The Monday 10:30 AM meetings at SM Seaside is now taking place again. As usual, the venue is the Starbucks coffee shop. The Friday meeting at the same place, is still on hold until further notice. The Wednesday meeting in Robinson Galleria is still suspended until further notice., and the same goes for the Sunday 11 AM meeting in Ayala mall. See list of meetings for details.
Arne Solheim
From Oct 3rd, new times for 1st Cebu Group of AA in Redemptorist church..
Please observe that the English speaking meetings will now start at 6:00 PM. This refers to our meetings on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Please also note that the Friday meetings in Cebuano, will continue unchanged with start at 7:30 PM.
We open some face to face to meetings again
We are happy to announce that from Thursday September 3rd, the AA meetings in The Redemptorist church are starting again! We will follow safety protocol and acting responsible as laid out by the local Government. Please observe that meetings now start at 6 PM. The Mondays, Thursdays and Saturday are English speaking,
Tuesdays and Fridays the meetings in Ayala Mall have also started again. Please observe due to early closing of the Mall, the AA meetings will start at 6:00 PM.
Also if you are looking for face-to-face meetings in Talisay/Tabunok area, the Tuesday 10:30 AM meeting (see the meeting list), is also up and running again.
Please refer to the list of meetings on our website for more details…
Changes to local AA meetings due to COVID19 restrictions
As of today – All local AA meetings in the whole Cebu Province are suspended until the lock-down is lifted. Some members are meeting through local online meetings. If you want to join, please send an email to us at:
aa.cebu@gmail.com
and you will get the details back. May you all be safe,sober and serene during these challenging times!
National Philippines AA Convention 2021
For those of you who like planning ahead, the next AA Convention in Philippines 2021 will be held in Cagayan de Oro from February 5 to 7. More details to follow when available.
New AA meeting in Leyte
We are happy to announce the start of a new AA meeting in Ormoc, Leyte:
Visayas Ormoc Leyte (morning meeting) (closed English)
Lorenzo’s cafe near ferry pier. Corner of Jose Navarro street and Larrazabal street. Next to Hotel Don Felipe. Meeting time Thursday 11 am. Coffee before meeting 10.30 am. Contacts:; Porter 0921-287 6979 or Steve 0929-898 5647
Reminder: AA literature and coins available
[notice]To all local members;
This is a friendly reminder that if you are looking for
AA literature in English and/or anniversary coins, we are
happy to receive your request by email to:
or via the chat service here on the website.
At The 1st Cebu Group of Alcoholics Anonymous, we have
a decent selection of AA books and coins to help you out on
personal basis or as a group.
Shipping and payment usually via LBC.
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Alcoholics Anonymous – AA meetings in Visayas and Mindanao
If you are looking for a meeting in any of the areas within Visayas or Mindanao, here is a list of meetings, as they are known by their latest update. Please call/check before you plan to attend a meeting for the first time, just in case…. And we appreciate your feedback if any of the information listed here, need to be updated. (Nothing is worse than an alcoholic showing up for a meeting, and there is NO meeting 😉
Agusan del Norte Province:
Day and time City/town Meeting format Contact Meeting place
Meetings can be arranged any day and time. Please call. | Buena Vista | Big book study | Craig, Mike J.0947-529-6608, 0999-531-3136 | Private home |
Meetings can be arranged any day and time. Please call. | Butuan | 12 and 12 | Craig, Mike J.0947-529-6608, 0999-531-3136 | Rotating weekly |
Aklan Province: |
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Wednesday 7:00 PM | Boracay Island | Closed – Discussion | Stuart (skype name: stuartjenkins); Nadine 0920-920-6135/(036)288-3408 – N :(036)288-5340/ 0919-388-9937 | The Holy Rosary Parish Church, The Plaza, Balabag |
Friday 7:00 PM | Boracay Island | Closed – Discussion | Stuart (skype name: stuartjenkins); Nadine 0920-920-6135/(036)288-3408 – N :(036)288-5340/ 0919-388-9937 | The Holy Rosary Parish Church, The Plaza, Balabag |
Sunday/Tues and Friday 5:00 PM. | Kalibo | Open discussion | Brian # 0949-883-6828. | Latte Coffee Shop, next to Marzon Hotel. |
Cebu Province: |
See list of meetings on our website | http://bit.ly/2wiUZrF |
Davao del Sur Province: |
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Wednesday 6:00 PM | Davao city | Open, Big Book study non smoking,non vaping. | Boboy: 0920-9001198 | Christ Fellowship Church, #777 V. Mapa St. |
Tuesday+Thursday 6:00 PM | Davao city | Open, Big Book study | JoJo: 0932-6754768 | Pia’s cafe and restaurant, Ecoland, Quimpo boulevard |
Friday 6:00 PM | Davao city | Open discussion | Al: 0942-9636283 | Redemptorist Church, Bajada |
Sunday 2:00 PM | Davao city | Open discussion | Tony: 0929-6777182 | Casa Munda, 826 Maria Loreto Matina |
Iloilo Province: |
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Monday, Wednesday, Friday 6:30 PM | Iloilo city | Combined NA/AA | Gerry: 0917-7000086 | St Clements Church compound, Luna Street, LaPaz |
Misamis Oriental Province; |
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Monday,Wednesday,
Friday 6:30 PM |
Licoan/ Cagayan de Oro | M: Big Book – Closed,
W+F: Open |
Emily: 0915-559-5789 | Barangay hall, Rooftop.Barangay 25, Licoan |
Monday, Wednesday 6:00 PM | Cagayan de Oro | Open AA/NA | Boyboy: 0927-439-2925; 0927-439-2925 | 4th floor, Immaculate Concept. Bldng San Agustine Cath.grounds, Fernandez st. |
ANY day/time 24/7 | Gingoog City |
Alex M. Woody E.0949-4632703 0908-3249818
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Paz Village | |
Negros Occidental Province |
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Tuesday 7:30 PM | Bacolod | Big Book | Fean 0917-300 0140 | Redemptorist Parish House |
Thursday 7:30 PM | Bacolod | Steps | Fean 0917-300 0140 | Redemptorist Parish House |
Negros Oriental Province |
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Monday 3.45 PM | Valencia | Book study – discussion | Tommy 0995-3956608 | Lady of the Abandoned Parish, Rizal Street, Valencia |
Wednesday 3.45 PM | Valencia | Daily Reflexions/
Discussion |
Tommy 0995-3956608 | Lady of the Abandoned Parish, Rizal Street, Valencia |
Tuesday 9::00 AM | Dumaguete | Jail meeting | John 0956-1781120 | Negros Oriental Detention and Rehabilitation Center, Dumaguete (next to Lamberto Macias Sports & Cultural Complex. Opposite to LTO) |
Tuesday 12:00 AM | Dumaguete | Daily Reflexions/
Discussion |
Tommy 0995-3956608 | Bethel Guest House 5th floor |
Thursday 11:00 AM | Dauin | Discussion | John 0956-1781120 | Romana Alar Beach & Seaside Bar, Dauin (coming from Dumaguete, turn left after Chooks to Go, stop just before the beach) |
Friday 10:30 AM | Dumaguete | Daily Reflexions/
Discussion |
Tommy 0995-3956608 | Bethel Guest House 5th floor |
Saturday 11:00 AM | Dumaguete | Daily Reflexions/
Discussion |
John 0956-1781120 | Blue Monkey Bar, 2nd floor, Rizal Blvd, Corn.Bishop Epifano Surban.Street |
Sunday 6:00 PM | Dumaguete | Book study – discussion | John 0956-1781120 | Our Mother of Perpetual Help Redemptorist Church, George Sy Street.(enter by main entrance, keep left of church, small wood chapel) |
Palawan Province |
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Thursday 11:00 AM |
Puerto Princesa | Open discussion | Brian 0927-6775949 | Robinsons Mall, Gerrys grill |
Surigao del Norte Province
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Any time and day, please call |
General Luna/ Siargao Island | Matthew 0998-5551682 | General Luna, Catangan Cloud 9 |
Zamboanga del Zur Province |
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Wednesday 7:00 PM | Pagadian | Big Book | Larry 0920-228-5700; Patrick 0920-954-7128 Jimboy 0918-766-7520 | Jimboy’s Carmelas Cakes & Pastries – in front of DENR office |
Sunday 10:00 AM | Pagadian | Discussion | Hockiard; 0929-514-0883 Andy 0928-977-4844 | Sabakan Pre-school Beside Holy Child Academy Basketball Court – San Jose District |
If you or your group need AA literature in Tagalog/Visayan or English/……
It is good for your recovery to read AA literature, and it’s good for general knowledge to read how Alcoholics Anonymous works, and how it was started etc.
Please note that we keep a decent number of various books, mostly in English, but also some translated into Visayan and Tagalog languages.
If you want to find out about what books we have, and if that fits your requirement, please send an email as given under “contact us”. For groups we can also help with pamphlets and
“Meeting in a pocket” – now translated into Visayan and Tagalog.
We will ship usually LBC, all over Philippines.
AA Cebu on publicity and the media
AA CEBU IN THE LOCAL NEWS:
We have formed a committee within AA Cebu to work with the local media, and the members of this committee regularly pays visits to the 3 main newspapers to inform them about some of our activity. Here you can read a write up in Cebu Daily News on August 13th 2012:
And this article was featured in Sun Star Cebu on Jan 13th 2015
It is important for us in AA to spread the word about our activity, in order for us to reach out to the still suffering alcoholic. We aim to build a good relationship with the media so they can help us to help others, always be mindful about tradition 7 in our program: ” Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio and films.”