A gathering of two or more people who meet regularly to share their experience, strength, and hope for the purpose of staying sober and helping others recover from alcoholism. Each group is autonomous, self-supporting, and guided by a group conscience.

Learn more about A.A. groups in the pamphlet “The A.A. Group . . . where it all begins”

A subdivision of the county service structure, responsible for coordinating groups within a geographic area. Districts help coordinate local service activity and communication between groups and the Area through their District Committee Members (DCMs) and District Committee Member Chair (DCMC).

A regional service body made up of groups within a defined geographic region. Each Area elects a Delegate who represents those groups at the annual General Service Conference. Areas coordinate communication between local groups, districts, and the General Service Office, helping carry the collective group conscience of A.A. as a whole.

The fellowship of people who share their experience, strength and hope to solve their common problem and help others recover.

Someone who serves as backup to a service position, stepping in when needed.

An assembly of SENY (Area 49) that happens three times a year where GSRs, committee chairs, delegates, and trusted servants convene to discuss and decide Area matters.

The trusted servant who leads a district (or linguistic district), coordinating between groups and service bodies.

The central A.A. office for the U.S. and Canada, which supports our worldwide A.A. structure.

The group’s representative to the service structure (attends county, area meetings).

A non-GSR contact for the group, who keeps the group active in communication and ensures mailings and info reach them even if they don’t have a GSR.

A separate body from General Service primarily focused on meeting lists, meeting support, local services (not group representation).

The county-level A.A. service structure for Manhattan, connecting local groups to Area (SENY) and GSO.

In Southeast New York (SENY), a Share-A-Day typically refers to a daylong or half-a-daylong event sponsored below the group level (by a District or County) centered around a broad theme.

The event is made up of a series of meetings and workshops on issues or topics within the broad theme. Each workshop is usually a meeting with 1-2 speakers followed by shares from the group (or sometimes question and answer sessions). Consistent with our 8th Tradition, the speakers are not experts, simply members who have experience, strength, and hope to share on the topics.

Share-A-Days are often open events for anyone interested to attend. Frequently, A.A. Share-A-Days are announced as having Al-Anon participation, which means, there are Al-Anon speakers and/or meetings within the Share-A-Day.

Depending on the size and scope of the Share-A-Days, there are typically numerous opportunities for service (not only speaking, chairing, logistics, etc.) for interested people regardless of the length of their sobriety. Share-A-Days are also excellent opportunities to introduce an AAer to the world (and service) below the group level.

The A.A. Area (Area 49) that includes Manhattan and surrounding counties.

A member elected or appointed to carry out service responsibilities on behalf of an A.A. group or service body. In Alcoholics Anonymous, we “trust our servants” to do the work of the group, but they do not govern. Their authority comes from the group conscience and their primary purpose is to help carry the A.A. message through service.