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November 1, 2008

Anonymous The Daily Star Sat Nov 01, 2008, 03:30 AM EDT

Saturday

Oneonta

AA Celebrant, 8 p.m., Calvary Hill Retreat Center, 290 Chestnut St. For info: AA hot line, (888) 2B-SOBER.

Southern Tier AIDS Program information on AIDS education, support services; free, anonymous HIV testing, (800) 333-0892 or 432-6654. Also, Catskill Rural AIDS Services hot line: 436-9554 or (800) 976-2727.

NA Spiritual Awakening group, 8 p.m., open speaker meeting, The Turning Point, 20-22 Elm St. For info: 434-2255.

Gambling Anonymous, 3 p.m., The Turning Point, 22 Elm St.

HIV Carepartner's Support Group, for people who are HIV positive and have an HIV-negative carepartner. Sponsored by Catskill Rural AIDS Services. For info: (800) 976-2727.

Violence Intervention Program hot line for victims of domestic violence or sexual assault for all residents of Otsego County, 432-4855.

AA Saturday night open speaker meeting, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., St. James' Episcopal Church, Elm Street.

AA Seeking Serenity, open discussion, noon, 22 Elm St., enter on side by driveway. For info: For info: (888) 2B-SOBER.

Cooperstown

AA open discussion meeting, 7:30 p.m., Baptist Church, 19 Elm Street. For info: (888) 2B-SOBER.

AA closed step study, 7:30 a.m., Christ Church, 69 Fair St. For info: (888) 2B-SOBER.

Delhi

AA open literature topic meeting, 8 p.m., St. John's Episcopal Church, Main Street. For info: (888) 2B-SOBER.

Jefferson

AA, 8 p.m., Jefferson United Methodist Church, Main Street. For info: (888) 2B-SOBER.

Middleburgh

AA Reformed Church House, 7 p.m., Middle Fort Road. For info: AA hot line, (888) 2B-SOBER.

Schoharie

AA Recovery Group, noon, Reformed Church, Main Street. For info: (888) 2B-SOBER.

Stamford

AA closed step meeting, 9 a.m., United Methodist Church, Main Street. For info: (888) 2B-SOBER.

Walton

New Directions Easy Does It Group, 8 p.m., open speaker's meeting; 865-8974.

SUNDAY

Oneonta

Violence Intervention Program hot line for victims of domestic violence or sexual assault for all residents of Otsego County, 432-4855.

AA, 2 p.m., Fox Center conference room. For info: (888) 2B-SOBER.

AA, 5:30 p.m., closed discussion, non-smoking, 3200 Chestnut St. For info: (888) 2B-SOBER.

Al-Anon 12-step meeting, 8 p.m., Elm Park Methodist Church.

AA closed discussion, 8 p.m., Elm Park Methodist Church. For info: (888) 2B-SOBER.

Afton

AA open meeting, 8 p.m., St. Ann's Episcopal Church, Route 7. For info: (888) 2B-SOBER.

Andes

AA meeting, 7 p.m., Andes Presbyterian Church.

Central Bridge

AA Bridge Over Troubled Waters, 6 p.m., Bethany Lutheran Church, Church Street. For info: (888) 2B-SOBER.

Downsville

AA open discussion, 7 p.m., Colchester Community Church, Main Street. For info: (888) 2B-SOBER.

Norwich

ACOA Al-Anon meeting, 7 p.m., Christ Lutheran Church, North Broad Street. For info: 336-1954.

North Blenheim

AA Covered Bridge Group, 6 p.m., Methodist Church Hall. For info: (888) 2B-SOBER.

Richfield Springs

AA open discussion, 7:30 p.m., St. Joseph's R. C. Church. For info: (888) 2B-SOBER.

Walton

New Directions Easy Does It Group, 8 p.m., Kerrs Creek Road, open discussion; 865-8974.

Co-Dependents Anonymous, 5 p.m., First Congregational Church, 4 Mead St. For info: Michele, 865-4628.

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Josie Giuseppa Basile will speak about her book "A Gift of My Own: A Journey into the Spiritual Realm of Reality" at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, at the Body, Mind, Spirit meeting at the First United Methodist Church on the corner of Church and Chestnut street, upstairs in the Main Meeting room, in Oneonta.