7611 Clarendon Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Sunrise Sobriety
3 miles away from Kensington, Maryland
6001 Montrose Road, North Bethesda, Maryland 20852
Beginners and Alumni
3.1 miles away from Kensington, Maryland
12319 Washington Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852
Rockville Metro
3.1 miles away from Kensington, Maryland
9100 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
Six and Seventh Step
3.2 miles away from Kensington, Maryland
13016 Parkland Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20853
Big Book Thumpers Rockville
3.2 miles away from Kensington, Maryland
10010 Fernwood Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20817
Promises Promises
3.2 miles away from Kensington, Maryland
8561 Fenton Street, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
User Friendly Open Discussion
3.3 miles away from Kensington, Maryland
9525 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, Maryland 20901
Read and Speak
3.4 miles away from Kensington, Maryland
6601 Bradley Boulevard, Bethesda, Maryland 20817
Day by Day
3.4 miles away from Kensington, Maryland
33 University Boulevard East, Silver Spring, Maryland 20901
Sobriety Sisters
3.5 miles away from Kensington, Maryland
7750 16th Street Northwest, Washington, Washington DC 20012
Washington Ethical Society
3.5 miles away from Kensington, Maryland
971 Thayer Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
Cigars Smokers
3.5 miles away from Kensington, Maryland
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Kensington, Maryland 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.