Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Cincinnati

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 recover from alcoholism.

Cincinnati Central Office

• Open speaker discussion meetings daily at 12 pm and 6 pm
• Closed discussion meetings daily at 8 am and 5:30 pm
• Offers AA literature, chips, newcomer packets, and meeting schedules

Hyde Park Community Methodist Church

• Closed discussion meetings Mon-Fri at noon
• Open speaker meetings Sat at 10:30 am
• Wheelchair accessible

Delta Tau Delta Fraternity House, UC Campus

Address: 183 Winding Way, Cincinnati, OH 45221

Meetings Times: Closed discussion meetings Sun at 9:30 pm

For young people/college students

The 12 Steps of AA

The 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous are a set of guiding principles and practices that members follow to achieve and maintain sobriety. The steps aim to motivate members toward positive change across Cincinnati.

The 12 Steps are:

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 doing 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 Cincinnati

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

Attending Your First Local AA Meeting

AA meetings in Cincinnati come in two main types:

Arrive early and introduce yourself as a new local member. Share your experiences if you feel comfortable. At your first meeting, you’ll receive a welcome keychain tag. These tags represent sobriety milestones:

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