Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Alaska

What is Alcoholics Anonymous?

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a free support group for those struggling with alcohol addiction. Regular group meetings are held throughout Alaska to help members achieve and maintain sobriety.

Anchorage

Meetings:

• Monday at 7 PM (closed discussion)
• Tuesday at noon (open speaker)
• Thursday at 6 PM (closed discussion)

Juneau

Meetings:

• Wednesday at 8 PM (closed discussion)
• Friday at 5 PM (open speaker)
• Saturday at 11 AM (open discussion)

Fairbanks

Meetings:

• Sunday at 6 PM (closed discussion)
• Tuesday at 7 PM (open speaker)
• Friday at noon (closed discussion)

The 12 Steps of AA

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

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

Getting Started with AA in Alaska

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

Attending Your First Local AA Meeting

Alaska AA meetings come in two main types: open and closed. Open meetings welcome anyone who is interested, including those who are not alcohol-dependent. Closed meetings are for those who identify themselves as having a desire to stop drinking.

When attending your first local Alaska AA meeting:

• Arrive early and introduce yourself as a new local member.
• Share your experiences if you feel comfortable.
• Receive welcome keychain tags marking your sobriety milestones.

Here are some common tag milestones:

• 30 days
• 60 days
• 90 days
• 6 months
• 9 months
• 1 year
• 18 months
• Years (2, 3, 4, etc.)

The tags provide a visual recognition of sobriety achievements. Participate as much or as little as you like; the priority is being present and supporting your sobriety.