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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 that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.
Serenity Club Group
Meetings:
- Monday – Friday at noon (open, rotating format)
- Tuesday at 8:00 pm (closed, speaker meeting)
- Saturday at 8:00 pm (open, speaker meeting)
164 Calhoun St. Group
Meetings:
- Sunday at 8:00 pm (open, rotating format)
- Wednesday at noon (closed, discussion)
There is Hope Group
Meetings:
- Monday at 6:00 pm (closed, step meeting)
- Friday at noon (open, topic discussion)
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 South Carolina.
- We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.
- Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
- Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
- Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
- Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
- Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
- Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
- Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends with them all.
- Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when doing so would injure them or others.
- Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
- 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 South Carolina
Use the meeting search on wfmh.org to find local meetings in your area. South Carolina has both in-person and online/virtual AA meetings available in most places.
Attending Your First Local AA Meeting
AA meetings in South Carolina can be “open” or “closed”.
| Meeting Type | Description |
| Open | Anyone can attend, including those simply curious about AA. Members share experiences. |
| Closed | Only those with a desire to stop drinking may attend. These meetings focus more inwardly on members. |
Arrive 10-15 minutes early and introduce yourself to the chairperson as a new local member interested in achieving sobriety. Share your experiences if you feel comfortable, but just listening is fine too.
You may receive welcome keychain tags marking sobriety milestones:
- 30 days
- 60 days
- 90 days
- 6 months
- 9 months
- 1 year
- 18 months
- Years (2, 3, etc.)
The tags serve as encouragement and community recognition of your hard work staying sober. You get to keep all tags earned over the years as a reminder of the journey.