AA Meetings Arizona: How to Find a Meeting and Get Help

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If you are looking for an AA meeting in Arizona, start at the Area 03 website (area03.org) and use its AA Meetings page to find meetings by city or district. If you need help with a drinking problem right now, the same site points you to local Telephone Hotlines where you can talk to a recovering alcoholic in your area. Area 03 is the Arizona service structure of Alcoholics Anonymous — it handles service and events, while individual meetings are run by home groups and local Intergroups.

Finding a Meeting

The site's main menu includes an AA Meetings link, listed alongside Documents, Districts, Committees, and the Event Calendar. The site's own keywords point to meetings in Phoenix, Mesa, Tempe, Flagstaff, and Gilbert, so those are the kinds of cities you can expect to search for.

How to use it:

  1. Go to area03.org and open the AA Meetings page from the main menu.
  2. Look for meetings by city or by district.
  3. If you don't find what you need, use the Contacts page to reach the district or committee that covers your area.

The site does not publish a single statewide meeting list on the home page itself — the home page routes you to the AA Meetings section, so that is the page to work from.

If You Need Help Now

The home page has a Need Help Now? section. It is written for anyone "looking for help with a drinking problem" and offers two paths:

  • Call one of the many Telephone Hotlines listed for local areas and talk to a recovering alcoholic.
  • Read about what the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous is and is not, and how it works.

The site frames this simply: "We are here to help, if and when you want it." If you are unsure whether AA is right for you, the hotline is the lower-commitment first step — you can ask questions without attending a meeting.

What Area 03 Is — and What It Isn't

Area 03 is the Arizona area of AA's service structure, not a meeting group. That distinction matters when you're trying to figure out who to contact.

What it does Where to look
Area 03 Service assemblies, districts, committees, delegate reports, handbooks, forms, group contributions area03.org
Intergroup Local meeting information and hotlines (listed among Arizona events and services) Linked from the Area 03 site
Home group The actual meeting you attend Found via the AA Meetings page

Area 03's business section is aimed at service members — DCMCs, DCMs, and GSRs — and covers upcoming assemblies, district information, committees, Delegate and PRAASA reports, newsletters, handbooks, forms, and group contributions. If you just want to attend a meeting, you don't need any of that; go straight to the AA Meetings page.

Arizona AA Events

The Events Calendar lists AA events around Arizona, including Area Services, Intergroup events, Round-Ups, and other home group and special events. Examples currently posted include:

  • 2026 Corrections Conference — October 2–3, 2026, Mesa, AZ (flyers in English and Spanish)
  • 2026 PI / CPC Conference — Saturday, November 21, 2026, Tempe, AZ
  • 2026 Pacific Regional Forum — December 4–6, 2026, San Diego, CA

The site also notes that November Assembly online registration opens October 1. Check the calendar before traveling, since dates and locations are set by the hosting committees.

Getting Involved in Service

If you want to serve beyond attending meetings, Area 03 organizes its service information under Area 03 Business:

  • Assemblies — Pre-Conference, Post-Conference, August, and November
  • Districts and Committees — including Archivist, CPC, Corrections, Grapevine/La Viña, Literature, Public Information, Remote Communities, Spanish, Treatment, and Website
  • Documents — reports, forms, handbooks, and newsletters
  • 2026–2027 Group Panel Assignments and Delegate's Corner

Group Contributions

Area 03 accepts group contributions by mail. Checks should be payable to Arizona Area Committee, sent to the address the site lists for 2026–2027:

Arizona Area Committee 3661 N. Campbell Ave #605 Tucson, AZ 85719

The site flags this as a new address and asks groups to update their records. An online contribution option is also referenced on the page. Contribution amounts and any online payment details are not specified in the site material — check the contributions page directly before sending anything.

Quick Reference

  • Find a meeting: area03.org → AA Meetings
  • Need help now: area03.org → Need Help Now? → Telephone Hotlines
  • Events: area03.org → Events Calendar
  • Service and districts: area03.org → Area 03 Business
  • Contacts: area03.org → Contacts