Dumaguete AA History

Dumaguete AA history and local AA information since 2015

Last Updated: June 6, 2026

Dumaguete AA History

This page is a chronological public record of documented Alcoholics Anonymous information connected to Dumaguete, DumagueteAA.org, historical meeting references, local recovery resources, and convention-related pages from 2015 through today.

DumagueteAA.org provides local Alcoholics Anonymous meeting information for Dumaguete City, Valencia, Dauin, and nearby Negros Oriental areas. Built from more than 10 years of local recovery experience, the site helps newcomers, visitors, and members find AA meetings, meeting updates, visitor resources, and recovery information. Local AA information. Independent. Unofficial. Helpful.

If you are looking for a current AA meeting in Dumaguete, start here:

Why This History Page Exists

DumagueteAA.org has served as a local information resource for Alcoholics Anonymous meeting information, newcomer guidance, visitor information, and convention-related updates in the Dumaguete area.

This page preserves known public references, historical URLs, original dates, meeting-location references, community-resource pages, and convention-related pages connected to Dumaguete AA history.

The purpose is not to republish outdated meeting schedules as current information. The purpose is to preserve historical context while helping today’s visitors find current AA resources.

How This Record Is Organized

This page is organized by date, topic, URL, context, and historical significance.

  1. Use the earliest known public date when available.
  2. Use exact month, day, and year when known.
  3. Preserve historical URLs where they are known.
  4. Identify whether a page was a meeting page, help page, convention page, resource page, or community reference.
  5. Do not treat old meeting information as current meeting information.
  6. Always direct current visitors to current AA meeting resources.

January 12, 2015 — Event: AA Dumaguete Meeting Schedule

Date: January 12, 2015

Topic: AA Dumaguete Meeting Schedule

Public source title: Event – AA Dumaguete Meeting Schedule

Related URL to rebuild: /event-aa-dumaguete-meeting-schedule/

Context: A public reference from January 12, 2015 discussed AA meeting schedule information connected to Dumaguete. This is currently the earliest known public reference identified in this preservation project.

Historical significance: This establishes that AA meeting information for Dumaguete was already being publicly shared online in early 2015.

July 2015 — Early Meeting Search Questions

Date: July 2015

Topic: Search-question pages about AA meetings in Dumaguete

Context: Historical site assets show early question-based topics such as “Are there AA meetings in Dumaguete?” and “Where are the Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in Dumaguete?”

Historical significance: These were practical search questions from people trying to find AA meetings. This shows DumagueteAA.org was structured around real visitor needs from the beginning.

August 2015 — Where Are There AA Meetings in Dumaguete?

Date: August 2015

Topic: Dumaguete AA meeting finder content

Context: Historical site assets from August 2015 show meeting-finder content connected to the question “Where are there AA meetings in Dumaguete?”

Historical significance: This shows meeting-finder pages existed before the September 15, 2015 public reference that directed readers to DumagueteAA.org.

September 15, 2015 — Where Are There AA Meetings in Dumaguete?

Date: September 15, 2015

Topic: Where Are There AA Meetings in Dumaguete?

Related URL: /where-are-there-aa-meetings-in-dumaguete/

Context: A public discussion directed readers to DumagueteAA.org for local AA meeting information in the Dumaguete area.

Historical significance: This is one of the strongest documented public references to DumagueteAA.org. It shows that people searching for meetings were being directed to the site in 2015.

September 2015 — Saturday and Friday Meeting References

Date: September 2015

Topic: Meeting-day and venue-specific AA information

Context: Historical site assets reference a Saturday 10:30 AA meeting at Blue Monkey Bar & Grill and Friday AA meeting information.

Historical significance: These references show Dumaguete AA information was organized by specific days, times, and venues.

October 30, 2015 — Box 4-5-9 Convention Calendar References

Date: October 30, 2015

Topic: 34th Philippines National Convention, February 5–7, 2016

Source: Box 4-5-9 (News and Notes from the General Service Office of A.A.), Vol. 61, No. 4, Winter Issue 2015.

February
5-7—Dumaguete City, Philippines. 34th Philippines Nat’l Conv.
Info: www.dumagueteaa.org

Related publications identified:

  • Box 4-5-9, Vol. 61, No. 3, Fall 2015 (English)
  • Box 4-5-9, Vol. 61, No. 4, Winter 2015 (English)
  • Box 4-5-9, Fall 2015 (French edition)
  • Box 4-5-9, Fall 2015 (Spanish edition)
  • Box 4-5-9, Winter 2015 (Spanish edition)

Context: Convention calendar listings published through Box 4-5-9 during 2015 included the upcoming 34th Philippines National Convention scheduled for February 5–7, 2016 in Dumaguete City, Philippines. Readers seeking additional convention information were directed to www.dumagueteaa.org.

Historical significance: The convention listing appeared in multiple Box 4-5-9 editions, including English-language issues and translated international editions. These references document DumagueteAA.org being used as a published convention-information resource and show that information connected to the Dumaguete convention was distributed internationally through Alcoholics Anonymous service publications during 2015.

The calendar listings were published as a service to readers seeking information about upcoming AA events. The repeated appearance of www.dumagueteaa.org across multiple editions provides documented evidence that the website was being used as an information source for the 34th Philippines National Convention during the 2015 convention-planning period.

November 2015 — Sunday Night AA Meeting References

Date: November 2015

Topic: Sunday night AA meeting information

Context: Historical site assets reference a Sunday night AA meeting in Dumaguete.

Historical significance: This provides additional evidence that the site carried recurring meeting information organized around specific meeting days and times.

December 24, 2015 — Where Can I Get Help About Alcohol?

Date: December 24, 2015

Topic: Help for alcohol problems

Context: A public help-seeking discussion referenced DumagueteAA.org help information for people concerned about drinking.

Historical significance: This is one of the strongest newcomer-focused references in the Dumaguete AA historical record.

December 2015 — Alcohol Help Search Intent

Date: December 2015

Topic: Newcomer-help and alcohol-problem search pages

Context: Historical site assets from December 2015 show newcomer-focused topics such as “Where do I get help for alcohol problem,” “AA meetings in Dumaguete get help with drinking,” and “need help with a drinking problem.”

Historical significance: These topics match the language of people who may not yet know what AA is, but are searching for help.

December 2015 — Had Enough Christmas? No? Have an AA Meeting.

Date: December 2015

Topic: Holiday AA meeting announcement

Related URL: /had-enough-christmas-no-have-an-aa-meeting/

  • Bethel Guest House
  • Blue Monkey Bar & Grill

Context: This historical announcement promoted AA meeting availability during the Christmas period.

Historical significance: Holiday periods can be difficult for people struggling with alcohol. This page shows Dumaguete AA information was being used to help people find meetings during a high-risk time of year.

December 2015 — Site Infrastructure and Public Presence

Date: December 2015

Topic: DumagueteAA.org site infrastructure and public information system

  • Homepage
  • RSS feed
  • Comments feed
  • Robots.txt
  • Favicon and site icons
  • WordPress theme and plugin assets
  • Email Subscribers widget assets
  • Business Profile contact-card assets
  • Google Calendar Events assets
  • Event Espresso event and registration-related assets
  • SiteOrigin Panels page-layout assets
  • Ninja Forms contact-form assets
  • Book Review Library assets
  • WordPress JSON, oEmbed, archive, tag, category, and paginated index references

Context: These elements show DumagueteAA.org was operating as a structured WordPress-based public information site, not just a single static page. Historical captures show supporting systems for email updates, contact information, calendar or event listings, forms, page layouts, AA literature references, feeds, tags, categories, and public archive pages.

Historical significance: The existence of feeds, icons, contact-card assets, calendar/event assets, subscriber-related assets, form assets, book-review assets, and WordPress archive structures shows a maintained local AA information system with more than simple meeting text.

2015–2016 — DumagueteInfo Community Visibility

Date range: 2015–2016

Topic: Public third-party references to Dumaguete AA and DumagueteAA.org

Dumaguete AA Meetings Thread

/dumaguete-aa-meetings-thread/

Dumaguete AA Showcase

/dumaguete-aa-showcase/

Dumaguete AA Sticky Thread Creation

/dumaguete-aa-sticky-thread-creation/

Dumaguete AA on DumagueteInfo

/dumaguete-aa-on-dumagueteinfo/

Historical significance: These references are among the strongest third-party evidence of public visibility and continuity.

March 2016 — Meeting, Convention, Contact, Resource, and Community Pages

Date range: March 2–28, 2016

Convention Pages

Meeting Pages

Resource and Community Pages

Historical significance: March 2016 shows DumagueteAA.org operating as a multi-purpose local AA information resource: meetings, contact, newcomer help, convention information, community references, and literature resources.

April–July 2016 — Bethel Guest House and Convention Continuity

  • April 5, 2016: /tuesday-noon-aa-meeting-bethel-guest-house/
  • June 5, 2016: Continued references to the Tuesday noon Bethel Guest House meeting page.
  • June 23, 2016: Technical site interruption reference: /cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi
  • July 31, 2016: Continued 2016 convention schedule and Bethel Guest House convention venue references.

Historical significance: These records show ongoing meeting and convention continuity beyond the first March 2016 page cluster.

October–November 2016 — Wednesday Bethel Meeting and 2017 Bohol Convention

Historical significance: This shows continuing meeting-location content and convention-content continuity beyond the 2016 Dumaguete convention period.

January 2017 — Continued Historical Page Visibility

Date range: January 2017

Context: Historical captures from early 2017 show continued visibility of meeting-information pages, newcomer-help resources, convention pages, and Bethel Guest House meeting references that originated during the 2015–2016 period.

Historical significance: Several 2015–2016 pages remained visible into early 2017, demonstrating continuity beyond a single launch period. The preserved URLs show that DumagueteAA.org continued functioning as a local AA information resource with meeting information, newcomer guidance, and convention-related content extending into 2017.

July 20–21, 2022 — Alcoholics Anonymous Discussion References Historical Thread

Date: July 20–21, 2022

Related URL: /alcoholics-anonymous-dumagueteinfo-2022/

Context: A later public discussion concerning Alcoholics Anonymous referenced earlier Dumaguete AA meeting information.

Historical significance: This shows older Dumaguete AA resources continued to be referenced years after the original 2015–2016 activity.

2026 — DumagueteAA.org Archive and History Preservation Project

Date: June 2026

Context: The preservation project was created to rebuild historical URLs, preserve public references, reduce 404s, document local AA history, and connect old search intent to current newcomer and meeting resources.

Historical URL Inventory

The following URLs are part of the DumagueteAA.org historical preservation and rebuild map.

Core History and Archive Pages

Third-Party Reference Pages

Search Question Pages

Historical Meeting Location Pages

Community Resource Pages

Convention History Pages

Historical Literature and Book Review Pages

Historical site records indicate that DumagueteAA.org maintained an Alcoholics Anonymous lending library and published reviews, discussions, and references related to widely used AA literature. These pages reflect a broader literary and educational dimension of the local AA community, extending beyond meeting schedules to include recovery reading, personal study, group discussion resources, and long-established AA books that have been part of Alcoholics Anonymous for generations.

The collection also demonstrates the range of interests represented within the local fellowship, including foundational AA texts, recovery reflections, historical works, biographies, and sobriety-focused literature. Together, these pages provide evidence that DumagueteAA.org functioned not only as a meeting-information resource but also as a local recovery literature and learning resource.

Historical Category and Tag Archives

Additional Convention and Event References

Technical Archive Artifacts

Historical captures also include RSS feeds, comments feeds, WordPress archive indexes, category archives, tag archives, oEmbed references, JSON endpoints, paginated archives, legacy post-ID URLs, and other technical artifacts that document the site’s historical structure. These records are preserved as part of the archive project but are not generally rebuilt as public content pages.

Technical Archive Artifacts

In addition to public pages and reconstructed historical URLs, archive captures identified technical records associated with the historical operation of DumagueteAA.org.

  • RSS feeds and comments feeds
  • WordPress category archives
  • WordPress tag archives
  • Paginated archive indexes
  • WordPress JSON and oEmbed endpoints
  • Legacy post-ID URLs and query-string URLs
  • Theme, plugin, and widget assets
  • Email subscriber assets
  • Business profile and contact-card assets
  • Calendar and event-management assets
  • Form-processing and subscription-management assets
  • Historical sitemap, robots.txt, favicon, and site-icon references

Historical significance: These technical records help document the site’s structure, functionality, and continuity during the 2015–2017 period. Most are preserved as archive references and are not generally rebuilt as standalone public content pages.

Current AA Resources in Dumaguete

If drinking is causing problems and you want help, you are welcome at an AA meeting in Dumaguete. You do not need to register, explain yourself, or know what to say. You can simply come to a meeting and listen. AA has no dues or fees for membership.

2027 Philippines AA Convention Context

Dumaguete is scheduled to host the 42nd Philippines AA Convention on January 29–31, 2027 at Bethel Guest House on Rizal Boulevard in Dumaguete City.

  • Event: 42nd Philippines AA Convention
  • Dates: January 29–31, 2027
  • Venue: Bethel Guest House
  • Location: Rizal Boulevard, Dumaguete City
  • Registration: PHP 4,000
  • Hotel: Not included in registration

Convention details may change. Please confirm registration, lodging, payment, and event details with organizers before making final plans.

Archival Note

This page preserves documented public references connected to Dumaguete AA information, DumagueteAA.org, historical meeting resources, newcomer-help pages, community resources, and convention-related pages from 2015 through the present.

The purpose is to maintain historical continuity while directing visitors to current AA meeting information and newcomer resources.

Site Disclaimer

DumagueteAA.org is an independent local information resource for AA meeting information, visitor guidance, newcomer support, and recovery-related updates in the Dumaguete area. Local AA information. Independent. Unofficial. Helpful.

Meeting schedules, venues, contact information, and convention details may change. Visitors should confirm current information before making plans.