Virtual Meetings

We meet twice daily, morning 7:30 AM and evening 6:00 PM. All meetings are Atlantic Standard Time (AST).

Morning Format:

When requesting the passcode, please allow a few minutes for us to respond. Also, be sure to check your spam/junk folder for an email from Puerto Rico Sobriety Network. Thanks!

7:30 am AA Closed Meeting (English)
Format: Daily Reflections
We offer online meetings and celebrate anniversaries on the last Friday of the month at 7:30 - 8:30 AM.

MEETING ID 871 3078 9211

Or, join by phone as follows:

7:30 AM: Phone Number: +1 719 359 4580
Meeting ID: 871 3078 9211 Passcode: *657723841

Evening Format:

6:00 pm AA Closed Meeting (English)
Monday | Step and Tradition Study
Tuesday | Open/Topic Discussion
Wednesday | As Bill Sees It (10-minute lead)
Thursday | Big Book Study
Friday | Beginners (10-minute lead)
Saturday | Grapevine (30-minute lead last Saturday each month)
Sunday | Reflections on AA Literature (5-minute reading)

(APRIL 8, 2025) NEW MEETING ID 832 8846 1386

Or, join by phone as follows:

6:00 PM: Phone Number: +1 646 931 3860
Meeting ID: 832 8846 1386 Passcode: *25121805

Phone controls for participants:
The following commands can be entered via DTMF tones using your phone's dial pad while in a Zoom meeting:
*6 - Toggle mute/unmute
*9 - Raise/lower hand

Welcome to the Puerto Rico Sobriety Network’s meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. 

My name is ___________________ and I am an alcoholic. This group is fully observant of the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions of Alcoholic Anonymous.

We meet mornings: 7:30 - 8:30 AM
And evenings: 6:00 - 7:00 PM, both AST

Our Guidelines:

• Unless speaking, remain muted to reduce background noise. 

• Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all of our traditions.

• Connect from a quiet, private location if possible.

• Use a headset or earbuds if you are not alone so that non-participants cannot hear.

• If your location is not private please be mindful of your camera and our fellows’ anonymity.

• There is no recording of this meeting, or use of AI. Being on camera is not required to attend this meeting. 

• If you require proof of attendance, please send an email to prsobrietynetwork@gmail.com, which should include your name, date, and time of attendance. Any questions chat with the Host/Co-Host.

CLOSED MEETING: (All meetings except anniversary and Monday AM): This is a CLOSED meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. In support of A.A.'s singleness of purpose, attendance at closed meetings is limited to persons who have a desire to stop drinking. If you think you have a problem with alcohol, you are welcome to attend this meeting. We ask that when discussing our problems, we confine ourselves to those problems as they relate to alcoholism.

OPEN MEETING: (Anniversary): This is an OPEN meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. We are glad you are all here — especially newcomers and visitors. 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.

I have asked __________________ to read the preamble.

A.A. Preamble

Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of people who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for A.A. membership; we are self-supporting through our own contributions. A.A. is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization, or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety. (Reprinted with permission of A.A. Grapevine, Inc.)

I have asked __________________ to read How It Works.

How it Works

Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are such unfortunates. They are not at fault; they seem to have been born that way. They are naturally incapable of grasping and developing a manner of living which demands rigorous honesty. Their chances are less than average. There are those, too, who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them do recover if they have the capacity to be honest. 

Our stories disclose in a general way what we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like now. If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it — then you are ready to take certain steps.

At some of these we balked. We thought we could find an easier, softer way. But we could not. With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to be fearless and thorough from the very start. Some of us have tried to hold on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely.

Remember that we deal with alcohol — cunning, baffling, powerful! Without help it is too much for us. But there is One who has all power — that One is God. May you find Him now! Half measures availed us nothing. We stood at the turning point. We asked His protection and care with complete abandon.

Here are the steps we took, which are suggested as a program of recovery:

1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable.

2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.

4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.  

9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.

12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

Many of us exclaimed, “What an order! I can’t go through with it.’’ Do not be discouraged. No one among us has been able to maintain anything like perfect adherence to these principles. We are not saints. The point is, that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines. The principles we have set down are guides to progress. We claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection.

Our description of the alcoholic, the chapter to the agnostic, and our personal adventures before and after make clear three pertinent ideas:

(a) That we were alcoholic and could not manage our own lives.

(b) That probably no human power could have relieved our alcoholism.

(c) That God could and would if He were sought

(Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous, page 58, with permission of AA World Services, Inc.)

Is there anyone here for their first meeting of A.A. or first meeting returning from a slip? Not to single you out, but to welcome you back in. Is anyone counting up to 90 days? Please unmute and let us know. 

(NOTE TO HOST: IF SO, CHANGE THE FORMAT TO BEGINNERS MEETING.)

Are there any new visitors who would like to introduce themselves? Please raise your hand, wave, or unmute and say hello.

Keep coming back. 

Is anyone celebrating a yearly anniversary this month? 

We love celebrating milestones here at PRSN. We celebrate anniversaries on the last Friday of the month at 7:30 - 8:30 AM and 6:00 -7:00 PM. If you wish to celebrate, please let the Host or Co-Host know.

We use a four (4) minute timer so that as many members as possible have the opportunity to share your own experience, strength, and hope. Please respect the timer, avoid “crosstalk”, which means giving advice, criticism, praise, or feedback about another person’s share.

Our first tradition states “Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon AA unity”. The Puerto Rico Sobriety Network strives to keep this a safe space for everyone. Harassment of any kind, including in the Zoom chat, is not welcome here. If you feel unsafe, please say something.

Thirty minutes remain:

Now we will practice the 7th Tradition. (Read only on Monday.) Tuesday - Sunday post the green card in Zoom chat.

(Read only on Monday) The Seventh Tradition states:  

“Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.”  While contributions cover each group's rent and other expenses, the Seventh Tradition is essential at every level of A.A. service. It is both a privilege and a responsibility for groups and members to ensure that not only their group, but also their intergroup/central office, local services, district, area, and the General Service Office remain self-supporting. This keeps A.A. free of outside influences that might divert us from our primary purpose — to help the alcoholic who still suffers. The amount of our contribution is secondary to the spiritual connection that unites all groups around the world.*

7th tradition contributions are accepted at Venmo:
https://venmo.com/u/Suzanne-Segarra-1

For contributions without Venmo, contact our treasurer at suzanne.segarra@gmail.com

Service helps keep you sober. Arrive early and speak with the host to volunteer. No sobriety time needed to be of service, like reading or co-hosting. Meeting Chair/Host requires 90 days of sobriety.

Are there any AA-related announcements? 

The Puerto Rico Sobriety Network has online meetings, twice daily, seven days a week (365 days a year). For more information or other meetings, please visit puertoricosobrietynetwork.org

We have books for sale and free literature available. Please see our literature person, Cathy C., or visit onlineliterature.aa.org

Sponsorship is an important part of the A.A. Program. Anyone seeking a sponsor, or working the Twelve Steps and ready to be one, see our sponsorship coordinators — Catherine R., Paul N., or Jose Arturo B. — or email prsobrietynetwork@gmail.com with "sponsor" in the subject line. You can also private-chat anyone directly. If no coordinator is present, the host or co-host can help.

The floor is now open again for sharing.

Two minutes remain:

I have asked __________________ to read the 9th Step Promises.

The 9th Step Promises

If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are halfway through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows. Self-seeking will slip away. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves. Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us- sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them.

–Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 83-84

We keep the meeting open for fifteen minutes for fellowship after the meeting. Please join us — get a service commitment or some numbers!

We close with the Serenity Prayer:

“God, grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the Courage to change the things I can, and the Wisdom to know the difference.” 

** Note to Host Not to be Read Out Loud**:

Please remember to click “END MEETING FOR ALL” instead of only closing your browser or leaving the meeting, so that the Zoom meeting will close properly. 

HOST, if you cannot stay, please ask another fellow to accept the Host position and assign as Host before dropping off. Host please remember to always sign off when your session is completed. 

*7th Tradtion: Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous with permission of AA World Services, Inc.