{"id":367397,"date":"2025-11-09T18:09:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T18:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/367397\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T18:09:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T18:09:22","slug":"east-houston-aa-group-seeks-new-space-after-fire-destroys-37-year-old-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/367397\/","title":{"rendered":"East Houston AA group seeks new space after fire destroys 37-year-old building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/7F1A4089378B0742A90949B9D9CED294.jpg\" alt=\"East Houston AA needs new space after fire\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-7a5d4fdb=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">After 37 years, the local Alcoholics Anonymous group in the Magnolia neighborhood in Houston is now displaced.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">This comes after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/news\/houston-fire-department-contains-2-alarm-fire-avenue-b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">structure fire was reported on Friday afternoon<\/a>, leading to the complete loss of the building.<\/p>\n<p> AA group seeks new space  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/screenshot-2025-11-08-212021.png\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Local perspective:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The AA group, which has over 45 members, had daily meetings at the building around 8 every night.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Now, they are being put on hold until they can find another building to rent.<\/p>\n<p>  &#8216;We&#8217;re all devastated&#8217; <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">&#8220;It&#8217;s kind of our second home,&#8221; AA Member \u00c1lvarez said. &#8220;We&#8217;re all devastated that this happened to it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">\u00c1lvarez was on his way home when he received a call from another member about the fire.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">&#8220;I drove over here fast as I could, and I just seen the the building which I had seen the day before that was there and not being there anymore&#8221; \u00c1lvarez said. &#8220;It&#8217;s just like something I couldn&#8217;t believe and it just hit me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Reach out to the group <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">If you have or know of a new space that the group could use, reach out to them <a href=\"https:\/\/aahoustontexas.org\/?fbclid=IwRlRTSAN86NdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeB_l3W5AyttyxAodY8q0UMa6p_e-Ro0gOPXn4X24so9Gvok1MUFgxLNFxCcQ_aem_4DGDdQiTc9wcuQ7neuH1Mw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> Houston Fire Department, Alcoholic Anonymous Magnolia Group.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After 37 years, the local Alcoholics Anonymous group in the Magnolia neighborhood in Houston is now displaced. 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