AA Meetings Salem, VA

Below is a comprehensive directory of AA meetings in Salem, Virginia.

The closest AA meeting to you is 0.15 miles away and meets on Wednesday at 6:45:00 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: Salem, Glenvar, Glenvar, and Cave Spring.

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

What is an AA Meeting?

A meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous is a place to spread a message of strength, hope and courage to other alcoholics. This is a safe place for somebody wanting to get sober to come in and ask for help. These Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Salem, VA will help them build a support network to help guide them to sobriety. You will be welcomed by your peers that have all lived and survived from addiction. Their survival of maintaining a sober life is reliant on helping others and giving back to others the support that was given to them.

The Best Method of Selecting an Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in Salem, VA

It is important when coming to Alcoholics Anonymous that you pick a meeting that is best for where you are at in sobriety. The first type of Alcoholics Anonymous meeting is a new comers meeting and is not limited to only new comers but is a meeting that encourages members to share their stories and reach out for help. Another type of meeting would be a gender specific meeting, either a men’s meeting or women’s meeting. These types of meeting are not opened to the opposite sex. A Closed meeting simply means the group is closed to any discussion that does not involve how to maintain sobriety from alcohol. Speaking of any other drugs is not allowed. A Step Study is a meeting that is simply a specific step and discussed in length regarding the best approach to working this step and applying it to your daily life. Traditions meetings revolve 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 holding each group accountable to these traditions is the reason you can walk into an Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting anywhere in the world to hear the same message.

How to Get The Most From an Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in Salem, VA

The members who benefit the most from Alcoholics Anonymous have found success through going more for the program than just attending meetings. For people who are attending their first AA meeting and really want to get sober, we recommend following the suggestions of the AA members that have been a part of Alcoholics Anonymous for a while.

It is important that you reach your hand out and admit that you need help. Part of not drinking is helping the new attendees of Alcoholics Anonymous in Salem maintain their sobriety, so people are going to be want to help you get sober too. Raise your hand, introduce who you are, admit that you need help.