AA Meetings Helena, AL

Below is a comprehensive directory of AA meetings in Helena, Alabama.

The closest AA meeting to you is 2.36 miles away and meets on Saturday at 12:00 PM.

If you can't find a meeting close to you at the time you're looking for, we recommend checking out nearby towns including: Brantleyville, Alabaster, Maylene, and Saginaw.

Additional local resources: Helena NA Meetings | Helena Al-Anon Meetings

What is an AA Meeting?

Alcoholics Anonymous is a program founded to help alcoholics get sober. Attendance is free at a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous in Helena, AL as the funding is voluntarily contributed from its members.

Alcoholics Anonymous is one of most commonly recognized programs in the United States and around the world that helps countless men and women achieve sobriety in the pursuit of lifelong recovery. They are typically made up of small groups of recovering alcoholics who share their recovery journey and are there to help new members get sober.

Selecting An Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in Helena, AL

There are a many different AA meetings in Helena, AL. Before choosing the meeting that you are going to join, it is helpful to know the different types of AA meetings and who can attend each one.

Open Meeting of AA - An Open Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting is open to anyone who has a desire to attend. You do not have to be an alcoholic to go to an open Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting. Friends, family, and children can join these meetings.

Closed Meeting of AA - A Closed AA Meeting is only for those who have a desire to get sober. Friends and family are not able to attend these meetings.

Big Book Meeting - At these meetings, a member will commonly read out of the Big Book and follow the reading with a discussion amongst its members.

Speaker Meeting - At an AA speaker meeting, a member of AA will tell their story and share their journey, strength, and hope with fellow members of AA. The speaker may or may not take up all of the time and an sometimes they open the floor to discussion at the end.

AA Literature Meeting - A literature meeting commonly revolves around reading from one of the AA approved pieces of literature and an sometimes they open the floor to discussion at the end or a speaker about the literature of topic.

Step Study - An AA step study typically focuses on a specific step or 2 per meeting. This can involve a speaker lead discussion about a particular step, literature reading, and may or may not be followed by a discussion about the step(s).

Meditation Meeting - A Meditation AA Meeting can involve deep reflection for a portion of the meeting or even the whole time. The meditation may be guided and then followed by a discussion.

Traditions AA Meeting - One or more of the AA traditions will be discussed in extensively. This can be done with a speaker, literature lead, and may or may not be followed by a dialogue.

Because each Helena AA meeting is autonomous, they are able to run each meeting as they see fit. Variation of meeting formats is common and you can also find AA meetings in Helena that do not. We recommend reaching out to the local AA intergroup to acquire more information on AA Meetings in Helena, AL, or navigating to aa.org to find out more information.

How to Get The Most From an Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in Helena, AL

In order to benefit the most from your first AA meeting you should remain open minded. Everyone had preconceived notions of what these meeting were and generally it is the same misconception. The one piece of advice I was ever given was to sit down, shut up, pay attention to the message, and modestly ask for help. At any meeting, the one constant will be message of recovering from a hopeless state of mind. The process of recovering from that hopeless state is in asking for help from another person suffering from alcoholism which you will find in any Alcoholics Anonymous meeting you choose to start with.