Meeting List Tutorial. To find a meeting near you, please view our online meeting list. Meeting List. Meeting Guide is a free of charge meeting finder app for iOS and Android. Bill W. This is a book of daily reflections written by A. In his mind, though, they were getting in the way of his drinking. Marlon checked into a day treatment facility, where he learned more about Alcoholics Anonymous AA.
He bought into the program and the idea of a fellowship where people helped one another. The day he was discharged, he left the facility at 4 a. Marlon stuck with AA and went on to work in drug and alcohol treatment and recovery. Bill W. Bob S. As of , AA estimated it had more than 2 million active members worldwide. A week of sobriety? A year? A lifetime? Researchers analyzed 27 studies involving 10, participants, finding that AA attendance leads to longer lengths of sobriety than other treatments, such as cognitive behavioral therapy CBT.
All three major life changes could have triggered him to start drinking again. Instead, Marlon leaned on his new AA community and found a purpose: He had a standing commitment to get the coffee ready for a a. AA and NA literature , like the Big Books, are full of the reasoning behind the 12 steps and tools to help navigate sobriety. The books cost money, but the program is free. And joining is easy — all you have to do is walk in the door.
In step 7, you ask God to remove your shortcomings. Most meetings marked on the local "where-and-when" schedule as "open" meetings will sign slips. It's important to keep in mind that AA is anonymous. You will not have to give your full name to anyone, and you will not be required to say anything at the meeting at all if you choose not to do so. AA is a mutual support group, so there are no counselors or therapists there to question or interview you.
In addition, if you have disabilities, transportation restrictions, or other reasons that may keep you from getting to a meeting, some jurisdictions will allow you to participate in online AA meetings to meet at least some of your court-ordered obligation. Not all jurisdictions do this, though, so make sure you check first before attending an online meeting.
Moreover, in terms of getting your slip signed, there are some online meeting sites that will email you a confirmation of attendance after you attend the meeting. Once you have attended the number of AA meetings that you were ordered to attend and you have your signed slip to prove your attendance, you will turn the slip into your probation officer or caseworker for validation.
Typically, there will be other requirements you will need to meet before completing your court obligation, but you will have finished the rehab component of the sentence. Some people look at court-ordered AA attendance as just another chore they must complete, and they simply go through the motions. But many others have found that the experience changed their lives, even if they were resistant initially.
In fact, many have found long-term sobriety and a completely different lifestyle because they were once court-ordered to go to AA.
Hopefully, you can find this silver lining, too. For more mental health resources, see our National Helpline Database. Learn the best ways to manage stress and negativity in your life. Lapham S, England-Kennedy E. Convicted driving-while-impaired offenders' views on effectiveness of sanctions and treatment.
Qual Health Res. How do drug courts work? J Exp Criminol. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Very quickly I structured my day around going to a meeting. For the first while perhaps 3 or 4 months I went to an AA meeting everyday. I found it being sober very difficult. I had cravings to drink often, and on a Friday the cravings would drive me crazy — seriously a Friday was a big drinking day and it took perhaps the best part of a year or more before the Friday cravings left me.
So during the first 3 months I went to a meeting everyday. During the rest of my first year of sobriety I attended about four or five meeting each week. After about five months I started on the program. I had not intended to start the program of recovery during my first year. I had made a decision during the first month sober — I would go to meetings for a year, but I was not doing this program or getting a sponsor — and after a year being sober I would decide if I was staying in AA or going back drinking.
So here was a guy that had tried to stop and or control his drinking almost all of his life thinking that a sober life would be worse than my drinking life — I was mad for a long time even after booze was removed. Between years 1 and three I settled into a rhythm within AA, about 4 or 5 meetings a week — looking back I can see that I built up a habit of going to meetings. I have found AA meeting fairly difficult. I am not a natural group person and the frustration and boredom of sometimes listening to the same person saying the same stuff and taking a long time to do it tested me.
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