AA Meetings Glenmoore, PA

Below is a comprehensive directory of AA meetings in Glenmoore, Pennsylvania.

The closest AA meeting to you is 4.43 miles away and meets on Sunday at 9:30:00 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: Lyndell, Brandywine Manor, Loag, and Guthriesville.

Additional local resources: Glenmoore NA Meetings | Glenmoore 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 a person seeking sobriety to come in and ask for help. These AA Meetings in Glenmoore, PA will help them build a support system to help achieve sobriety. You will be greeted by your peers that have all lived and survived from addiction. Their survival of maintaining a sober life is dependent on helping others and giving back to others the support that they received.

Selecting An Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in Glenmoore, PA

There are a a number of different AA meetings in Glenmoore, PA. Before choosing the meeting that you are going to attend, it is beneficial to know the different types of AA meetings and who can attend each one.

Open Meeting of AA - An Open Meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous is open to anyone who wants to attend. You do not have to have an alcohol addiction 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 get sober. Friends and family are not able to attend these meetings.

Big Book Meeting - At Big Book meetings, a member will typically 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 typically involves 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 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 entire meeting. 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.

Because each Glenmoore 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 Glenmoore that do not. We recommend contacting the local AA intergroup to find out more information on AA Meetings in Glenmoore, PA, or visiting aa.org to find out more information.

How to Get The Most From an AA Meeting in Glenmoore, PA

The best way to get the most out of your first AA meeting you should remain open minded. Everyone had preconceived notions of what these meeting were and generally it is the same misconception. The most beneficial thing I was told was to sit down, shut up, listen to the message, and graciously 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 addict which you will find in any meeting you choose to pick as your first.