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New Group News
Sign up for our mailing list and get our monthly news letter emailed to you with announcements, events, new resource links and links to AA stories and information. Here is a preview of what to expect. Sign up for our Mailing List Your information will remain anonymous, and will not be used for any purpose…
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Secular in a Spiritual Program
Joe talks to Sam and Olis about being secular in a spiritual program. There’s listener feedback from Penny on the different types of AA meetings, and Aaron writes in about his favorite line from the Big Book, which is tattooed on his forearm. While we provide the podcast at no charge, we do have expenses.…
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Eric and Bobette
Eric has 60 days and opens this meeting as the 10 min speaker, he is followed by Bobette who recently celebrated 30 years sober (LGBTQ) at the North Oakland AA Open speaker meeting in Oakland California from August of 2010. NSFW
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Gay in AA – Focus on Our Primary Purpose
LGBTQ speakers from the 2015 ICAA conference sharing on the topic of, Lesbians & Gays in AA – Focus on Our Primary Purpose.
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Playlist Since 1972
celebrate the spirit of each passing year, enjoy our curated playlist featuring popular music spanning the decades from 1972 to 2024. Listen to the playlist on Spotify
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New Group of Alcoholics Anonymous is Celebrating 52 Years of Service
New Group celebrates 52 years of love and service as an LGBTQ+ special interest group of Alcoholics Anonymous in NYC.
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Candace M.
“Alcohol gave me the wings to fly, and took away the sky…” Candace is from Los Angeles CA. She is speaking in 2005 at the Area 29 Fall Conference, Hagerstown, MD. She speaks about our Third Tradition and how alcoholism impacted her life and her family, and how she found a new life for herself…
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Paul M.
“We’re a story telling community… How we were, what happened and how we are today… If you stay in AA you’ll get longevity, but not seniority. We are a fellowship of equals.” Sober since 1992, Paul carries the message to the new comer and the old timer in his talk about Step Twelve at the…
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Lorna K
Lorna K (August 12, 1945 – June 15, 2016) from NYC. She was 39 years sober at the time of this qualification at the Rule 62 Roundup in Hebron, Kentucky in August of 2015. Lorna helped allot of people in her professional and personal life eventually working with Mother Theresa. After living with cancer for…
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Language of the Heart
By Bill W, From the Grapevine book AA Today, published on the occasion of AA’s twenty-fifth anniversary in November 1972 My workshop stands on a hill back of our home. Looking over the valley, I see the village community house where our local group meets. Beyond the circle of my horizon lies the one world of…
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Service Beyond the Coffeepot
Learning about service in AA Hosted by Bronx/Upper Manhattan District 701. Learn the basics of service below the group level. Guest speakers: Paola A (SENY Chair) and JoAnn M (SENY Delegate). It will take place Saturday, May 4th at St. Margaret’s Church, 6000 Riverdale Ave, Bronx, NY at 11am. Parking is available, and bagels will…
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AA’s 89th Anniversary
Join us for our founder’s day three-speaker open meeting known as The BIG Meeting Saturday, 1st June, 2024, 1-3pmAll Souls Church1157 Lexingron Ave.(near east 80th Street)New, York, NY 10075 Please pre-register to attend, seating is limited.More information and speaker nomination forms are available. Contact: New York Inter-Group307 Seventh Ave. Room 303New York, NY, 10001Phone: 212-647-1647www.nyintergroup.org…
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What is the point of getting sober?
The following excerpts are highlights taken from the first of five talks given by Allen McG at the Brentwood Beginners Meeting in Los Angeles, July 4, l968 (Allen passed on November 15, 1972). Why do we insist that there be a “point” to sobriety? In our culture, sobriety is seen as a virtue by drinkers…
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June G. 3rd Tradition
A great story from June G. talking about AA early histories, including the story of Sybil C. who was the first female member of A.A. west of the Mississippi; and our 12 Traditions. She is speaking at the Flint River Roundup, Albany, GA – 2009. Listen to June’s story Related Links
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Fellowship of the Spirit NY Conference
MAY 3-5, 2024! Fellowship of the Spirit New York Annual Conference (AA and Al-anon Family Groups) May 3 – 5, 2024 Conference SpeakersStep WorkshopsYoga, Campfires, Meditation and more. Stony Point Center17 Cricketown RoadStony Point, NY 10980-3299 Learn morewww.fotsnewyork.com
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“Drop the Rock” Sandy B.
Sandy B.’s story shared in Palm Springs, CA. 1976. (1931 – Sept 28, 2014) passed on Sunday, September 28, 2014 in an AA meeting while reading from Step 1 in the Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions. On December 7, 1964 (Pearl Harbor Day) Sandy stopped drinking and began a deep and lasting belief in the…
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June G. Day of Sobriety
June G. of Venice Beach, CA speaking at the conference Day of Sobriety , Campbell CA. in 1984. She speaks about getting sober young. Learning how to get and stay sober. Steps and traditions, particularly the 3rd Tradition. Working with a sponsor and growing into a sober life. Listen to June’s Story
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Homework: Writing Inventory on the Twelve Steps
Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. It works when other activities fail” – Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, Pg. 89. Below are links to inventory work sheets from writings and talks by Dennis F., et al from the Unity Insures Recovery through Service…
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What does it mean to take an inventory?
In the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous you may hear someone use the phrase, “taking an inventory” in relationship to doing step work or “working the program”. Taking an inventory is a tool in the recovery journey, specifically outlined in the fourth and tenth steps of the AA program. It’s a process where individuals take a…
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New In-Person Women’s Meeting
West Village Women Live! Thursday Nights 7-8pmSaint John’s Lutheran Church83 Christopher Street (Entrance is through the side gate to the left of the church) Please pass the word and announce at other meetings.
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Leslie J
Leslie J is a very funny guy that carries a great message about learning to live the steps, he is speaking at the Atlantic group in May of 2010. Courtesy Sober Cast Listen Now
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Florida Round Up
May 15, 2024 – May 19, 2024 all-day The Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort321 North Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 Come join us May 15th-19th 2024! Florida Roundup started in 1984 to bring together the entire LGBTQIA+ Community in Recovery! We’re happy to continue this year providing a program of events for the sharing…
