AA Meetings Hillandale, MD

Below is a comprehensive directory of AA meetings in Hillandale, Maryland.

The closest AA meeting to you is 2.79 miles away and meets on Friday at 9:30:00 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: White Oak, Adelphi, Four Corners, and Langley Park.

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

What is an AA Meeting?

AA is a fellowship organized to help alcoholics get sober. There is no charge to attend a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous in Hillandale, MD as the funding is donated from its members.

AA is one of most commonly recognized programs in the United States and around the world that helps countless men and women get sober in the pursuit of lifelong recovery. They are usually small groups of people who share their experiences achieving sobriety and are there to help new members get sober.

Selecting An Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in Hillandale, MD

There are a many different AA meetings in Hillandale, MD. Before choosing the meeting that you are going to attend, it is important to know the different types of AA meetings and who can attend each one.

Open Meeting of AA - An Open Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting is open to anyone who has a desire to attend. You do not have to be an alcoholic to go to an open AA Meeting. Friends, family, and children can attend 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 these meetings, a member will commonly 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 experience, strength, and hope with fellow members of AA. The speaker may or may not talk through the duration of the meeting and can often be followed by a discussion amongst the members.

AA Literature Meeting - A literature meeting commonly 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 may or may not be followed by a discussion about the step(s).

Meditation Meeting - A meditation meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous can involve internal contemplation 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 extensively. This can be done with a speaker, literature lead, and may or may not be followed by a discussion.

Being that each Hillandale 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 Hillandale that do not. We recommend calling the local AA intergroup to get more information on AA Meetings in Hillandale, MD, or navigating to aa.org to locate more information.

How to Get The Most From a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous in Hillandale, MD

The best way to benefit the most from your first Alcoholics Anonymous 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, shut up, pay attention to the message, and modestly ask for help. No matter the type of meeting meeting, the one constant will be 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 alcohol addiction which you will find in any AA meeting you choose as your first.