AA Meetings Oildale, CA

Monday AA Meetings in Oildale

Tuesday AA Meetings in Oildale

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Wednesday AA Meetings in Oildale

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Thursday AA Meetings in Oildale

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Friday AA Meetings in Oildale

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Saturday AA Meetings in Oildale

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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: Bakersfield, Greenacres, Edison, and Rosedale

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

What is an AA Meeting?

An Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting is a place to share experiences and success stories with other alcoholics. This is a safe place for a person wanting to get sober to come in and ask for help. These meetings in Oildale, California will help them build a support system to help guide them to sobriety. You will be welcomed by your peers that have all lived and survived from addiction. Their ability to maintain this state is dependent on helping others and giving back to others the support that they received.

Selecting An Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in Oildale, California

There are a a lot of different AA meetings in Oildale, California. prior to choosing the meeting that you are going to join, it is helpful to know the different types of AA meetings and what happens at each one.

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

Closed Meeting of AA – A Closed meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous 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 typically 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 can often be followed by a discussion amongst the members.

AA Literature Meeting – A literature meeting typically 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 one or two steps 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 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 thoroughly. This can be done with a speaker, literature lead, and could be followed by a conversation.

Since each Oildale 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 Oildale that do not. We recommend calling the local AA intergroup to find out more information on AA Meetings in Oildale, California, or navigating to aa.org to find out more information.

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

In order to get the most out of your first AA meeting you should keep an open minded. We all had an idea of what these meeting were and generally it is the same misconception. The best advice I ever got was to sit down, stop talking, pay attention to the message, and modestly ask for help. Regardless of the meeting, there will be the same 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 AA meeting you choose to make your first.