Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Columbus

What is Alcoholics Anonymous?

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a free support group for those struggling with alcohol addiction. Regular group meetings are available in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia.

Location 1

• Monday 8 PM – Open discussion
• Wednesday 8 PM – Big Book study
• Friday 8 PM – Speaker meeting

Location 2

• Tuesday 8 PM – Open discussion
• Thursday 8 PM – 12 Step meeting
• Saturday 9 AM – Beginners meeting

Location 3

• Sunday 8 PM – Candlelight meeting
• Tuesday 12 PM – Women’s meeting
• Friday 12 PM – Men’s meeting

The 12 Steps of AA

Alcoholics Anonymous outlines a 12-step program to help members achieve and maintain sobriety. The steps aim to motivate positive change through accepting powerlessness over alcohol, appealing to a higher power, assessing past errors, making amends, and helping others.

The 12 steps are:

1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being is the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all the people we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when doing so would injure them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
11. 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.
12. 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 Columbus

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

Attending Your First Local AA Meeting

There are two main types of AA meetings in Columbus:

• Open Meetings: Open to anyone interested in the AA program. Newcomers are welcome.
• Closed Meetings: Only for individuals who have a desire to stop drinking. Newcomers should identify themselves so members can offer support.

Arrive 10-15 minutes early and introduce yourself as a newcomer to Columbus AA. Share your experiences if you feel comfortable. You may receive welcome keychain tags marking milestones in sobriety:

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

The most important thing is to keep attending meetings for support on the path to recovery.