About New Port Club

Fifty years of an open door.

New Port Club has quietly served Vero Beach since 1975 — a steady, volunteer-driven haven for people in recovery and their families.

Our history

From a single meeting room to a community fixture

  • 1975

    New Port Club is founded in Vero Beach as a place to hold recovery meetings and provide fellowship in an alcohol-free setting.

  • 2024

    The Club's bylaws are formally updated, reaffirming its purpose: to assist recovery, host AA and Al-Anon meetings, and provide a clubhouse for wholesome, alcohol-free recreation.

  • Today

    New Port Club owns its building, runs a kitchen and community events, and hosts more than 30 weekly recovery meetings — with a Board and members who keep it running.

Interior of the New Port Club clubhouse, showing seating and meeting space
Our purpose

Why we exist

Our bylaws describe three purposes, and the third is the one that shapes everything beyond meetings:

Purpose one

Support recovery

Assist the alcoholic's recovery by fostering the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Purpose two

Host meetings

Provide meeting places and make them available to Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon group meetings.

Purpose three

Provide a clubhouse

Provide a club and assembly hall for wholesome recreation in an alcohol-free surrounding, for members and their guests.

Clear on purpose

What we are — and aren't

New Port Club is

  • A 50-year sober gathering place and community hub
  • An alcohol- and drug-free environment
  • Host to 30+ weekly recovery meetings
  • A complement to treatment, courts, detox, and sober living
  • A place to sit, talk, read, reset, and stay connected

New Port Club is not

  • A treatment center
  • A shelter
  • A soup kitchen, even when food is served
  • AA itself — we're a separate 501(c)(3) that hosts AA and Al-Anon
  • A clinical, credentialed, or case-management agency
Our guardrails

How the Board stewards the Club

Five principles guide every decision the Board makes about the Club's future.

Purpose

All investment strengthens the Club as a physical haven for recovery and connection.

Discretion

We conduct our affairs with dignity, and honor privacy and the spirit of recovery.

Independence

We welcome broad participation without yielding governance or direction to any single influence.

Stability

We favor long-term resilience — reserves and maintenance — over expansion for its own sake.

Stewardship

The Board holds the Club in trust, and passes it forward stronger than it was received.

“Recovery is not built in one-hour increments. Recovery is built on ordinary days.”
New Port Club · Vero Beach, FL