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What is Alcoholics Anonymous?
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an international fellowship of individuals who share their experience, strength and hope with each other to overcome alcohol addiction. There are many local AA meetings available free of charge across Indiana.
AA Meeting in Bloomington
Address: 123 Main St, Bloomington, IN 47404
Meetings:
- Monday at 8 PM (Discussion)
- Tuesday at noon (Speakers)
- Friday at 6 PM (Big Book Study)
AA Meeting in Indianapolis
Address: 456 Oak Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46202
Meetings:
- Wednesday at 6 PM (12-Step Workshop)
- Saturday at 10 AM (Open Speaker)
AA Meeting in Fort Wayne
Address: 789 Elm St, Fort Wayne, IN46825
Meetings:
- Sunday at 7 PM (Candlelight)
- Thursday at 5 PM (As Bill Sees It Study)
The 12 Steps of AA
- We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.
- We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
- We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
- We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
- We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
- We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
- We humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
- We made a list of all the persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
- We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when doing so would injure them or others.
- We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
- We 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 Indiana
Use the meeting search on wfmh.org to find local Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings in your area of Indiana. Both in-person and online/virtual meetings are available in most places across the state.
Attending Your First Local AA Meeting
There are two main types of AA meetings in Indiana:
Meeting Type | Description |
Open Meetings | Open to anyone interested in recovering from alcoholism, including non-alcoholics. |
Closed Meetings | Exclusively for individuals who have a desire to stop drinking. |
When attending your first local Indiana AA meeting:
- Arrive early and introduce yourself as a new member
- Share your experiences if you feel comfortable
You may receive welcome keychain tags marking periods of sobriety such as:
- 30 days
- 60 days
- 90 days
- 6 months
- 9 months
- 1 year