Meeting basics
Planning your visit
Local context
Serenity Sisters Group gives Albany residents an evening AA option in Schenectady County. It meets on Friday at 7:30 PM, so it can work well for people building a predictable weekly recovery routine.
This directory currently lists 50 AA meetings around Schenectady County, which can help if you need a nearby backup time or a different format. Across Albany, there are 182 listed Friday meetings in this directory.
Getting there
This meeting is marked as online, so plan to join a few minutes early, test your audio, and keep the meeting link handy. If the link has changed, use the intergroup/source link on this page to confirm the latest access details. Location note from the listing: On Zoom
Meeting-specific guidance
Based on the format tags for this listing, it is open to observers, family, friends, and anyone interested in learning about AA; speaker sharing is part of the format, so newcomers can mostly listen; attendance is limited to women. Group note from the listing: [Online Meetings ID: 2773532748, Password: MQjb44]
- If you are new, getting there a few minutes early makes it easier to ask where the room is.
- AA meetings are free, though groups may pass a basket for voluntary contributions.
- Confirm the time and location with the group or intergroup when possible, especially around holidays.
This guidance is generated from the meeting schedule, address, format tags, local area fields, and intergroup/source notes stored for this listing.
Meeting format notes
This is an open meeting — anyone may attend, including family members, friends, students and anyone curious about AA. You won't be asked to speak or identify as an alcoholic.
This is a speaker meeting: one or more members tell their story — what it was like, what happened, and what it's like now. Great format if you'd rather listen than share.
This is a women's meeting — attendance is limited to women.
This meeting meets online — use the join link and arrive a couple of minutes early to sort out audio.