AA Meetings Santa Cruz, CA

Monday AA Meetings in Santa Cruz

Tuesday AA Meetings in Santa Cruz

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Wednesday AA Meetings in Santa Cruz

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Thursday AA Meetings in Santa Cruz

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Friday AA Meetings in Santa Cruz

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Saturday AA Meetings in Santa Cruz

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Sunday AA Meetings in Santa Cruz

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If you can't find a meeting close to you at the time you're looking for, we recommend checking out nearby towns including: Pasatiempo, Paradise Park, Twin Lakes, and Opal Cliffs.

Additional local resources: Santa Cruz NA Meetings | Santa Cruz Al-Anon Meetings

What is an AA Meeting?

An AA Meeting is a place to share experiences and success stories with other alcoholics. This is a safe place for a person wanting to get sober to come in and ask for help. These Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Santa Cruz, CA will help them build a support network to help guide them to sobriety. You will be invited in by your peers that have all lived and survived from a hopeless state of mind and body. Their ability to maintain a sober life is reliant on helping others and giving back to others the support that was given to them.

How to Choose an AA Meeting in Santa Cruz, CA

It is important when coming to AA that you select a meeting that is best for where you are at in sobriety. The first type of AA meeting is a new comers meeting and is not solely for new comers but is a meeting that inspires them to speak their truth and reach out for help. The next type of meeting would be a single gender meeting, either a men’s meeting or women’s meeting. These types of meeting are not opened to the opposite sex. A Closed meeting simply means the group is solely focused on conversations regarding how to maintain sobriety from alcohol. Speaking of any other substance use addictions is not allowed. A Step Study is a meeting that is simply a specific step and discussed in length regarding the best approach to working this step and applying it to your daily life. Traditions meetings are based off the 12 traditions of AA. The 12 traditions are different than the 12 steps. The traditions are built to maintain order throughout AA and holding each group accountable to these traditions is the reason you can attend an AA Meeting anywhere in across the globe to hear the same message.

How to benefit the most from your initial meeting in Santa Cruz, CA

To benefit the most from your initial meeting you need to walk through the front door with an open mind, and the willingness to change. Make sure to be ready to arrive early and stay late because there is always a “before” and “after” for every meeting, where the members of the group gather outside and talk. Make sure during opening remarks that you raise your hand to introduce yourself as a new member of AA. Make sure to request a meeting list, with phone numbers of the group members. Last, but certainly not least don’t be afraid to raise your hand and speak, let the group know what lead you through their doors that day.