Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Wisconsin

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.

Madison

Meetings:

• Monday – Friday at noon: open speaker meeting
• Tuesday at 7:30 pm: closed discussion meeting
• Saturday at 7 pm: open step study meeting

Milwaukee

Meetings:

• Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 6:30 pm: open discussion meeting
• Tuesday and Thursday at 8 pm: closed step study meeting
• Saturday at 5:30 pm: open speaker meeting

Green Bay

Meetings:

• Monday: closed discussion meeting at 8 pm
• Wednesday: open speaker meeting at 6 pm
• Friday: closed step study meeting at 7:30 pm
• Saturday: open discussion meeting at 10 am

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 Wisconsin.

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 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 with them all.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do 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.

The 12 steps aim to help members take responsibility for their alcoholism, seek support in sobriety, make amends for past harms, and help others with their own journeys of recovery. Following this path motivates members to create positive change in their lives and relationships across Wisconsin.

Getting Started with AA in Wisconsin

Use the meeting search on udetc.org to find local meetings in your area. Both in-person and online/virtual meetings are available in most places across Wisconsin.

Attending Your First Local AA Meeting

There are two main types of AA meetings in Wisconsin:

When attending your first local AA meeting:

1. Arrive 10-15 minutes early and introduce yourself to some members as a newcomer. Let them know it’s your first meeting.
2. You can share your experiences with alcohol if you feel comfortable, but you can also just listen to start.

You may receive welcome keychain tags marking sobriety milestones like:

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

The most important things are attending regularly and connecting with other members. Avoiding that first drink is the only requirement for membership. Wisconsin AA wants you to feel welcomed and supported.