Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Arlington

What is Alcoholics Anonymous?

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a free support group for those struggling with alcohol addiction. The program is based on a 12-step model that provides a path to recovery through peer support, sober living, and spiritual growth.

Regular AA group meetings are available throughout Arlington and Tarrant County for anyone seeking help and community in overcoming alcoholism.

Arlington Group

• Monday at 8:00 pm (Closed Discussion)
• Tuesday at 12:00 pm (Open Speaker)
• Thursday at 6:00 pm (Big Book Study)

North Arlington Group

• Wednesday at 12:00 pm (Closed Discussion)
• Friday at 7:00 pm (Open Discussion)
• Saturday at 10:00 am (Big Book Study)

East Arlington Group

• Sunday at 11:00 am (Open Discussion)
• Tuesday at 7:00 pm (Step Study)
• Thursday at 8:00 pm (Speaker Meeting)

The AA program provides a supportive path to recovery through honesty, hope, faith and courage. Those struggling with alcohol addiction can find help at a local Arlington AA group.

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 to make positive changes in their lives by:

1. Admitting they are powerless over alcohol and that their lives have become unmanageable
2. Coming to believe that a Power greater than themselves can restore them to sanity
3. Making a decision to turn their will and lives over to the care of God as they understand Him
4. Making a searching and fearless moral inventory of themselves
5. Admitting to God, to themselves, and to another human being the exact nature of their wrongs
6. Becoming entirely ready to have God remove all their defects of character
7. Humbly asking Him to remove their shortcomings
8. Making a list of all the people they have harmed and becoming willing to make amends to them all
9. Making direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when doing so would injure them or others
10. Continuing to take personal inventory and, when they are wrong, promptly admitting it
11. Seeking through prayer and meditation to improve their conscious contact with God as they understand Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for them and the power to carry that out
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, trying to carry this message to other alcoholics and to practice these principles in all their affairs

The 12 steps aim to motivate members to make positive life changes across all facets of their lives, including in their communities of Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas, and the United States. The program espouses taking responsibility, making amends, helping others, and continually working on self-improvement through connection with a higher power.

Getting Started with AA in Arlington

Use the meeting search on wfmh.org to find local meetings in the Arlington area. Both in-person and online/virtual meetings are available.

Attending Your First Local AA Meeting

Arlington has both open and closed AA meetings:

• Open meetings are open to anyone interested in attending.
• Closed meetings are only for those who have a desire to stop drinking.

Arrive early and introduce yourself as a new local member. Share your experiences if you feel comfortable. You may receive welcome keychain tags marking sobriety milestones:

• 30 days
• 60 days
• 90 days
• 6 months
• 9 months
• 1 year