Sobriety Group Celebrates 50 Years

Sobriety Group celebrates its 50th Anniversary on Saturday, September 26, 2026, marking half a century of carrying the message of Alcoholics Anonymous in our community.

Sobriety Group held its first meeting on August 3, 1976, founded by a handful of A.A. members who saw a need for a place in the Hatboro, Warminster, Southampton and Warrington area where meetings could be held every day. Their first home at 5 Evergreen Avenue in Warminster didn’t even have chairs, a coffee pot or coffee when they started. Somehow, as often happens in A.A., the chairs appeared, the coffee started brewing, people came through the doors, and the group grew.

Over the decades, Sobriety survived numerous moves and plenty of growing pains while continuing to expand its meetings and service. Along the way, members carried the message into detoxes and treatment facilities, provided literature for non-English-speaking alcoholics, offered sign-language interpretation, kept the doors open on holidays, and remained active in District, Area, Intergroup and A.A. as a whole.

Fifty years later, the spirit behind that first meeting continues. Join us for an evening of food, fun and fellowship beginning at 5:00 PM, followed by two speakers at 6:00 PM and a 50/50 raffle, as we celebrate the members who came before us, those who carry the message today, and 50 years of Sobriety Group history.