Announcements

The AA Grapevine - "Our Meeting in Print": The October 2026 AA Grapevine features a special section on “Loneliness,” with touching and helpful stories from AA members about facing and overcoming this often‑unspoken challenge. The issue includes personal, relatable accounts from AA members sharing their own journeys, insights, and strategies for dealing with isolation, connection, and the search for meaningful relationships in recovery. These stories aim to offer both comfort and practical guidance to readers who may be navigating similar feelings.

The Grapevine also offers stories, podcasts, books, and a daily quote to support sobriety. Subscriptions help keep this member-supported publication available to alcoholics everywhere.To learn more, read stories, or subscribe, visit aagrapevine.org.

Please join our Birthday Celebration on Saturday, October 31st, at 9:00 AM (Pacific Time), as we celebrate sobriety birthdays and milestones!

If you would like to request a birthday chip, email birthday.chips@ecfaa.org. Include your full name, address, and the chip (months or years of sobriety) you are requesting. We look forward to sending you a birthday chip to celebrate your sobriety milestones!

Our next monthly First Thursday Workshop will be on November 5th 2026 at 5:30 PM: This year our topic is HP (Higher Power) & Me. Panelists will share how they found and now use their Higher Power and answer questions.

Please join us for a lively discussion.

ECF Business Meetings are held on the second Monday of each month: Our next meeting is Monday, October 12th, 2026 from 5:30 to 6:45 PM.

Contact our business manager at business.manager@ecfaa.org if you have an item to put on the agenda.

H&I SERVICE: The H&I Committee brings A.A. meetings & literature into Hospitals, Jails, Prisons, Recovery Centers and Shelters. As there are numerous facilities in the Area, there are constant opportunities to be of service. Currently there is a high demand for Spanish speakers.

Attending an orientation is required and commitments are 1-hour a month. See the Area 53 (Oakland/Alameda) Roster and the ECF Bulletin Board for more information.

NEWCOMER LITERATURE: If you are new and need literature, please contact literature@ecfaa.org for a newcomer packet.

COURT CARDS - ATTENDANCE VERIFICATION: Send an email to secretary.coordinator@ecfaa.org. Include your name, date and time of the meeting you attended, and name of the meeting secretary. Your attendance will be verified within 48 hours.

SPONSORSHIP: If you are currently available to be a sponsor, please type your name and the word "sponsor" with your phone number in the chat box at any online meeting. More information is available in the pamphlet  "Questions and Answers on Sponsorship" at aa.org.

Another way to find a sponsor is to listen to others in several different meetings. Sponsors will have more than a year sobriety; have a sponsor; have “worked the steps” and are available to be a mentor for you.