AA Meetings Athens, TX

Monday AA Meetings in Athens

Tuesday AA Meetings in Athens

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Wednesday AA Meetings in Athens

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Thursday AA Meetings in Athens

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Friday AA Meetings in Athens

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Saturday AA Meetings in Athens

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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: Murchison, New York, Malakoff, and Log Cabin

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

What is an AA Meeting?

An AA Meeting is a place to share experiences and success stories with other alcoholics. This is a safe place for an alcoholic seeking sobriety to come in and ask for help. These Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Athens, Texas will help them build a support network to help achieve sobriety. You will be welcomed by your peers that have all lived and survived from a hopeless state of mind and body. Their ability to maintain a sober life is reliant on helping others and giving back to others the gift that was given to them.

Choosing An Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in Athens, Texas

There are a variety different AA meetings in Athens, Texas. Before selecting the meeting that you are going to attend, 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 have an alcohol addiction to go to an open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. Friends, family, and children can attend these meetings.

Closed Meeting of AA – A Closed Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting is only for those who have a desire to stop drinking. Friends and family are not able to attend these meetings.

Big Book Meeting – At Big Book meetings, a member will commonly read out of the Big Book and then encourage its members to discuss the meeting.

Speaker Meeting – At an AA speaker meeting, a member of AA will tell their story and share their journey, strength, and hope with fellow members of AA. The speaker may or may not talk through the duration of the meeting and members are often encouraged to share their thoughts before wrapping up.

AA Literature Meeting – A literature meeting commonly revolves around 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 usually focuses on a specific step or 2 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 meditation for a portion of the meeting or even the whole time. 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 thoroughly. This can be done with a speaker, literature lead, and may or may not be followed by a dialogue.

Being that each Athens 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 Athens that do not. We recommend calling the local AA intergroup to acquire more information on AA Meetings in Athens, Texas, or visiting aa.org to locate more information.

How to Get The Most From an Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in Athens, Texas

The members who benefit the most from Alcoholics Anonymous 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 recommend following the suggestions of the AA members that have come before you.

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