Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Sacramento

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 to recover from alcoholism.

Sacramento Central Office

• Monday – Friday: 9 am-5 pm
• Saturday & Sunday: Closed
• Central office for Sacramento area AA groups and meetings. Provides schedules, literature, chips, and info.

Pioneer Group

1820 J St, Sacramento, CA 95811

• Monday – Sunday: 12 pm & 6 pm
• Closed meetings for those with a desire to stop drinking. 1-hour meeting with speaker.

Came to Believe Group

4400 San Juan Ave, Sacramento, CA 95820

• Tuesday & Thursday: 7 pm
• Open speaker meetings with participants sharing experiences. 1.5 hours.

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 Sacramento, California, United States.

• Admit powerlessness over alcohol and that lives have become unmanageable.
• Come to believe that a Power greater than ourselves can restore sanity.
• Decide to turn will and lives over to the care of God as we understand Him.
• Make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
• Admit to God, ourselves, and another human being the exact nature of wrongs.
• Become entirely ready to have God remove all defects of character.
• Humbly ask Him to remove shortcomings.
• Make a list of all persons harmed and become willing to make amends.
• Make direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when doing so would injure them or others.
• Continue to take personal inventory and promptly admit when wrong.
• Seek through prayer and meditation to improve conscious contact with God as we understand Him, praying only for knowledge of His will and the power to carry that out.
• Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, try to carry this message to others struggling with alcoholism.

Getting Started with AA in Sacramento

Use the meeting search on wfmh.org to find local AA meetings in the Sacramento area. There are both in-person and online/virtual meetings available.

Attending Your First Local AA Meeting

AA meetings in Sacramento can be either “open” or “closed.” Here is an overview:

To attend your first meeting:

• Arrive 10-15 minutes early and introduce yourself as a new local member
• Share your experiences if you feel comfortable
• Listen to others share their stories and journeys

You may receive welcome keychain tags marking sobriety milestones:

• 30 days
• 60 days
• 90 days
• 6 months
• 9 months
• 1 year