Alcoholics Anonymous GuernseyWebsite change log & historical notes
2023
Year. Attendance. Average weekly attendance in 2023, all groups: 106.
1 Sep. New meeting. Alderney group, Tuesday evenings at Methodist Church.
23 May. New meeting. Tuesday lunchtime group, Samaritans.
15 Mar. Added A newcomer asks... to Newcomers page.
10 Mar. Added Sponsorship: Your Questions Answered to Library.
19 Jan. Convention. The AA Guernsey Convention 2023 will be held from Friday, 27 October, to Sunday, 29 October, at Les Cotils, St Peter Port.
12 Jan. Added what3words addresses to meetings list.
2022
Year. Attendance. Average weekly attendance in 2022, all groups: 104.
17 Dec. Added Need a meeting? feature, showing Today's and Tomorrow's meetings.
26 Oct. The weekly Zoom meeting is discontinued—at least for the time being.
25 Oct. The Wednesday 12.30pm meeting is moving from the Samaritans to the King's Centre from 26 October.
11 Sep. Website redesigned, with addition of Newcomers page, more downloads on Library page, and some rewriting. Previous website (pictured below) was published from 2012 to 2022.
23 Aug. The two Mind Centre Groups, Monday 8.00am and Wednesday 12.30pm, are moving to the Samaritans, Forest Lane, St Peter Port, from 5 and 7 September.
19 Jul. Phone number. Changed from 713480 to 07781 151682.
16 Jul. Al-Anon. Deleted Al-Anon info panel. Al-Anon no longer active.
6 Jul. Convention. Added flyer front page and Les Cotils menu.
1 May. Zoom Meetings. The Weekly Zoom meeting will now be on Mondays at 7.00pm. The Thursday Zoom meeting is discontinued.
14 Mar. Convention 2022. The AA Guernsey Convention 2022 will be held from Friday, 7 October, to Sunday, 9 October, at Les Cotils, St Peter Port.
27 Jan. Zoom Meetings. The Weekly Zoom meeting will now be on Thursdays at 7.00pm. The Monday Zoom meeting is discontinued.
2021
Year. Attendance. Average weekly attendance in 2021, all groups: 104.
24 Nov. Monday Zoom Meeting. The Monday Zoom meeting will now take place monthly instead of weekly. It will be held on the second Monday of each month at 6.30 p.m., with the next meeting on 13 December.
7 Oct. Wednesday Evening Group. The Wednesday Evening Group meeting starting time changes from 7.00 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. from 13 October 2021.
30 Aug. Convention. Bookings are now being taken for the Guernsey AA Convention 2021.
12 Apr. Meetings latest. The Gateway Building is available from 14 April, so, from 13 April, all meetings will be at their usual venues. The Monday 6.30pm Zoom meeting, currently suspended, will resume from 19 April.
25 Mar. King's Centre Group. The Saturday Evening Group meeting will resume at King's Centre from 27 March.
12 Mar. Mind Centre Groups. The Mind Centre is reopening from 22 March, subject to confirmation of Stage 3.
11 Mar. Thursday Group. The Thursday Group meeting will resume at St John's Community Hall from 18 March.
5 Mar. Tuesday Group. The Tuesday Group meeting will resume at Les Camps from 9 March. All other meetings remain on Zoom for the time being.
10 Feb. Convention. Booked for 15-17 Oct.
24 Jan. Monday 6.30pm Group. The Monday 6.30 p.m. Zoom meeting is suspended while all other meetings are via Zoom.
23 Jan. Meetings update. Following today's announcement of a lockdown, all meetings are being held online via Zoom until further notice.
2020
Year. Attendance. Average weekly attendance in 2020, all groups: 108.
14 Oct. Information leaflet. A new AA Guernsey information leaflet is being distributed to appropriate sites by our Health Liaison and Public Information officers.
6 Oct. Convention 2020. The Guernsey AA Convention 2020 will be held on Saturday, 31 October, and Sunday, 1 November, 2020, at Les Cotils, St Peter Port.
15 Jul. New Group meeting to be held on Zoom on Mondays. A new weekly Zoom meeting to be held each Monday at 6.30 p.m. is set to start on 20 July 2020.
5 Jul. Wednesday Lunchtime Group offers choice of meetings. It seems that demand for Wednesday lunchtimes is split between those longing to return to physical meetings and those wanting to carry on with Zoom. Therefore, for the time being, both will go ahead.
1 Jul. Monday Morning and Wednesday Lunchtime Groups move to Mind Centre. The Monday Morning and Wednesday Lunchtime Groups are moving to the Mind Centre from 6 and 8 July.
28 Jun. Thursday Group moves to St John's. The Thursday Group is moving from the Mind Centre to St John's Community Hall in Les Amballes from 2 July.
22 Jun. Sunday Morning Group moves to Gateway. The Sunday Morning Group is moving from the Mind Centre to the Gateway Building from 28 June.
15 Jun. King's Centre to reopen. The Saturday Evening Group will resume its meetings at the King's Centre from 20 June.
1 Jun. Gateway & Les Camps reopening. Meetings at the Gateway Club are to restart from Monday, 8 June, and at Les Camps from Tuesday, 9 June. The Friday and Sunday evening meetings, usually held at the Mind Centre, will be held temporarily at the Gateway Club. Other meetings will continue to be held on Zoom for the time being.
8 Apr. Meetings update. During the coronavirus lockdown all AA meetings have been moved online, using Zoom. "Open" meetings are not available during this period—all meetings are restricted to alcoholics and those who have a desire to stop drinking. The telephone Helpline and other contact options remain operational.
11 Mar. Convention. Les Cotils booked for 30 Oct to 1 Nov.
11 Mar. Video added to website.
11 Mar. Mind Centre closed due to coronavirus outbreak.
2019
Year. Attendance. Average weekly attendance in 2019, all groups: 126.
2018
Year. Attendance. Average weekly attendance in 2018, all groups: 117.
2010
Year. Attendance. Average weekly attendance in 2010, all groups: 117.
1993
8 Sep. A One-day Convention has been held at La Villette Hotel.
11 Aug. New Friday group meeting (Friday Newcomers) to start at Day Centre, Castel Hospital, on 3 Sep.
14 Apr. Proposal to start a Wednesday lunchtime group meeting.
14 Apr. New Sunday group meeting is up and running.
3 Mar. Proposal to make Saturday meeting non-smoking was "shouted down."
13 Jan. New meeting on Sunday is suggested.
1992
11 Nov. Sark group meeting has closed.
7 Oct. Intergroup meetings to be non-smoking.
29 Jul. Alderney Group. AA Group formed in Alderney, meeting Tuesday & Friday.
9 Apr. Monday group. Now non-smoking.
26 Feb. Smoking. Consideration being given to making Monday and Tuesday group meetings non-smoking in anticipation of PEH introducing no-smoking zones.
1991
Year. Attendance. Average weekly attendance in 1991, all groups: about 50 to 60.
5 Jun. Intergroup to be registered with GSO. Four Group meetings: Mon, Tue (Big Book), Thu (Step), & Sat.
10 Apr. New Group, Tuesday Big Book, to be registered with GSO.
10 Apr. Intergroup. First surviving record of Intergroup meeting. Held at Mind Centre. Minutes indicate that Intergroup meetings had been held for some time before this date.
Previous AA Guernsey website
Published 2012–2022
First AA Guernsey website
The first AA Guernsey website was published by Eric in 2001 and was maintained by him until 2012.
