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Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in North Carolina

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What is Alcoholics Anonymous?

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an international fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other so they may solve their common problem and help others recover from alcoholism.

AA meetings in North Carolina provide a supportive environment for those struggling with alcohol addiction. Attendance at meetings is voluntary and free of charge.

Raleigh

Faith Community Church

  • 821 Buck Jones Road, Raleigh, NC 27606
  • Meetings Daily at 8:00 pm.
  • Open discussion meeting.

Charlotte

Unity Church

  • 401 E Arrowood Road, Charlotte, NC 28217
  • Meetings take place on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 6:30 pm.
  • Closed meetings.

Asheville

Central United Methodist Church

  • 27 Church St, Asheville, NC 28801
  • Meetings are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at noon.
  • Open speaker meetings.

The 12 Steps of AA

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) outlines a 12-step program to help members achieve and maintain sobriety. The steps aim to motivate members toward positive change across North Carolina.

1. Admitting powerlessness over alcohol: Members admit they are powerless over alcohol and that their lives have become unmanageable.
2. Believing in a higher power: Members come to believe that a Power greater than themselves can restore them to sanity.
3. Turning will over: Members make a decision to turn their will and lives over to the care of God as they understand Him.
4. Moral inventory: Members make a searching and fearless moral inventory of themselves.
5. Admitting wrongs: Members admit to God, to themselves, and to another human being the exact nature of their wrongs.
6. Becoming ready: Members become entirely ready to have God remove all their defects of character.
7. Asking God: Members humbly ask God to remove their shortcomings.
8. Making a list: Members make a list of all persons they have harmed and become willing to make amends to them all.
9. Making amends: Members make direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when doing so would injure them or others.
10. Continuing inventory: Members continue to take personal inventory and when they are wrong, promptly admit it.
11. Prayer and meditation: Members seek through prayer and meditation to improve their conscious contact with God as they understand Him, praying only for knowledge of His will and the power to carry it out.
12. Spiritual awakening: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, members try to carry this message to other alcoholics and practice these principles in all their affairs.

Getting Started with AA in North Carolina

Use the meeting search on Methadone.org to find local meetings in your area. Both in-person and online/virtual meetings are available in most places across North Carolina.

Attending Your First Local AA Meeting

There are two main types of AA meetings in North Carolina:

  • Open meetings – Anyone is welcome to attend, including those who are curious about AA. These are good first meetings for newcomers.
  • Closed meetings – Only those who have a desire to stop drinking may attend. These meetings go deeper into the AA program and steps.

When attending your first local North Carolina AA meeting:

  • Arrive early and introduce yourself as a new local member
  • Share your experiences if you feel comfortable

You may receive welcome keychain tags marking sobriety milestones:

  • 30 days
  • 60 days
  • 90 days
  • 6 months
  • 9 months
  • 1 year
  • 18 months
  • Years 2-30