AA Meetings Bakersfield, CA

Below is a comprehensive directory of AA meetings in Bakersfield, California.

The closest AA meeting to you is 0.88 miles away and meets on Monday at 7:30:00 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: Oildale, Greenacres, Fuller Acres, and Lamont.

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

What is an AA Meeting?

Alcoholics Anonymous is a program developed to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Bakersfield, CA as the funding is donated from its members.

Alcoholics Anonymous is one of most highly regarded programs in the United States and around the world that helps countless men and women get sober in the pursuit of lifelong recovery. Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are typically made up of small groups of individuals who share their experiences achieving sobriety and are there to help new members get sober.

The Best Method of Selecting an Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in Bakersfield, CA

Alcoholism is a disease of the mind, body, and soul. Alcoholics Anonymous has created meetings to help with each individual piece of your independence from alcohol. If you are searching for a meeting on the 1st three steps, you should choose a beginner meeting. If you are looking to get more in touch with your spiritual side, attending a meditation meeting would be a recommended choice. If you want to hear another individuals story of how they overcame alcoholism, a speaker meeting is where you need to be. If you are through your steps and are now working on the traditions of AA, a traditions meetings will be beneficial. If you want to attend a group with just your gender, you can go to a men’s or women's meeting where no one of the opposite gender will be there. Likely, there is a meeting for everyone. Try a few meetings out until you find one that you find most beneficial.

How to Get The Most From an Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in Bakersfield, CA

In order to benefit the most from your first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting you should keep an open minded. Everyone had preconceived notions of what these meeting were and generally it is the same misconception. The best advice I ever got was to sit down, shut up, pay attention to the message, and humbly ask for help. At any meeting, the one constant will be message of recovering from hopelessness. 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 pick as your first.