South Jersey Intergroup Association
11/30/2020 — COVID-19 — Effective Immediately
“It is hereby clarified that the number of individuals at an indoor gathering that involves an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, Narcotics Anonymous meeting, or similar meeting of an addiction support group shall be limited to 25 percent of the capacity of the room in which it takes place, but regardless of the capacity of the room, such limit shall never be larger than 150 persons or smaller than 10 persons.” – Executive Order 204
11/16/2020 — COVID-19: N.J. Indoor Gathering Limit is 10 Persons per Executive Order 196.
SJIG Trustee Report November 17 2020 RE: COVID-19
Click Here to Update Your Meeting in the Meeting List and in the Meeting Guide App
South Jersey Intergroup & Groups Adopting Digital Methods for 7th Tradition
A.A. Groups Using Digital Platforms to Find Sobriety During Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak
Virtual Meetings, Email, Phone, Social Media Allow Message of Recovery to Carry On —
“ONE DAY AT A TIME” (March 23, 2020)
Grapevine and La Viña Are Here To Help
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 most of our 2020 Grapevine and La Viña issues.
Click here for Free Access
Literature Store has reopened. Click here for our Literature page which lists the limited hours of operation.
All Prison Commitments have been suspended until further notice.
2020 International Convention of Alcoholics Anonymous (July 2-5 in Detroit, MI) has been canceled.
Check back here for latest updates.
A public service website for Alcoholics providing information about AA, meeting times and locations, events and services in the South Jersey region.
Upcoming Events
- "Enter the AA Vault"
on 02/13/2021 from 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm - February Intergroup Meeting (Virtual)
on 02/17/2021 from 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm - March Intergroup Meeting (Virtual)
on 03/17/2021 from 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm - April Intergroup Meeting (Virtual)
on 04/21/2021 from 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm - May Intergroup Meeting (Virtual)
on 05/19/2021 from 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm - View more events...
New to AA?
Looking for information about Alcoholics Anonymous? The newcomers page is where to look for answers to your questions.
SJIG Archives
Archive "Tidbit" articles, Personal and group Histories in the South Jersey Area, and Monthly History lists can be found on our Archive page.
Newsletter
Our monthly newsletter is intended to inform group members as to what is happening in South Jersey AA groups. We are looking for volunteers to serve on the newsletter committee, as well as written submissions for the newsletter itself.
H&I Commitments
Are you looking to take your sobriety to the next level? Have all your sober friends been talking about how much they got from going in a hospital, or institution commitment with their sponsor? Did you yourself experience what it was like when a meeting was brought in for you to hear the message of recovery? If you would like to learn more on how we "Pass It On" click below.
Zoom Addresses Meeting Hijackings
Click the Zoom Update button right within your meeting’s page on aasj.org
Starting (sometime) on Sunday, April 5, 2020
All meetings will have a password. All meetings will also have Waiting Room turned on.
Even existing meetings setup without a password will be assigned a randomly generated password.
This change is being applied by Zoom to all Zoom host accounts. [read more]
Update your meeting with the password so the newcomer can still find and attend your meeting.
Meeting Groups/Hosts: (sometime on 4/5/2020)
2. In your Zoom account, find your meeting(s) and fetch the password or copy the invitation.
3. Find your meeting(s) here at https://aasj.org/meetings
4. Click the ‘Zoom Update’ button within your meeting’s page.
5. If the meeting ID changed, go ahead and change it in the form.
6. Fill in the meeting password. (now required, use numbers only for dial in participants without a keyboard)
7. If you have the quick-link Join URL, copy it to the Join URL field, otherwise leave default.
8. Enter your name, phone, and email – private use only.
9. Click the Send button at the bottom.
10. Any questions or problems, email tech@aasj.org – we are here to help!