Meeting Schedule

MEETING MON TUE WED THU FRI Saturday Sunday
08:00am --- CES --- CES --- GVine+NS CES
10:00am CES CES CES CES CES CES
12:00pm --- --- --- --- --- -------- Spanish
04:30pm CES --- CES --- CES Family
06:00pm --- --- ASL
08:00pm CES CES CES CES C/O -------- CES

Terms used in the schedule above
CES - Central Eastside regular AA closed meeting
C/O - CES (weekly) or Open Speaker meeting (monthly)
GVine - Grapevine meeting
NS - Non-smoking meeting (All others permit smoking)
ASL - American Sign Language (Open AA meeting)
Family - Open AA and non-AA, family/friends/all welcome
Spanish - Bilingual meeting

ASL - American Sign Language Meetings (Wednesdays 6:00pm)

Deaf and hearing alcoholics, and family members of alcoholics, are welcome to join our open meeting Wednesday evenings at 6:00-7:00pm. An ASL (American Sign Language) translator will be present. You do not have to be deaf or hearing impaired to attend. In fact, we encourage any and all to attend.

Family & Friends Meeting (Saturday 4:30pm)

This is a new format for the Saturday afternoon meeting. The format is now an open discussion meeting. You need not be an alcoholic to attend. This open discussion meeting is for alcoholics, family members of alcoholics and friends of alcoholics.
  • Meetings last 1-1½ hours. We do not use timers for speakers, but ramblers are politely asked to conclude their remarks depending on the size of the group. We understand that many of us have gone through some tough times, and we are all here to help each other, but we must sometimes balance sharing and listening with time schedules.
  • Cross-talking and interrupting are not permitted. We ask that speakers confine their remarks to their own personal experiences to minimize this problem.
  • Smoking is permitted at the Alano Club.
  • For more information call George C. at 989-928-8626.

Open Speaker (Monthly)

Next Open Speaker: Siman T, Friday, January 30 at 8:00pm. Open Speaker meetings are held on the last Friday of each month at 8:00pm. In addition to the speaker, birthdays (sobriety anniversaries) are celebrated at each open speaker meeting. To receive your birthday coin, sign up on the bulletin board. Coins are given for lengths of sobriety of 24 hours, 30 days, 60 days, 90 days, 6 months, 9 months, 1 year and each year thereafter.

Steering Committee Meeting (Monthly)

Next steering committee meeting: Sunday, April 19 at 3:30pm. Steering Committee meetings are held on the second Sunday of each month. This is not a regular AA meeting. It's an organizational meeting to discuss suggestions and administrative business related to the AA meetings. Any AA member is welcome.

Spanish/Hispanic Meeting (Sunday 12:00noon)

Both Spanish and English may be spoken at this meeting. This group is primarily a Hispanic group but of course you need be neither Hispanic nor Spanish-speaking to attend.

Big Book Study Meeting (Tuesday 8:00pm)

A selection from the basic text of the Big Book is read and discussed at this meeting, so please bring your Big Book. If you do not have one, books are available for purchase or you may borrow a copy to use on the evening of the meeting.

Grapevine Meeting (Saturday 8:00am)

In the Grapevine Meeting, a reading is selected from the most current issue of Grapevine Magazine, followed by a regular AA discussion meeting. Note: The Non-smoking meeting takes place at the same time but in a different room (the non-smoking room).

Non-smoking Meeting (Saturday 8:00am)

The non-smoking meeting meets at the same time as the Grapevine meeting, but in a different room (the non-smoking room). This group is primarily a women's group but of course you need not be a woman to attend.

Alcothon (Dec 24 - Jan 2)

The Alcothon (or Alkathon) is a 10-day closed AA meeting marathon. The event begins at 8:00am on Wednesday, December 24, and ends just before midnight on Friday, January 2. Each day, meetings begin at 8:00am and end around midnight. The outside doors will be locked at 10:00pm, so if you arrive after that please use the buzzer, or knock on the door really hard. The Alcothon takes place in the main meeting room. All other events scheduled for the main meeting room are suspended until after the Alcothon.