Recovery Groups

Various Recovery (Anonymous) groups meet throughout the week in our facility.

Recovery groups scheduled to meet at the church may continue to meet at this time. Please utilize these steps to protect the community.

The following list is current as of 09/12/2023. Note changes in the meeting space used:

Mondays: 

12:00pm MEETING IN PERSON IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL Alcoholics Annonymous (AA) in the Fellowship Hall. Closed*. Discussion. (the last Monday of the month is an open meeting celebrating anniversaries) Alcoholics Anonymous is an international fellowship of men and women who have had a drinking problem. It is nonprofessional, self-supporting, multiracial, and apolitical. There are no age or education requirements. Membership is open to anyone who wants to do something about his or her drinking problem. *Closed meetings are for A.A. members only, or for those who have a drinking problem and “have a desire to stop drinking.”

7:00pm Food Addicts In Recovery NOT CURRENTLY MEETING IN PERSON (FARA, or FA). Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous is an international fellowship of people who have experienced difficulties in life as a result of our relationship to food and eating. We joined FA because we were obsessed with food. We have found that we need this program of recovery and the fellowship of others who share our problem in order to stop abusing ourselves with food and begin living fulfilling lives. Through shared experience and mutual support, we help each other to recover from the disease of food addiction. Our program of recovery is based on the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous. We make use of AA principles to gain freedom from addictive eating. There are no dues, fees, or weigh-ins at FA meetings. Membership is open to anyone who wants help with food.

Tuesdays:

3:00pm Tuesday Women’s Group (AA) MEETING IN PERSON IN THE ADKINS ROOM.

7:00pm Nar-Anon MEETING IN PERSON IN KITCHENETTES Nar-Anon, known officially as “Nar-Anon Family Groups”, is a twelve-step program for friends and family members of those who are affected by someone else’s addiction. Nar-Anon is complementary to, but separate from, Narcotics Anonymous (NA), analogous to Al-Anon with respect to Alcoholics Anonymous; Nar-Anon’s traditions state that it should “always cooperate with Narcotics Anonymous.”

7:30pm Alanon MEETING IN PERSON IN THE ADKINS ROOM The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength, and hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness and that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Al-Anon is not allied with any sect, denomination, political entity, organization, or institution. There are no dues for membership. Al-Anon has but one purpose: to help families of alcoholics. We do this by practicing the Twelve Steps, by welcoming and giving comfort to families of alcoholics, and by giving understanding and encouragement to the alcoholic. “In Al-Anon we discover that no situation is really hopeless, and that it is possible for us to find contentment, and even happiness, whether the alcoholic is still drinking or not.”

Wednesdays:

 Women’s Meeting (AA) NOT MEETING IN PERSON AT THIS TIME

Thursdays:

12:00pm Time for Yourself Group (AA) – Closed. Discussion.  Meets in the Fellowship Hall MEETING IN PERSON IN FELLOWSHIP HALL.

NO LONGER MEETING AT THIS LOCATION– Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA)  is an organization that is intended to provide a forum to individuals who desire to recover from the effects of growing up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional family. ACA membership has few formal requirements. ACA does not receive any outside economic contributions, but is self-supporting through donations from its members. The organization is not related to any particular religion and has no political affiliation. “By attending these meetings on a regular basis, you will come to see parental alcoholism or family dysfunction for what it is: a disease that infected you as a child and continues to affect you as an adult.”

Debtors Annonymous (DA)  NO LONGER MEETING AT THIS LOCATION ~~ NOW MEETS AT HEALING SPRING RECOVERY AND OUTREACH COMMUNITY CENTER THURSDAYS AT 6PM Most people incur debt at various points in their lives, whether taking out a student loan for college or buying a first car or a house. For some people, unsecured debt, which is debt not secured by some form of collateral such as a house or car, becomes an addictive and unmanageable part of their lives. For many it is a false crutch that feeds fantasy and magnifies obsession. Many debtors are thousands of dollars in debt to credit-card companies, student-loan providers, the IRS, or to family members. Compulsive debtors often engage in compulsive shopping or underearning, or alternate between overspending and deprivation. Eventually, a person with a compulsive debting problem finds that life has become unmanageable. In D.A., our purpose is threefold: to stop incurring unsecured debt, to share our experience with the newcomer, and to reach out to other debtors.

7:30pm Backstretch Winners Group (AA)  THIS GROUP IS COMING BACK! Check here for updates on when it has resumed.   

Fridays:

5:30pm Back To Basics Foundation Group (AA)  NOW MEETING IN PERSON in the Adkins Room

6:30pm Co-Dependents Annonymous (CODA) NOW MEETING AGAIN IN PERSON  in the Kitchenette is a twelve-step program for people who share a common desire to develop functional and healthy relationships. A straightforward definition of codependency is “the chronic sacrifice of self for the maintenance of a relationship”; in this definition ‘relationship’ means any interaction. CoDA itself avoids rigidly defining codependence, and the understanding of codependence with CoDA continues to adapt over time.

If you have a need to find a group, you may contact the office at 518.584.3720 x110 or office@saratogaumc.org, for information, times, and locations.

Sundays:

3:30pm HOME2HOME WOMEN’S AA GROUP Kitchenette NOT CURRENTLY MEETING AT THIS LOCATION

Keep Fit Group AA NO LONGER MEETING AT THIS LOCATION