AA Meetings Sierraville, CA

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

The closest AA meeting to you is 19.84 miles away and meets on Sunday at 5:30 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: Sattley, Calpine, Sierra Brooks, and Loyalton.

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

What is an AA Meeting?

An Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting is a place to spread a message of strength, hope and courage to other alcoholics. This is a safe place for an alcoholic seeking sobriety to come in and ask for help. These Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Sierraville, CA will help them build a support network 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 reliant on helping others and giving back to others the support that was given to them.

Selecting A meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous in Sierraville, CA

There are a a lot of different AA meetings in Sierraville, CA. prior to choosing the meeting that you are going to attend, it is important 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 be an alcoholic to go to an open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. Friends, family, and children can attend these meetings.

Closed Meeting of AA - A Closed AA Meeting is only for those who have a desire to get sober. Friends and family are not able to attend these meetings.

Big Book Meeting - At Big Book meetings, a member will usually read out of the Big Book and then encourage its members to discuss the meeting.

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 members are often encouraged to share their thoughts before wrapping up.

AA Literature Meeting - A literature meeting usually revolves around reading from one of the AA approved pieces of literature and can often be followed by a discussion amongst the members or a speaker about the literature of topic.

Step Study - An AA step study traditionally focuses on one or two steps per meeting. This can involve a speaker lead discussion about a particular step, literature reading, and may or may not be followed by a discussion about the step(s).

Meditation Meeting - A meditation meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous can involve meditation for a portion of the meeting or even the whole time. The meditation may be guided and is sometimes followed by an open dialogue.

Traditions AA Meeting - One or more of the AA traditions will be discussed in depth. This can be done with a speaker, literature lead, and may or may not be followed by a conversation.

Since each Sierraville AA meeting is autonomous, they are able to run each meeting as they see fit. Some meeting formats may vary and you can also find AA meetings in Sierraville that do not. We recommend calling the local AA intergroup to get more information on AA Meetings in Sierraville, CA, or navigating to aa.org to locate more information.

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

The most successful members of AA tend to find success through going more for the program than just attending meetings. 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 been a part of AA for a while.

It is important that you reach your hand out and admit that you need help. Part of staying sober is helping the new attendees of AA in Sierraville maintain their sobriety, so people are going to be open to helping you not drink too. Stand up, introduce who you are, admit that you need help.