AA Meetings Challenge, CA

Monday AA Meetings in Challenge

Tuesday AA Meetings in Challenge

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Wednesday AA Meetings in Challenge

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Thursday AA Meetings in Challenge

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Friday AA Meetings in Challenge

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Saturday AA Meetings in Challenge

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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: Brownsville, Forbestown, Clipper Mills, and Dobbins

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

What is an AA Meeting?

A meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous is a program where alcoholics and people who struggle with addiction gather for one hour to share their experience, strength, and hope. AA Members who attend an Alcoholic’s Anonymous meeting in Challenge, California will share their experience getting sober through their personal stories with anyone looking to get sober. There is no religious, social or economic association for membership, just the yearn to achieve sobriety, and live a fulfilling life without alcohol.

Selecting An Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in Challenge, California

There are a variety different AA meetings in Challenge, California. Before selecting the meeting that you are going to join, it is important 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 wants to attend. You do not have to have an drinking problem to go to an open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. 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 stop drinking. It is not open to friends or family.

Big Book Meeting – At Big Book meetings, a member will usually read out of the Big Book and then encourage its members to discuss the meeting.

Speaker Meeting – At an AA speaker meeting, a member of AA will tell their story and share their experience, strength, and hope with fellow members of AA. The speaker may or may not take up all of the time and can often be followed by a discussion amongst the members.

AA Literature Meeting – A literature meeting usually involves 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 could be followed by a discussion about the step(s).

Meditation Meeting – A meditation meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous can involve meditation 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 thoroughly. This can be done with a speaker, literature lead, and could be followed by a discussion.

Because each Challenge 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 Challenge that do not. We recommend reaching out to the local AA intergroup to acquire more information on AA Meetings in Challenge, California, or navigating to aa.org to find out more information.

How to Get The Most From a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous in Challenge, California

In order to benefit the most from your first AA meeting you should remain open minded. We all had an idea 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 addict which you will find in any meeting you choose to start with.