2529 K Street, Bakersfield, California 93301
33.9 miles away from Derby Acres, California
2700 L Street, Bakersfield, California 93301
34 miles away from Derby Acres, California
1510 McCray Street, Bakersfield, California 93308
Heart of Hearts
34.1 miles away from Derby Acres, California
1660 S Street, Bakersfield, California 93301
Bakersfield Trudgers
34.2 miles away from Derby Acres, California
1001 34th Street, Bakersfield, California 93301
A Design For Living Book Study
34.3 miles away from Derby Acres, California
417 17th Street, Bakersfield, California 93301
Book Study Bakersfield
34.3 miles away from Derby Acres, California
106 Lincoln Avenue, Bakersfield, California 93308
Oildale Group
34.3 miles away from Derby Acres, California
106 Wilson Avenue, Bakersfield, California 93308
All AA Lit And Book Study
34.4 miles away from Derby Acres, California
100 Minner Avenue, Bakersfield, California 93308
H and I Business Meeting
34.4 miles away from Derby Acres, California
130 East 21st Street, Bakersfield, California 93305
Truth and Acceptance
34.7 miles away from Derby Acres, California
234 Baker Street, Bakersfield, California 93305
OTK 123 Group
34.9 miles away from Derby Acres, California
3700 Union Avenue, Bakersfield, California 93305
Saturday Speakers Select
34.9 miles away from Derby Acres, California
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Derby Acres, California as the funding is accepted on a donation from its members.
AA is one of most commonly known programs in the United States and around the world that helps countless men and women achieve sobriety in the pursuit of lifelong recovery. They are usually small groups of recovering alcoholics who share their recovery journey and are there to help new members get sober.
Alcohol Addiction is a disease of the mind, body, and soul. AA has curated meetings to help with each individual piece of your sobriety. If you are in search of a meeting on the first three steps, you should choose a beginner meeting. If you are looking to get more in touch with your spiritual side, attending a meditation meeting would be an ideal choice. If you are in search of stories of inspiration for overcoming alcoholism, a speaker meeting is a good starting point. If you are through your steps and are now working on the traditions of AA, a tradition meetings will help. If you want to attend a single gender group, you can go to a men’s or women's meeting where you won't find anyone of the opposite gender there. The fact of the matter is there is a meeting for everyone. Try different meetings out until you find one that fits your needs.
In order to benefit the most from your first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting you should remain open minded. Everyone had preconceived notions of what these meetings were and generally it is the same misconception. The best advice I ever got was to sit down, shut up, listen to the message, and humbly ask for help. Regardless of the meeting, there will be the same message of recovering from hopelessness. The process of recovering from that hopeless state is in asking for help from another person suffering from alcoholism which you will find in any meeting you choose to start with.