AA Meetings East Pasadena, CA

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

The closest AA meeting to you is 0.63 miles away and meets on Wednesday at 3:00 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: East San Gabriel, San Pasqual, San Marino, and Arcadia.

Additional local resources: East Pasadena NA Meetings | East Pasadena 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 somebody wanting to get sober to come in and ask for help. These Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in East Pasadena, CA will help them build a support network to live a sober life. You will be invited in by your peers that have all lived and survived from addiction. Their survival of maintaining their sobriety is reliant on helping others and giving back to others the support that they received.

How to Choose an AA Meeting in East Pasadena, CA

It is important when coming to AA that you choose a meeting that is suited for where you are at in sobriety. The first type of AA meeting is a new comers meeting and is not limited to only new comers but is a meeting that encourages them to share their stories and ask 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 closed to any discussion that does not involve how to stay sober from alcohol. Talking about any other drugs is not allowed. A Step Study is a meeting that is simply focused on a single step and discussed in length regarding the best approach to working this step and applying it to your daily life. Traditions meetings revolve around the 12 traditions of AA. Not to be confused with the 12 steps. The traditions were established to maintain order throughout AA and maintaining accountability to these traditions is the reason you can walk into an AA Meeting anywhere in the world to hear the same message.

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

The most successful members of AA tend to find success through getting involved in the program. For addicts who are attending their first AA meeting and really want to get sober, we recommend following the suggestions of the AA members that have successfully stayed sober for sometime.

It is smart to accept where you are at with you sobriety and admit that you need help. Part of not drinking is helping the newcomers of AA in East Pasadena stay sober, so people are going to be more than willing to help you not drink too. Stand up, introduce who you are, admit that you need help.