Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Delaware

What is Alcoholics Anonymous?

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an international fellowship of men and women who come together to support one another in achieving and maintaining sobriety from alcohol addiction.

Wilmington Central Group

Meetings Times:

• Monday – Friday: 12 pm (open)
• Tuesday: 7 pm (closed)
• Meetings are discussion-based with members sharing personal stories and providing peer support.

North Wilmington Group

Meetings Times:

• Monday: 7 pm (open)
• Tuesday: 7 am & 7 pm (closed)
• Saturday: 10 am (closed)
• Meetings vary from speaker meetings to small group discussions.

Newark Sunday Night Group

• Address: Newark Senior Center, 200 Whitechapel Dr, Newark, DE 19713
• Meetings Time: Sunday 7 pm (open)
• Weekly speaker meeting featuring AA members sharing recovery stories.

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 Delaware.

1. Admitting powerlessness over alcohol and that lives have become unmanageable.
2. Coming to believe in a Power greater than oneself that can restore sanity.
3. Making decision to turn will and lives over to care of God as understood.
4. Making searching and fearless moral inventory of selves.
5. Admitting to God, selves and another human exact nature of wrongs.
6. Becoming entirely ready to have God remove all defects of character.
7. Humbly asking God to remove shortcomings.
8. Making list of all persons harmed and becoming willing to make amends.
9. Making direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. Continuing to take personal inventory and when wrong, promptly admitting it.
11. Seeking through prayer and meditation to improve conscious contact with God as understood, praying only for knowledge of God’s will and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, trying to carry this message to other alcoholics and to practice these principles in all affairs.

The 12 steps aim to guide members through the process of achieving and maintaining sobriety through reliance on a higher power, self-reflection, making amends, and helping others. The program offers hope and empowerment to alcoholics seeking positive change.

Getting Started with AA in Delaware

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 the state.

Attending Your First Local AA Meeting

AA meetings in Delaware can be “open” or “closed.” Open meetings welcome anyone interested in Alcoholics Anonymous. Closed meetings are for those who have a desire to stop drinking.

To attend your first meeting:

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

Receive welcome keychain tags marking sobriety milestones:

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

The most important things are to have an open mind, listen without judgment, respect the anonymity of others, and focus on your own journey one day at a time. AA provides a supportive community for achieving and maintaining sobriety.