AA Meetings Santa Cruz, CA

Below is a comprehensive directory of AA meetings in Santa Cruz, California.

The closest AA meeting to you is 0.49 miles away and meets on Sunday at 7:00 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: Pasatiempo, Paradise Park, Twin Lakes, and Opal Cliffs.

Additional local resources: Santa Cruz NA Meetings | Santa Cruz Al-Anon Meetings

What is an AA Meeting?

A meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous is a place to spread a message of strength, hope and courage to other alcoholics. This is a safe place for an alcoholic wanting to get sober to come in and ask for help. These meetings in Santa Cruz, CA will help them build a support system to live a sober life. You will be welcomed by your peers that have all lived and survived from alcoholism. Their ability to maintain a sober life is dependent on helping others and giving back to others the guidance that they received.

How to Choose an Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in Santa Cruz, CA

Alcohol Addiction is a disease of the mind, body, and soul. Alcoholics Anonymous has curated meetings to help with each individual piece of your sobriety. If you are in search of a meeting on the first 3 steps, you should select a beginner meeting. If you are looking to explore your spiritual side, attending a meditation meeting would be an ideal choice. If you are in search of other people's journeys to sobriety, a speaker meeting is the right place for you. If you are through your steps and are now working on the traditions of AA, a traditions meetings will be beneficial. If you want to attend a group with just your gender, you can go to a men’s or women's meeting where only people of your gender will be present. Likely, there is a meeting for everyone. Try them out until you find one that you find most beneficial.

How to Get The Most From a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous in Santa Cruz, CA

The best way to benefit the most from 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 most beneficial thing I was told was to sit down, stop talking, pay attention to the message, and humbly ask for help. Regardless of the meeting, that one thing that will always be present 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 person suffering from alcoholism which you will find in any meeting you choose to make your first.