Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in North Dakota

What is Alcoholics Anonymous?

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an international mutual aid fellowship focused on recovery from alcohol addiction. AA groups provide peer support for maintaining sobriety.

Alcoholics Anonymous Fargo

Meetings:

• Monday – Friday at 12 pm (open, speaker meeting)
• Tuesday at 8 pm (closed meeting for alcoholics only)
• Saturday at 10 am (open, big book study)

Bismarck Group Alcoholics Anonymous

Meetings:

• Sunday at 11am (open, step meeting)
• Wednesday at 7:30 pm (open, speaker meeting)
• Friday at 8 pm (closed, candlelight meeting)

Serenity Club AA Group

Meetings:

• Monday at 8 pm (closed)
• Thursday at 6 pm (open, beginners meeting)
• Saturday at 7 pm (open, speaker meeting)

The 12 Steps of AA

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) provides a 12-step program to support people in recovering from alcohol addiction. The steps aim to motivate members to make positive life changes by:

1. Admitting powerlessness over alcohol and that their lives have become unmanageable.
2. Believing that a Power greater than themselves can restore their sanity.
3. Making the decision to turn their will and lives over to the care of God as they understand Him.
4. Making a searching and fearless moral inventory of themselves.
5. Admitting to God, themselves, and another human being the wrongs they have done.
6. Becoming entirely ready to remove all their defects of character.
7. Humbly asking God to remove their shortcomings.
8. Making a list of all persons they have harmed and becoming willing to make amends.
9. Making direct amends to such people where possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. Continuing to take personal inventory and promptly admit any new wrongs.
11. Seeking through prayer and meditation to improve conscious contact with God as they understand Him, praying only for His will and the power to carry that out.
12. Having a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, trying to carry this message to others struggling with alcoholism.

By working through these steps with the support of a sponsor and fellow group members, AA aims to motivate members to make positive life changes across North Dakota and beyond. The program has helped countless individuals achieve sobriety.

Getting Started with AA in North Dakota

Use the meeting search on wfm.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

There are two main types of AA meetings in North Dakota:

• Open meetings – Anyone is welcome to attend, including those seeking help and their friends/family. These are good first meetings to understand what AA is about.
• Closed meetings – Only those with a desire to stop drinking may attend. These focus sharing for those working the program.

Arrive early to your first meeting and introduce yourself to the leader or members as a new local member seeking help. Share your experiences if you feel comfortable, but just listening is fine too.

You may receive the following welcome keychain tags at milestones in your first meetings:

• 30 days
• 60 days
• 90 days
• 6 months
• 9 months
• 1 year
• 18 months
• Multiple years

The tags mark your progress and time in the program. Feel free to politely decline any you don’t feel you have earned yet. The most important thing is to keep attending meetings and working on your sobriety.