AA Meetings Barney, ND

Below is a comprehensive directory of AA meetings in Barney, North Dakota.

The closest AA meeting to you is 14.39 miles away and meets on Thursday at 7:00:00 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: Mooreton, Wyndmere, Mantador, and Great Bend.

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

What is an AA Meeting?

An AA Meeting is a place to spread a message of strength, hope and courage to other alcoholics. This is a safe place for an addict wanting to get sober to come in and ask for help. These AA Meetings in Barney, ND 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 addiction. Their ability to maintain their sobriety is dependent on helping others and giving back to others the support that they received.

Selecting An Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in Barney, ND

There are a many different AA meetings in Barney, ND. Before selecting the meeting that you are going to attend, it is helpful 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 Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting is only for those who have a desire to stop drinking. Friends and family are not able to attend these meetings.

Big Book Meeting - At these meetings, a member will commonly 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 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 can often be followed by a discussion amongst the members or a speaker about the literature of topic.

Step Study - An AA step study typically focuses on a specific step or 2 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 AA Meeting can involve internal contemplation for a portion of the meeting or even the entire meeting. The meditation may be guided and is sometimes followed by an open conversation.

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

Because each Barney AA meeting is autonomous, they are able to run each meeting as they see fit. Variation of meeting formats is common and you can also find AA meetings in Barney that do not. We recommend contacting the local AA intergroup to find out more information on AA Meetings in Barney, ND, or visiting aa.org to find out more information.

How to Get The Most From an Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in Barney, ND

In order 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 best advice I ever got was to sit down, shut up, listen to the message, and humbly ask for help. At any 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 alcoholism which you will find in any AA meeting you choose as your first.