AA Meetings Anacortes, WA

Monday AA Meetings in Anacortes

Tuesday AA Meetings in Anacortes

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Wednesday AA Meetings in Anacortes

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Thursday AA Meetings in Anacortes

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Friday AA Meetings in Anacortes

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Saturday AA Meetings in Anacortes

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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: Similk Beach, Bay View, Swinomish Village, and La Conner

Additional local resources: Anacortes NA Meetings | Anacortes 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 a person wanting to get sober to come in and ask for help. These Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Anacortes, Washington 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 ability to maintain this state is reliant on helping others and giving back to others the gift that they received.

Selecting A meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous in Anacortes, Washington

There are a a number of different AA meetings in Anacortes, Washington. Before selecting the meeting that you are going to join, it is beneficial to know the different types of AA meetings and what happens at each one.

Open Meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous – An Open Alcoholics Anonymous 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 Alcoholics Anonymous – A Closed AA 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 Alcoholics Anonymous speaker meeting, a member of Alcoholics Anonymous will tell their story and share their journey, strength, and hope with fellow members of Alcoholics Anonymous. The speaker may or may not talk through the duration of the meeting and can often be followed by a discussion amongst the members.

Alcoholics Anonymous Literature Meeting – A literature meeting commonly involves reading from one of the Alcoholics Anonymous approved pieces of literature and an sometimes they open the floor to discussion at the end or a speaker about the literature of topic.

Step Study – An Alcoholics Anonymous step study traditionally 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 Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting can involve internal contemplation for a portion of the meeting or even the entire meeting. The meditation may be guided and is sometimes followed by an open dialogue.

Traditions Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting – One or more of the Alcoholics Anonymous traditions will be discussed in thoroughly. This can be done with a speaker, literature lead, and may or may not be followed by a conversation.

Because each Anacortes Alcoholics Anonymous 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 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in Anacortes that do not. We recommend reaching out to the local Alcoholics Anonymous intergroup to acquire more information on Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Anacortes, Washington, or navigating to aa.org to find out more information.

How to Get The Most From an Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in Anacortes, Washington

The members who benefit the most from AA 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 AA for a while.

It is important that you reach your hand out and ask for help. Part of staying sober is helping the newcomers of AA in Anacortes live a sober life, so people are going to be more than willing to help you get sober too. Raise your hand, say who you are, admit that you need help.