AA Meetings Lemon Grove, CA

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

The closest AA meeting to you is 3.11 miles away and meets on Tuesday 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: La Presa, La Mesa, Casa de Oro, and Spring Valley.

Additional local resources: Lemon Grove NA Meetings | Lemon Grove Al-Anon Meetings

What is an AA Meeting?

Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship founded to help alcoholics stay sober. There is no charge to attend an AA Meeting in Lemon Grove, CA as the funding is donated from its members.

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

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

It is important when coming to Alcoholics Anonymous that you select a meeting that is best for where you are at in sobriety. The first type of Alcoholics Anonymous meeting is a new comers meeting and is not only for new comers but is a meeting that encourages members to share their stories and accept help. Another type of meeting would be a gender specific meeting, which is only open to one gender. A Closed meeting simply means the group is closed to any discussion that does not involve how to maintain sobriety from alcohol. Speaking of any other drugs is not allowed. A Step Study is a gathering 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 focused around the 12 traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous. The 12 traditions are different than the 12 steps. The traditions are built to maintain order throughout Alcoholics Anonymous and maintaining accountability to these traditions is the reason you can walk into an AA Meeting anywhere in across the globe to hear the same message.

How to Get The Most From a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous in Lemon Grove, CA

The best way to get the most out of your first Alcoholics Anonymous 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, listen to the message, and humbly ask for help. No matter the type of meeting meeting, that one thing that won't change is the 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 make your first.