AA Meetings San Mateo, CA

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

The closest AA meeting to you is 0.71 miles away and meets on Monday at 6:30:00 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: Foster City, Hillsborough, Belmont, and Highlands.

Additional local resources: San Mateo NA Meetings | San Mateo Al-Anon Meetings

What is an AA Meeting?

Alcoholics Anonymous is a program organized to help its members achieve sobriety. There is no charge to attend an Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in San Mateo, 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 achieve sobriety in the pursuit of lifelong recovery. AA meetings are typically made up of small groups of recovering alcoholics who share their recovery journey and are there to help new members achieve sobriety.

How to Choose an AA Meeting in San Mateo, CA

Alcoholism is a disease of the mind, body, and soul. AA has curated meetings to help with each individual piece of your sobriety. If you are looking 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 are in search of other people's journeys to sobriety, a speaker meeting is the right place for you. If you have completed your steps and are now working on the traditions of AA, a traditions meetings will be beneficial. If you want to attend a single gender group, 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 different meetings out until you find one that fits your needs.

How to Get The Most From an AA Meeting in San Mateo, CA

The best way 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 one piece of advice I was ever given was to sit down, shut up, pay attention to the message, and humbly ask for help. Regardless of the meeting, there will be the same message of recovering from hopelessness. The process of recovering from that hopeless state is in asking for help from another alcoholic which you will find in any AA meeting you choose to make your first.