Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Texas

What is Alcoholics Anonymous?

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an international fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.

AA Meetings in Austin

Address: 5701 W Slaughter Ln, Austin, TX 78749

Meetings:

• Monday – Friday at noon – open speaker meeting
• Tuesday and Thursday at 7:30 pm – closed discussion meeting
• Saturday at 10:00 am – open speaker meeting

AA Meetings in Dallas

Address: 4515 McKinney Ave, Dallas, TX 75205

Meetings:

• Monday – Wednesday – Friday at 6:30 pm – open speaker meeting
• Tuesday and Thursday at 8:00 pm – closed discussion meeting
• Saturday at 9:00 am – open speaker meeting
• Sunday at 11:00 am – open speaker meeting

AA Meetings in Houston

Address: 6301 Almeda Rd, Houston, TX 77004

Meetings:

• Monday – Thursday at 6:00 pm – closed discussion meeting
• Friday at 7:30 pm – open speaker meeting
• Saturday at 5:30 pm – open speaker meeting
• Sunday at 10:30 am – open speaker meeting

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 toward positive change across Texas.

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. Decided 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 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 persons 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 Texas

Use the meeting search on methadone.org to find local Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings in your area of Texas. Both in-person and online/virtual meetings are available in most places across the state.

Attending Your First Local AA Meeting

Texas has both open and closed AA meetings:

• Open meetings – Anyone can attend, including non-alcoholics. These focus on AA principles and personal stories.
• Closed meetings – Only those with a desire to stop drinking may attend. These involve more sharing and support between members.

When attending your first local AA meeting:

• Arrive early and introduce yourself as a new member of the local AA community. This allows current members to welcome you.
• Share your experiences and journey if you feel comfortable. There is no obligation to share.

You may receive welcome keychain tags at your first meeting to mark milestones in your sobriety journey, such as:

• 30 days
• 60 days
• 90 days
• 6 months
• 9 months
• 1 year
• 18 months
• Years (2, 3, 4, etc.)