Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Missouri

What is Alcoholics Anonymous?

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an international fellowship of men and women who have had issues related to alcohol addiction. It is based on a 12-step program that supports people in achieving and maintaining sobriety through peer support and spirituality.

AA meetings in Missouri provide a space for people struggling with alcohol abuse to come together and support each other in sobriety. Meetings are free to attend and open to anyone seeking help with alcohol addiction.

Kansas City Central Office

Address: 1055 Broadway Blvd Ste. 130, Kansas City, MO 64105

This central office for the Kansas City area AA meetings hosts open speaker meetings daily at 12 pm and 6 pm. The formats of these meetings involve AA members sharing their stories of addiction and recovery.

SoulWinnin Tabernacle Church

Address: 3918 E. 27th St, Joplin, MO 64804

This location hosts open AA meetings every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 pm. The meetings here have a speaker/participation format.

Creve Coeur Methodist Church

Address: 10950 Olive Blvd, Creve Coeur, MO 63141

This church location has open AA meetings 7 days a week, at noon and 7 pm. The Sunday night speaker meeting begins at 5:30 pm. These meetings center around member participation and speakers sharing their recovery stories.

The 12 Steps of AA

Alcoholics Anonymous outlines 12 steps that members work through to achieve and maintain sobriety:

1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.
11. 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.
12. 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 Missouri, United States

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 Missouri.

Attending Your First Local AA Meeting

There are two main types of AA meetings in Missouri:

When attending your first local AA meeting:

• Arrive early and introduce yourself as a new 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