AA Meetings Odessa, FL

Below is a comprehensive directory of AA meetings in Odessa, Florida.

The closest AA meeting to you is 0.74 miles away and meets on Thursday at 10:30:00 AM.

If you can't find a meeting close to you at the time you're looking for, we recommend checking out nearby towns including: Cheval, Keystone, Northdale, and Trinity.

Additional local resources: Odessa NA Meetings | Odessa 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 meetings in Odessa, FL will help them build a support network to live a sober life. You will be invited in by your peers that have all lived and survived from addiction. Their ability to maintain a sober life is dependent on helping others and giving back to others the guidance that they received.

The Best Method of Selecting an Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in Odessa, FL

It is important when coming to Alcoholics Anonymous that you choose a meeting that is best for where you are at in sobriety. The 1st type of Alcoholics Anonymous meeting is a new comers meeting and is not solely for new comers but is a meeting that motivates them to share their stories and reach out for help. The second type of meeting would be a gender specific meeting, which is only open to either men or women. A Closed meeting simply means the group is solely focused on conversations regarding how to stay sober from alcohol. Talking about any other drugs is not allowed. A Step Study is a gathering that is simply focused on a single 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 why you can join 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 Odessa, FL

The best way to get the most out of your first AA meeting you should remain 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, listen to the message, and modestly ask for help. No matter the type of meeting meeting, that one thing that won't change is the message of recovering from hopelessness. 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 as your first.