Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Puerto Rico

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 can resolve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.

San Juan AA Group

Meetings:

• Monday 8:00 pm – Open speaker discussion
• Wednesday 8:00 pm – 12 Step meeting
• Friday 8:00 pm – Big Book study

Dorado Playa AA Group

Meetings:

• Tuesday 8:30 pm – Closed discussion
• Thursday 8:30 pm – Beginners meeting
• Saturday 9:00 am – Open speaker and discussion

Mayagüez AA Freedom Group

Meetings:

• Sunday 10:00 am – Open speaker
• Tuesday 7:00 pm – Step Study meeting
• Friday 7:00 pm – Literature study meeting

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 Puerto Rico.

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

Use the meeting search on wfmh.org to find local Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in your area of Puerto Rico. Both in-person and online/virtual meetings are available in most places across the territory.

Attending Your First Local AA Meeting

AA meetings in Puerto Rico can be “open” or “closed.” Open meetings welcome anyone who is struggling with alcohol abuse or wants to support someone going through recovery. Closed meetings are for individuals who identify themselves as having a desire to stop drinking.

Here is an overview of the two meeting types:

When attending your first local Puerto Rico AA meeting:

• Arrive 10-15 minutes early and introduce yourself as a new member.
• Share your experiences if you feel comfortable.

Receive welcome keychain tags marking your sobriety milestones:

• 30 days
• 60 days
• 90 days
• 6 months
• 9 months
• 1 year
• 18 months
• Years 2 through 50

The AA program offers judgment-free support. Be open, listen, learn, and take things at your own pace.