It’s easy to find an AA meeting near you. Alcoholics Anonymous is an international fellowship dedicated to helping alcoholics recover through peer meetings and mutual support. Membership is free and open to the public. AA and similar groups are excellent especially for recovering alcoholics who either receive outpatient treatment or are post-treatment.
The simplest way to find a meeting is online. Using your computer or smart phone, or a library’s computer, simply click here and then find your state in the list. It’s that easy. For those who for any reason cannot access the hyperlink, the website is https://www.aa.org/pages/en_us/find-local-aa.
For those who wish not to participate in person, there are online groups available on the same webpage. And as always, if you need immediate assistance, call the National Rehab Hotline anytime at 1-866-210-1303. AA meetings and calls to us are both free of cost.
Get the App
In an attempt to reach everyone and anyone, AA now offers a mobile app called Meeting Guide and it’s available for Apple’s App Store and Google Play. It’s completely free and “provides meeting information from A.A. service entities in an easy-to-access format.” Therefore, there is literally no excuse not to go to a meeting. Between in-person meets, online meets and the Meeting Guide app, Alcoholics Anonymous is available around the clock.
More Specific Options
There are many support groups among AA that focus on different addictions. Below is a partial list which includes the more commonly accessed groups.
- AA Outside the US
- Al-Anon (for teenagers)
- Cocaine Anonymous
- Crystal Meth Anonymous
- Marijuana Anonymous
- Narcotics Anonymous
Seriously, Go to a Meeting
Even if you’re reading this thinking, “Eh not really for me,” here’s the thing… you have nothing to lose. It’s free and available all the time. There will be no harm done in attending a meeting. In fact, the overwhelming majority of people who attend AA meetings report benefitting from them. Yes, there are religious undertones to AA, but regardless of your creed, Alcoholic Anonymous is there to help. And so are we. Call the National Rehab Hotline anytime you feel the need to talk.