AA Meetings University Park, TX

Below is a comprehensive directory of AA meetings in University Park, Texas.

The closest AA meeting to you is 1.14 miles away and meets on Monday at 6:00:00 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: Highland Park, Dallas, Buckingham, and Farmers Branch.

Additional local resources: University Park NA Meetings | University Park Al-Anon Meetings

What is an AA Meeting?

AA is a program founded to help those who struggle from alcohol abuse get sober. It is free to attend an AA Meeting in University Park, TX as the funding is accepted on a [donation from its members.

AA is among the most highly regarded programs in the United States and around the world that helps countless men and women overcome their addiction to alcohol in the pursuit of lifelong recovery. Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are commonly made up of small groups of people who share their experiences getting sober and are there to help new members get sober.

How to Choose an Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in University Park, TX

It is important when coming to Alcoholics Anonymous that you select a meeting that is suited for where you are at in sobriety. The 1st type of Alcoholics Anonymous meeting is a new comers meeting and is not only for new comers but is a meeting that encourages members to speak their truth and ask for help. Another type of meeting would be a single gender meeting, which is only open to either men or women. A Closed meeting simply means the group is closed to any discussion that does not involve how to maintain sobriety from alcohol. Talking about any other illicit substances 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 were created to maintain order throughout Alcoholics Anonymous and holding each group accountable to these traditions is the reason you can walk into an AA Meeting anywhere in across the globe to hear the same message.

How to Get The Most From an Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in University Park, TX

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 one piece of advice I was ever given was to sit down, stop talking, pay attention to the message, and humbly ask for help. At any meeting, that one thing that won't change is the 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.