How to Find an A.A. Meeting or Group Near You on aa.org

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Go to aa.org and use the “Find A.A. Near You” tool. Enter your state or province plus your town or ZIP code, set a distance range in miles, and choose who you are (someone looking for help with a drinking problem, an A.A. member, someone helping a family member or friend, or a professional working with alcoholics). The results point you to local A.A. resources near those coordinates — aa.org does not host one single global meeting list, so the specific meeting times and formats come from the local area you land on.

Where the search tool lives

The “Find A.A. Near You” entry appears in the site’s navigation and is one of the main actions on the homepage. The homepage also offers a “Need help with a drinking problem?” path and a self-assessment if you are not yet sure whether drinking is a problem for you.

What the search asks for

The tool collects a few simple inputs:

Input What to enter
Coordinates Latitude and longitude (usually filled by the location search)
State or Province, Town or Zip Code Your location
Distance Search radius, measured in miles
I Am… Your role: looking for help with a drinking problem / an A.A. member / trying to help a family member or friend / a professional working with alcoholics

Choosing your role first is useful because it shapes which local resources and pages you are pointed toward.

Step by step

  1. Open aa.org.
  2. Select Find A.A. Near You.
  3. Enter your state or province and your town or ZIP code.
  4. Set the distance range in miles — a wider radius returns more local options.
  5. Pick the “I Am…” option that matches you.
  6. Review the local results and follow them to the A.A. resources for that area.

What you get — and what you don’t

The results lead to local A.A. resources, not a single centralized online meeting calendar. Meeting schedules, formats, and any online or hybrid options are maintained at the local level, so the exact meeting list depends on the area your search returns.

If nothing useful comes back, widen the distance range or try a nearby larger town or ZIP code.

If you are not the one drinking

The same tool works if you are trying to help a family member or friend — choose that option under “I Am…”. The site also has a dedicated section, “Is there an alcoholic in your life?”, which notes that A.A. has helped more than two million alcoholics stop drinking and that recovery works through one alcoholic sharing experience with another.

If you are a professional

Professionals who work with alcoholics have their own option in the “I Am…” list, and the site provides material such as a video for legal and corrections professionals.

Other ways to get oriented on aa.org

  • What is A.A.? — background on the program
  • The Big Book — A.A.’s basic text
  • 12 Steps & 12 Traditions — the program’s principles
  • Frequently Asked Questions — common questions about A.A.
  • Self-Assessment — for anyone unsure whether they have a problem
  • Contact A.A. Near You — if you want to talk to someone about A.A.

A.A. describes its program as built on one alcoholic helping another, and says it has been helping alcoholics recover for more than 80 years.