WHAT IS AA?
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of people who come together to solve their drinking problem. It doesn’t cost anything to attend AA meetings. There are no age or education requirements to participate. Membership is open to anyone who wants to do something about their drinking problem. We have local meetings here in the Richmond, Virginia area.

AA’s primary purpose is to help alcoholics to achieve sobriety.

Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of people who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.

The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for AA membership; we are self-supporting through our own contributions.

AA is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy; neither endorses nor opposes any causes.

How does AA Work?

Members use the Twelve Steps to maintain sobriety. Groups use the Twelve Traditions to stay unified.

AA’s Twelve Steps are a set of spiritual principles. When practiced as a way of life, they can expel the obsession to drink and enable the sufferer to recover from alcoholism.

The Twelve Traditions apply to A.A. as a whole. They outline how AA maintains its unity and relates itself to the world around it.

The book Alcoholics Anonymous describes the A.A. program of recovery. It also contains stories written by the co-founders and stories from a wide range of members who have found recovery in AA.

Who are AA Members?

We are people who have discovered and admitted that we cannot control alcohol. We have learned that we must live without it to live normal, happy lives.

We are not anti-alcohol and we have no wish to reform the world. We are not allied with any group, cause or religious denomination. We welcome new members, but we do not recruit them.

We do not impose our experience with problem drinking on others, but we do share it when we are asked to do so. We know our own sobriety depends on connecting with other alcoholics in the Richmond, Virginia area.

Where do you meet?

MONDAYS 6 - 7:00 PM

WHERE: RESTORATION CHURCH

9161 Atlee Rd C, Mechanicsville, VA

Richmond, Virginia Area

How do I get a sponsor?

Come to a meeting and we can help you get connected with a sponsor to guide you through the 12 steps and support your recovery for anyone in the Richmond, Virginia area.