341 Ramapo Valley Road, Oakland, New Jersey 07436
Oakland Thursday Group
8.3 miles away from Paterson, New Jersey
300 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, New Jersey 07052
B'nai Shalom
8.3 miles away from Paterson, New Jersey
300 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, New Jersey 07052
No Psychobabble
8.3 miles away from Paterson, New Jersey
12 Park Street, Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003
Essex County Young People Group
8.3 miles away from Paterson, New Jersey
96 East Allendale Avenue, Allendale, New Jersey 07401
The Seven A-Emers
8.3 miles away from Paterson, New Jersey
31 Chamberlain Avenue, Little Ferry, New Jersey 07643
Bobs Boys
8.4 miles away from Paterson, New Jersey
271 Roseland Avenue, Essex Fells, New Jersey 07021
Essex Fells Tuesday in the Afternoon
8.4 miles away from Paterson, New Jersey
12 State Street, Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003
Bloomfield Center Group
8.4 miles away from Paterson, New Jersey
262 Joralemon Street, Belleville, New Jersey 07109
One Breath At A Time
8.5 miles away from Paterson, New Jersey
67 Oak Street, Oakland, New Jersey 07436
American Legion Hall
8.5 miles away from Paterson, New Jersey
67 Oak Street, Oakland, New Jersey 07436
Oakland Change is Good Group
8.5 miles away from Paterson, New Jersey
10 Lenox Avenue, Pompton Lakes, New Jersey 07442
Pompton Lakes Monday 1PM Meeting
8.6 miles away from Paterson, New Jersey
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Paterson, New Jersey 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.