District 23 Covid 19 Public Information
Contact District 23 with suggestions CLICK HERE
Have we reached out to our local radio stations about Area 59 PSA
We contacted WRDV Hatboro
Have we contacted local Rehabs and halfway houses with website info and Zoom Meetings
Possible Contacts:
Brooke Glen Rehab, Fort Washington Pa
District 23 On-Line Meetings
For security this post has been moved Contact Us for more information.
SAFETY CARD FOR A.A. GROUPS
(The General Service Office has made this optional statement available as an A.A. service piece for those groups who wish to use it.)
Suggested Statement on Safety Our group endeavors to provide a safe meeting place for all attendees and encourages each person here to contribute to fostering a secure and welcoming environment in which our meetings can take place. As our Traditions remind us, the formation and operation of an A.A. group resides with the group conscience. Therefore, we ask that group members and others refrain from any behavior which might compromise another person’s safety. Also, please take the precautions you feel are necessary to ensure your own personal safety, for example, walking to your car in a group after a meeting. If a situation should arise where someone feels their safety is in jeopardy, or the situation breaches the law, the individuals involved should take appropriate action. Calling the proper authorities does not go against any A.A. Traditions and is recommended when someone may have broken the law or endangered the safety of another person.
Service Material from the General Service Office
Our Common Welfare
Each member of Alcoholics Anonymous is but a small part of a great whole. A.A. must continue to live or most of us will surely die. Hence our common welfare comes first. But individual welfare follows close afterward. —Tradition One (Long Form) It is hoped that our common suffering as alcoholics and our common solution in A.A. will transcend most issues and curtail negative behaviors that could jeopardize the safety of anyone attending an A.A. meeting. Nevertheless, Alcoholics Anonymous is a microcosm of the larger society we exist in. As such, problems found in the outside world can also make their way into the rooms of A.A. For this reason, groups and members discuss the topic of safety — to raise awareness in the Fellowship and to seek through sponsorship, workshops and meetings, to create as safe an environment as possible to carry A.A.’s message of hope and recovery to the still-suffering alcoholic.
Free Issues, Audio and Youtube AA Grapevine On Line
Due to the current changing health situation, many AA meetings across the U.S. and Canada are finding it safer to close. To help members during this time, we are giving everyone free access to all of our 2020 Grapevine and La Viña issues. (The audio to Grapevine’s stories will be available as well, so people can listen to the stories if they like.) Please share with your fellows. We have also included a link to our Youtube channel with some original audio stories as well as other important information.
To visit: A.A. Grapevine Site To Read 2020 Issues Free of Charge
www.aagrapevine.org/we-are-here-to-help
A.A. Grapevine on YouTube
Find on Youtube channel some original audio stories and other important information.
GrapeVine YouTube Channel Click Here
Audio download The recorded 2020 issues are available for download.
DOWNLOAD THE ZIP VERSION

On-Line Area 59 Pre-Conference Sharing Session
Dear Fellow Members,
With the current public health situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic, your Area 59 Officers have been working to understand and follow PA health officials’ advice regarding our event planning. As previously announced, Eastern PA General Service (Area 59), has cancelled our April 5th Pre-Conference Sharing Session that was to be held at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.
We are developing a system that will enable all AA Members to gain access to a set of discussion threads and to share their perspectives on 13 select Agenda Items. The following link can take you to the site:
https://groups.google.com/a/area59aa.org/d/forum/pcss
Once you are there, you click “apply for membership” and our site administrator will set your email up to access the “Area 59 Pre-Conference Sharing” section. Once you agree to follow some good manners guidelines and state that you are a Member of A.A., you will be given access. Then you will be able to click on individual items, access the Agenda Item background information and see other Member’s sharing on each topic
The purpose of the sharing is to give our Delegate an idea of the group conscience from across Area 59 in order to prepare to participate in the annual General Service Conference (G.S.C.). (Only elected Delegates participate in the G.S.C.) The G.S.C. is where final deliberations and decisions are made with regard to the group conscience for all of A.A. on the Agenda Items. This year, the G.S.C. will be held the week of April 17th and it will be a virtual conference through online meeting technology due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
So, as a Member, please know that we value your input. You can find additional information on our Area 59 website: www.area59aa.org. You should also feel free to contact any Area 59 Officer or your Delegate (delegate at area59aa dot org.) If you have questions or issues with the sharing site or in gaining access to it, please contact officer-at-large at area59aa dot org.
District 23 on-Line Meetings
Here I will post links to our local A.A. Meetings that have moved to an on-line format. Please report any broken links or let us know about your on line meetings. Meeting on line is nice to see people from around the world but sometimes we need a familiar face.
REPORT BROKEN LINKS or ADD YOUR MEETING
Every Day | |
Daily 7:15 am | Expect A Miracle 7:15AM ONE CLICK ACCESS LINK ID: 865 5341 1620 Password: 028828 |
Daily 10 am | It Works It Really Does (Open Topic) https://zoom.us/j/291391456 ID: 291 391 456 Password: 6101935 |
Daily Noon | Expect A Miracle (ONLINE) ONE CLICK ACCESS LINK ID: 859 4522 4831 Password: No Password |
Daily 3 pm | EXPECT A MIRACLE (ONLINE) https://zoom.us/j/486306773 Meeting ID: 486 306 773 NO Password |
Daily 6 pm | Expect A Miracle (ONLINE) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/891244906 ID: 891-244-906 NO PASSWORD |
Daily 6 pm | It Works It Really Does (Men’s) https://zoom.us/j/418857033 ID: 418 857 033 Password: 1212121212 |
Daily 6 pm | It Works It Really Does (Women’s) https://zoom.us/j/6732490989 ID: 673 249 0989 Password: 1212121212 |
Daily 9 pm | It Works It Really Does (Open Beginners) https://zoom.us/j/133037235 ID: 133 037 235 Password: 002236 |
Sunday | |
Sunday 10 am | Expect A Miracle (ONLINE) ONE CLICK ACCESS LINK ID: 858-824-150 |
Sunday 1 pm | Sunday Women Beginners / Women https://us04web.zoom/j/869126579 Phone: 1-646-558-8656 ID: 869 126 579 Password: 085729 |
Sunday 7 pm | Social Distancing Group ID: 566 517 1420 For Password email: social-distance@aad23.org Phone only: +1 929 205 6099 |
Sunday 7 pm | We Stay Sober Men’s Zoom Group https://us04web.zoom.us/j/5100354227 ID: 510 035 4227 Password: 11062017 |
Sunday 7:30 PM | (NAS) Naval Air Station (ONLINE) https://us04web.zoom.us/j/81659292507 ID: 816 5929 2507 Password: 446563 |
Monday | |
Mon 9:15 am | Sisters In Sobriety (New Hope) For ZOOM ID and Password email: SIS-NewHope@aad23.org |
Mon 6 pm | Women in Recovery (ONLINE) ONE CLICK ACCESS LINK ID: 708 165 907 Password: 028176 |
Mon 7 pm | Neshaminy Women’s Meeting (ONLINE) https://us04web.zoom.us/j/7382515670 |
Mon 7:30 pm | Third Legacy Group (ONLINE) For ZOOM Meeting ID and Password email: thirdlegacy@aad23.org |
Tuesday | |
Tue 6:30 pm | Ivyland Tuesday Women’s Step/ Women https://zoom.us/j/614539973 Phone: 1-646-558-8756. ID: 614 539 973 Password: 499135 |
Tue 7 pm | Women In Sobriety Group For ZOOM ID and Password email: womeninsobriety@aad23.org |
Tue 7 pm | We Stay Sober Men’s Zoom Group https://us04web.zoom.us/j/5100354227 ID: 510 035 4227 Password: 11062017 |
Tue 8 pm | Lansdale Big Book ONE CLICK ACCESS LINK ID: 822 041 68445 Password: 0TvGiH first digit zero not O |
Wednesday | |
Wednesday 7 PM | Social Distancing Group ID: 566 517 1420 For Password email: social-distance@aad23.org Phone only: +1 929 205 6099 |
Wed 7:30 pm | Johnsville-Hatboro (ONLINE) ONE CLICK ACCESS LINK ID:368 707 6916 Password: Hatboro |
Thursday | |
Thur 7 pm | We Stay Sober Men’s Zoom Group https://us04web.zoom.us/j/5100354227 ID: 510 035 4227 Password: 11062017 |
Thur 7:30 | Sisters In Sobriety Group New Britain (ONLINE) Women’s Meeting ID: 137-811-665 Password: 136848 |
Thur 8 pm | Each City and Hamlet Speaker Group (speakers from around the country) https://us04web.zoom.us/j/791326909 Meeting ID: 791 326 909 |
Friday | |
Friday 7 pm | Sharing Our Sobriety (SOS) WOMEN (Rotating Step, Topic, Tradition, Speaker) ONE CLICK ACCESS LINK ID: 856 2779 6325 NO PASSWORD |
Friday 7 pm | Social Distancing Group ID: 566 517 1420 For Password email: social-distance@aad23.org Phone only: +1 929 205 6099 |
Friday 8 pm | Hatboro Friday Nighters (On-Line) https://us04web.zoom.us/j/821781049 Phone: 1-646-558-8656 – ID: 821781049 |
Saturday | |
Saturday Noon | Saturday Women’s Sobriety Noon ONE CLICK ACCESS For ZOOM ID and Password email: sobriety@aad23.org |
Virtual Meeting Readings
How It Works – Preamble – The Promises
On-Line Blue Card
This is an On-Line meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. We are glad you are all here — especially newcomers. In keeping with our singleness of purpose and our Third Tradition which states that “The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking,” we ask that all who participate confine their discussion to their problems with alcohol.
When we use digital media, we are responsible for our own anonymity and for protecting that of others. When we post, text, or blog, we should consider whether we are publishing at the public level. When we break our anonymity in these forums, we may inadvertently break the anonymity of others.
Please No Recording Screen Sharing/Shots and remove your last name from participants list. > Click Participants > YourName > More > Rename
Thank You
This is a variation of a service piece provided by: (The 1987 General Service Conference) for on-line groups who wish to use it.)
Protect Anonymity Change Default Zoom Settings
For Zoom users: With the rush to shift to online meetings, many of us did not take time to investigate what this meant to the spiritual foundation of our recovery – namely, anonymity. Now that online meetings are accessible, we want to pass on best practices for protecting anonymity. These have been curated from the membership and online resources.
The default Zoom settings run counter to AA’s spiritual foundation of anonymity. The meetings are publicly accessible and full names and faces are often displayed. Additionally, by default all Zoom meetings are recorded to the cloud. Turning that feature off is simple, fortunately.
There are other settings in the Meeting subtab that can also be adjusted, such as disallowing remote control of devices, file transfer, data sharing with Zoom, and screen sharing.
Here are some suggested settings for your meeting to use. Please note that most, if not all, of the settings below are not the Zoom default:
Go to: Settings > Recording and click off the Local and Cloud recording features.
In the Zoom Settings section, under the Meeting subtab:
- Require Encryption for Third Party Endpoints
- Disable Auto saving chats
- Disable File transfer
- Disable Feedback to Zoom
- Disable Screen sharing
- Disable desktop/screen share for users
- Disable Remote control
- Allow Virtual background (this is the Zoom default and allows the user to use a virtual background instead of the inside of their apartment, for example)
In the Zoom Settings section, under the Recording subtab:
- Disable Local recording
- Disable Cloud recording
- Disable Automatic recording
We will update this page with additional information as we learn it and encourage you to share tips and tricks with us that we can include. And stay tuned for information on Seventh Tradition contributions.
Tips On How To Zoom Meetings
We have upgraded our Zoom package to bring this to more people who are in need of this information. We will have a max of 500 participants. Because so many people have contacted us about this webinar we decided to do it again this
Sunday, March 22nd at 7pm EST … Details to join and itinerary are below.
What we will go over:
Zoom Best Practices
Zoom Meeting Controls
Roberts Rules Of Order In Zoom
Zoom Third Legacy Voting
Starting an Online meeting via Zoom
Q&A
Details to join: Zoom Best Practices and 3rd Legacy Voting (Option 2)
Time: Mar 22, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/521468240 Meeting ID: 521 468 240
Power Point Presentation
Zoom Best Practices and 3rd Legacy Voting
Covid 19 Updates
Our December 2020 District meeting will be on Zoom Contact Us for meeting code
District 23 Meetings on SEPIA Web Site and Meeting App Please Check Your Meeting For Accuracy and If it is listed as Active or Suspended.
Meeting Status Update Form or Call phone: (215) 923-7900
As we move forward with re-opening our groups we can share our experience and ensure we do our part to reach the still sick and suffering alcoholics in a safe responsible manner. There are many people in our community who have fallen into the clutches of full blown alcoholism in this pandemic shut down and will be scared at best to reach out to us for help. Lets do our part to make our fellowship the safe haven it has been for so many despite current conditions. Our Primary Purpose Is To Reach the Still Sick and Suffering!
It’s not about us going to meetings
It’s About Us being there for the New Comer.
GSO Letter May 2020 7th Tradition
Reopening Groups Area 59
Reopening Groups Area 48 Ad Hoc (Helpful Information)
A Letter from our General Service Office About Corona Virus and AA Meetings
Grapevine and La Viña Are Here to Help…. 2020 Issues & Audio FREE On-Line
Shareable link of readings for On-Line Meetings Preamble How It Works Promises etc.
On-Line & Telephone Meeting Information
For our members of high risk or those who want to avoid face to face meetings there is an abundance of online and telephone meetings.
Philadelphia Area Online Meetings
District 23 On-Line Meetings
Worldwide Online Meetings
Phone Meetings
In addition to these there are meetings listed from other areas when online you can attend meetings anywhere from the convince of your home.
Tips For Starting and Participating
Zoom On-Line Meetings
Before attending or creating new Zoom meetings take a look at these guidelines for protecting our anonymity.
ZOOM MEETINGS: PROTECTING ANONYMITY & DEFAULT SETTINGS
New Zoom Protection Tips (from NYIA)
BEST PRACTICES FOR A DIGITAL 7TH TRADITION
The digital 7th tradition practices was written on the A.A. Intergroup of SF & Marin
Setting Up Online Meetings: Help! Google HangOut, Zoom, Phone and More
Very well written with illustrations from Inter-Group Association of A.A. of New York
If you have access to other quality on-line resources contact us. If your group in SE Pennsylvania has started an on-line meeting be sure to inform SEPIA.
Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding.