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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 that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.
Meetings in Pittsburgh
Meetings:
- Monday 8:00 pm (Discussion)
- Tuesday 8:00 pm (Step Meeting)
- Thursday 8:00 pm (Big Book Study)
Meetings in Philadelphia
Meetings:
- Sunday 9:30am (Discussion)
- Wednesday 12:00pm (Step Meeting)
- Friday 7:00pm (Speaker Meeting)
Meetings in Allentown
Meetings:
- Monday 7:00pm (Beginners)
- Tuesday 5:30pm (Women’s Group)
- Saturday 10:00am (Open Discussion)
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 Pennsylvania.
- We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.
- Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
- Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
- Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
- Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
- Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
- Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
- Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
- Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
- Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
- Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
- Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
Getting Started with AA in Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania.
Attending Your First Local AA Meeting
Pennsylvania has both open and closed AA meetings:
- Open meetings – Anyone can attend, including non-alcoholics. These focus on AA principles and personal stories.
- Closed meetings – Only those with a desire to stop drinking may attend. These involve more sharing and support between members.
Arrive early to your first meeting 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