AA Meetings Gainesville, AR

Monday AA Meetings in Gainesville

Tuesday AA Meetings in Gainesville

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Wednesday AA Meetings in Gainesville

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Thursday AA Meetings in Gainesville

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Friday AA Meetings in Gainesville

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Saturday AA Meetings in Gainesville

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If you can't find a meeting close to you at the time you're looking for, we recommend checking out nearby towns including: Oak Grove Heights, Lafe, Halliday, and Stonewall

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

What is an AA Meeting?

An Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting is a place to share experiences and success stories with other alcoholics. This is a safe place for an alcoholic wanting to get sober to come in and ask for help. These Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Gainesville, Arkansas will help them build a support network to live a sober life. You will be greeted 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.

Choosing An Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in Gainesville, Arkansas

There are a a number of different AA meetings in Gainesville, Arkansas. prior to selecting the meeting that you are going to join, it is helpful to know the different types of AA meetings and who can attend each one.

Open Meeting of AA – An Open AA Meeting is open to anyone who wishes to attend. You do not have to be an alcoholic to go to an open AA Meeting. Friends, family, and children can join these meetings.

Closed Meeting of AA – A Closed Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting is only for those who have a desire to get sober. It is not open to friends or family.

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 take up all of the time and members are often encouraged to share their thoughts before wrapping up.

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 might be followed by a discussion about the step(s).

Meditation Meeting – A meditation meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous can involve meditation for a portion of the meeting or even the length of the meeting. The meditation may be guided and is sometimes followed by an open 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 might be followed by a discussion.

Because each Gainesville 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 Gainesville that do not. We recommend contacting the local AA intergroup to acquire more information on AA Meetings in Gainesville, Arkansas, or navigating to aa.org to locate more information.

How to Get The Most From an AA Meeting in Gainesville, Arkansas

The most successful members of AA tend to find success through going more for the program than just attending meetings. If you are attending your first AA meeting and really want to get sober, we suggest following the suggestions of the AA members that have been a part of Alcoholics Anonymous for a while.

It is important that you accept where you are at with you addiction and ask for help. Part of not drinking is helping the new members of AA in Gainesville get sober, so people are going to be want to help you not drink too. Stand up, introduce who you are, admit that you need help.