| 4-28 | Sunday Morning Early Birds | Big Jim (9) [3/7] | |||||||||||||
| 4-30 | Friday Night Women's Group | Louisa (21), Nicki (2) [Open] [3/5] | |||||||||||||
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I am responsible . . . When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want the hand of A.A. always to be there. And for that . . . I am responsible. — A.A. Grapevine. Reprinted by permission. |
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