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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.
As of Sunday, March 4, 2012, the Attitude Adjustment Group (Sun., 7-8:15 PM) will begin meeting at their new location, Olivet Presbyterian Church, 97 Myrtle Ave.//Broadway. Meetings continue at St. Paul's Episcopal Church until then. [1/18/12]
As of Tuesday, February 7, 2012, the Rainbow & Friends Group (now Tues., 7:30 PM, was Thurs., 7 PM) will resume meeting after a year's closure. They will now be a closed discussion meeting, GLBT in focus but all with drinking problems are welcome, and they remain at the Gay Community Center, 25 Victory Blvd.//Bay St., 2nd floor. [1/15/12]
On Wednesday, November 9, 2011, the No Matter What Group, formerly Shields (had met Tues., 7:15 PM), begins meeting (7:30 PM) at its new location – St. Simon's Episcopal Church, 1055 Richmond Rd.//Targee St. [10/9, /18, 11/7]
As of October 2, 2011, the Meeting In The Park group (Sun., 7:30 PM) will change its meeting time to 2-3 PM, still on Sundays. They will still meet in the same place, the basement cafeteria of Our Lady of Good Counsel School, 42 Austin Pl./Victory Blvd. [9/28]
As of September 22, 2011, the Sunnyside Group beginners meeting at St. Roch's Church (602 Pt. Richmond Ave.//Walker St.) meets Thursday, 7 PM (was Wed., 7:15 PM), still at St. Roch's Church. [8/15, 9/19]
As of April 13, 2011, the Just For Today group (Sat., 12-1:30 AM). at St. Simon's Episcopal Church, 1055 Richmond Rd., has changed its name to the Bill & Bob's Excellent Adventure Group. [8/19]
Since the end of June, 2011, Another Alternative (Mon., 7:30 PM) has moved from Bethel Community Church (53 Van Duzer St.) to Our Lady of Good Counsel School, 42 Austin Pl.//Victory Blvd., meeting in a basement classroom down the hall from the cafeteria. [7/25]
As of July 7, 2011, the Brothers In Sobriety Group (Tues., 10-11:30 AM) has been added to the meeting list. (Starting time is still 10:30 AM until August.) It's a men's closed discussion meeting at the YMCA Counseling Services Building (2nd Floor), 3911 Richmond Ave./Amboy Rd. [4/6, 7/7]
As of July 7, 2011, the Came To Believe Group (Thurs.) meeting time is from 8-9:15 PM. [5/21, 7/7]
As of February 22, 2011, the First Step Group (Tues., 7:30 PM) meets at Labetti Post, 390 Hylan Blvd./Reynolds St. Please use the side entrance. [2/9]
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.
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 and the Port Richmond Group for years found itself in Mariners Harbor...in the very church where the Mariners Harbor Group began! (They have since returned to Port Richmond.)
The practice of naming groups for the towns they started in was once very common, and often marks the oldest groups in an area. It's no wonder that they're not 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 many moves – perhaps the most of any group on the Island, if not the world – was transformed into the First Step Group of today.
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| January, 2012 | Group | Anniversaries, Events, Meetings, Notes | |||||||||||||
| 1-1-2012 | Attitude Adjustment | Alfrieda (24) [Open] [11/25] | |||||||||||||
| " | Not meeting New Year's Day | Get Free Group [12/13] | |||||||||||||
| 1-4 | Common Solution | Tricia G. (1) [Open] [12/3] | |||||||||||||
| 1-6 | H. O. W. Group | Yvette (1) [Open] [12/6] | |||||||||||||
| 1-7 | SENY Special Needs Share-A-Day | "A. A. and Dual Diagnosis" – 9:30-3:30, St. Francis College, 140 Remsen St., Bklyn. Flyer with details available here [12/9, 10] | |||||||||||||
| 1-8 | First Drink Group | Mary O. (9) [12/2] | |||||||||||||
| " | Watch Your Step Group Beginners | Barry C. (1) [12/13] | |||||||||||||
| 1-14 | The Crossroads | Eugene (22) [1/4] | |||||||||||||
| " | Location in Florida | Frankie Pep (15) [12/23] | |||||||||||||
| 1-16 | Woodrow Big Book Group | Terry J. (21) [1/11] | |||||||||||||
| 1-17 | Brothers In Sobriety Group | Darryl E. (13) [12/7] | |||||||||||||
| 1-18 | Common Solution | Joe T. (2) [Open] [12/21] | |||||||||||||
| 1-19 | Serenity Lounge Group | Chris T. (1) [1/5] | |||||||||||||
| 1-21 | The Other End Group | John S. (1) [12/19] | |||||||||||||
| 1-22 | Inspiration Group | Ivy (2) [1/3] | |||||||||||||
| " | Meeting at the Park | Tom R. (4) [12/30] | |||||||||||||
| 1-25 | Common Solution | Mike M. (19) [Open] [12/16] | |||||||||||||
| 1-26 | K.I.S.S. II Group | Lorraine (4) [1/26] | |||||||||||||
| 1-27 | Friday Night Women's Group | Justina (1), Diane (9) [1/6, /26] | |||||||||||||
| " | Huguenot Step Group | Joan W. (36), Betsy (34), George (34), Billy (24), Jim A. (16), Brian (15) [1/6] | |||||||||||||
| 1-28 | The Other End Group | Joe M. (30), Frankie Blue Eyes (10), Rose (10), Greg C. (2), Donna (2) [12/31] | |||||||||||||
| " | Good Mornin' Group | Joanie (20) [1/20] | |||||||||||||
| 1-29 | Sunday Morning Early Birds | Gino (4) [12/14] | |||||||||||||
| " | First Drink Group | Alicyn (4) [Open] [1/9] | |||||||||||||
| " | Conscious Contact | Greg D. (2), Dan O. (23) [12/19] | |||||||||||||
| " | Get Free Group | Isaac K. (1) [1/16] | |||||||||||||
| " | Amboy-Eltingville Group | Slowly Recovering Mike (30 years back) [Open] [12/5] | |||||||||||||
| 1-30 | Great Kills Group | Owen (5), Bill S. (15) [12/12, /14, /23] | |||||||||||||
| " | Decker Avenue Step Group | Ronnie W. (8) [Open] [11/29] | |||||||||||||
| 1-31 | First Step Group | Irish Stacey (2), Gregory P. (21), Emilio M. (22), Charlie L. (32), Chris Mc. (3) [1/3, /5] | |||||||||||||
| " | Women Sharing Group | Cathy Cool (20) [Open] [1/9] | |||||||||||||
| February | Group | Anniversaries, Events, Meetings, Notes | |||||||||||||
| 2-1 | The Promises Group | Doreen (90 days) [1/16] | |||||||||||||
| 2-5 | Sunday Morning Early Birds | Joel H. (1) [Open] [12/31] | |||||||||||||
| " | Meeting at the Park | Nell (4), Cathy P. (3) [1/12] | |||||||||||||
| 2-6 | H.O.P.E. Group | Babe (29) [12/29] | |||||||||||||
| 2-7 | Rainbow & Friends Group | Group resumes meeting (after year's closing) as (Tues., 7:30 PM) closed discussion meeting, Gay Community Center, 25 Victory Blvd., 2nd floor. LGBT focus, but all with drinking problems are welcome. [1/15] | |||||||||||||
| 2-8 | Common Solution | David G. (3) [Open] [12/21] | |||||||||||||
| 2-9 | Lunchtime Beginners Group | Joe C. (1) [1/5] | |||||||||||||
| " x | Tottenville Group | David L. (4) [1/19] | |||||||||||||
| 2-12 | Watch Your Step Group (Beginners) | Kurt L. (1) [1/15] | |||||||||||||
| 2-13 | Decker Avenue Step Group | John S. (1) [1/5, /31] | |||||||||||||
| 2-14 | Fifth Chapter — How It Works | Davey Bop (43), Mike R. (33) [12/31, 1/3] | |||||||||||||
| " | First Step Group | Amy (1) [1/20] | |||||||||||||
| 2-15 | Common Solution | Eddie S. (4) [Open] [12/28] | |||||||||||||
| " | Amboy-Eltingville Group | Tommy the Barber (1) [2/1] | |||||||||||||
| 2-17 | "The Family Afterward" Group | Scott the Mailman (90 days) [2/1] | |||||||||||||
| 2-20 | Location unknown | Ron P. (23) [1/29] | |||||||||||||
| 2-22 | Common Solution | Bo D. (22) [Open] [12/28] | |||||||||||||
| 2-23 | Lunchtime Beginners Group | Christina A. (1) [1/5] | |||||||||||||
| " | Randall Manor Group | Pedro (16) [1/17] | |||||||||||||
| 2-24 | Fifth Chapter-How it Works II | Carlos P. (21) [1/6, /16] | |||||||||||||
| " | Friday Night Women's Group | Kathi O. (25) [Open] [1/5, /9] | |||||||||||||
| " | Port Richmond Group | Sunshine Jim (26) [2/4] | |||||||||||||
| 2-25 | The Other End Group | Ursula (27), Bonnie (16), Valerie (10) [2/3] | |||||||||||||
| 2-26 | Sunday Morning Early Birds | Mark (6), Singing Sal M. (4) [1/3] | |||||||||||||
| " | Victory Group | Bobby P. (19), Steve M. (25) [Open Speaker] [1/23] | |||||||||||||
| " | Amboy-Eltingville Group | Arthur C. (6) [1/15] | |||||||||||||
| 2-27 | Great Kills Group | Antoinette (11) [12/9] | |||||||||||||
| " | Decker Avenue Step Group | Jim (2), Steve C. (10) [1/9] | |||||||||||||
| " | Mariners Harbor Group | Anthony (6) [1/3] | |||||||||||||
| 2-28 | Sunlight of the Spirit Group | Daytop Dick (26) [1/17] | |||||||||||||
| 2-29 | Common Solution | Jeannette K. (4) [Open] [12/28] | |||||||||||||
| March | Group | Anniversaries, Events, Meetings, Notes | |||||||||||||
| 3-1 | Lunchtime Beginners Group | 3rd Group Anniversary [2/3] | |||||||||||||
| 3-4 | Attitude Adjustment | First meeting (7-8:15 PM) at new location, Olivet Presbyterian Church, 97 Myrtle Ave.//Broadway. [] | |||||||||||||
| 3-8 | H. A. L. T. Group II | Michele (3) [2/1] | |||||||||||||
| 3-9 | Fifth Chapter-How it Works II | Charlie S. (39) [1/20] | |||||||||||||
| 3-22 | Serenity Lounge Group | Joe B. (2) [2/2] | |||||||||||||
| 3-26 | Mariners Harbor Group | Carl W. (31), Danny (23), Melissa (6), Still Bill (4) [1/3] | |||||||||||||
| 3-30 | Port Richmond Group | Joe (16), Brian (23) [Open] [2/2] | |||||||||||||
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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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