Need help now?
If you or someone you know needs immediate help with an alcohol problem, call the 24-hour hotline.
TTY 7-1-1. In a medical emergency, call 911.
If you think drinking might be a problem, you are welcome at any A.A. meeting in this district, exactly as you are. You do not need to sign up, pay anything, or decide anything yet.
Your first meeting
Folding chairs, coffee, and people talking honestly about their own drinking. Nobody will call on you, and it is fine to just listen. Arrive a few minutes early if you can, and let someone know you are new; they will be glad you came.
Open or closed
Do not let the labels worry you. Closed simply means the meeting is for anyone who wants to stop drinking. Open meetings also welcome family and friends. The meeting list marks each one.
Not sure you belong
Plenty of people wonder about that in the parking lot. The A.A. self-assessment is a short, private set of questions that can help you decide. No one at a meeting will ask you to prove anything.
Will anyone know you came
Anonymity is the foundation of A.A. Members use first names only, and who you see and what you hear at a meeting stays there. More about anonymity and privacy.
More questions
Short answers to the things people actually ask, from “do I have to talk” to court cards, are on the common questions page.