Use the Paper Directory Though!
There’s something powerful about having an AA meeting directory in your possession. It means you have access to the largest network of recovery in the world several times a day within a couple of miles.
I strongly recommend the physical paper directory – it’s tiny and it fits in your pocket. The online versions do not contain all the nomenclature I will be talking about in my next article. So kill 1 tree for your sobriety and get the “real deal!”
Online Directories
But of course there will come a time when you are separated from your directory, so in a pinch:
- go here for an Orange County Alcoholics Anonymous meeting finder
- Hats off to the the OC-AA.org team for this resource, it was a huge part of my early sobriety. I know tons of other people I went to meetings with used it.
- go here for a Los Angeles Alcoholics Anonymous meeting finder
- Hats off to the LA Central Office for putting this together, it’s a little hard to find online, so I am glad to be posting about it and I hopes it contributes to this site’s rise to the top of search engine for queries like “LA AA Meetings” etc.
Where to Get a Paper Directory
You can start with the central office (go here for Orange County and here for LA) where they will probably mail it to you if you ask nicely. But really, the directory is almost always for “sale” (cheap or free) any AA Club (and yes, it comes in español too).
If you are feeling shy, buying a directory might be a great place to “break the ice” on your potential recovery (or for your loved one). Going in to an AA club to pick up a directory is something that mental health counselors and case workers, concerned loved ones, concerned co-workers, and many other people do – so no one will be “sizing you up” whatsoever.
Your transaction will be similar to that of buying a newspaper. You can visit the actual central office for the most business like atmosphere. It feels about like visiting the DMV.
MORE INFO ON SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AA
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- The Pacific Group of AA in Southern California
- Dog on the Roof – Militant Alcoholics Anonymous Group in Anaheim, CA
- The City of Orange Alcoholics Anonymous Has the Right Meeting for Just About Anybody
- LA and Orange County AA Meeting Locators
- AA Meetings in Anaheim (Orange County, CA)
- Charle St: Powerful Drug Rehab in Costa Mesa, California
- Gay and LGBTQA Friendly AA Meetings in Orange County, CA
Mike hi,
Can you recommend a large speaker meeting in the South Bay or close to it? I came from the Westside, where I liked the Thurs night meeting at the Presbyterian Church in Brentwood, but now I am too far. I have been randomly checking out meetings, but they are all so small, I am being forced to speak when I don’t want to.
Thanks, Jack