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November 2, 2008

Anonymous The Daily Star Mon Nov 03, 2008, 03:30 AM EST

Monday

Oneonta

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

TOPS 375 weigh-in, 5:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, 71 Chestnut St. For info: 432-7223.

AA Morning Reflections closed discussion, 7:30 a.m., St. James' Episcopal Church, 305 Main St. For info: (888) 2B-SOBER.

AA closed discussion meeting, 7 p.m., Calvary Hill Retreat Center, 290 Chestnut St. For info: (888) 2B-SOBER

Association for Vision Rehabilitation and Employment Inc. support group, 10 to 11 a.m., Nader Towers. For info: 724-2428.

AA 449 Group, noon to 1 p.m., open discussion, 22 Elm St., enter on side by driveway. For info: (888) 2B-SOBER.

Co-Dependents Anon-ymous, 7 p.m., Turning Point, 22 Elm St. For info: Lisa, 267-4524.

Young People's open discussion, 6 p.m., Turning Point, 22 Elm St.

NA open step meeting, 7 p.m., parish house, First United Methodist Church. For info: Charlie, 434-2255.

Over Eaters Anonymous, 7 p.m., The Turning Point, 22 Elm St. For info: Barbara, 432-6217.

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

Cobleskill

AA Back to Basics group, 8 p.m., Cobleskill Library. For info: (888) 2B-SOBER.

Cooperstown

AA closed discussion, noon, Christ Episcopal Parish House, 69 Fair St. For info: (888) 2B-SOBER.

AA closed meeting, As Bill Sees It, 8 p.m., 19 Elm St., First Baptist Church. For info: (888) 2B-SOBER.

Norwich

Al-Anon 12-step meeting, noon, United Methodist Church, North Broad Street.

Otego

AA Back to Basics group, 8 p.m., United Methodist Church, 8 Church St. For info: (888) 2B-SOBER.

Roxbury

Mothers' support group, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., Roxbury Library. For info: 326-3330 or 326-7901.

Schoharie

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

Sidney

AA open meeting, 7 p.m., United Methodist Church, Liberty Street.

Stamford

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

Walton

TOPS, 5 p.m., Riverside Alliance Church, Stockton Avenue. For info: Helen, 510-4118.

AA open discussion, 8 p.m., St. John the Baptist Church parish hall, Benton Avenue. For info: (888) 2B-SOBER.

Double Trouble, 1 p.m., RSS room, 132 Delaware St. For info: Susan Troost, 865-3164.

Worcester

AA closed meeting, 8 to 9 p.m., 115 Main St., M and M Building. For info: (888) 2B-SOBER.

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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.