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 so that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.

AA Meetings in Austin

Meetings:

• Monday – Friday at 12 pm – 1 pm (open discussion meeting)
• Tuesday & Thursday at 6 pm – 7 pm (closed discussion for alcoholics only)

AA Meetings in Dallas

Meetings:

• Sunday at 10 am-11 am (closed men’s discussion)
• Wednesday at 6 pm–7 pm (open speaker meeting)

AA Meetings in Houston

Meetings:

• Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 8 pm–9 pm (open discussion meeting)
• Saturday at 10 am to 11 am (closed women’s discussion)

The 12 Steps of AA

The 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) outline a process 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. We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4. We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. We humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. We continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.
11. We 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.

After undergoing a spiritual enlightenment from following these steps, members try to pass on this process to other alcoholics and apply the principles learned in all aspects of their lives.

Getting Started with AA in Texas

Use the meeting search on udetc.org to find local Alcoholics Anonymous 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

AA meetings in Texas may be “open” or “closed.”

• Open meetings welcome anyone who is struggling with alcohol or interested in learning more about AA.
• Closed meetings are for those who identify themselves as having a desire to stop drinking.

If you’re new, arrive 10-15 minutes early and introduce yourself to some of the other members as a new local attendee. Share your experiences if you feel comfortable, but just listening is also perfectly fine. You may receive a welcome keychain tag marking milestones in your sobriety journey at your first meeting or soon after:

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