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California has 10,453 AA meetings listed across 730 cities, held every day of the week at churches, community centers, and online. Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in California are free and confidential, and open to anyone with a desire to stop drinking, with no membership, referral, or fee required.
California's AA fellowship is the largest single-state network in the country, stretching from the redwood communities of the far north down through the Central Valley, the Bay Area, Greater Los Angeles, the Inland Empire, and the San Diego border region. The directory lists meetings in all 58 counties.
The largest AA intergroup listed in California is Los Angeles Central Office, with 1,539 meetings. Call them at (323) 936-4343 or visit lacoaa.org for meeting updates and local AA service information. 50 other AA service offices serve California, listed further down this page.
International Big Book Meetings
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The Zoo Crew
3a.m. - A Checkup from the Neck Up (Get Your Mind Right) 4a.m. - A Checkup from the Neck Up (Prayer & Meditation Made Simple - Learn to meditate today!) 5:15a.m. - The Morning Zoo (Steps 1, 2, 3 & 10, 11 & 12) 7a.m. - Sober Sisters Women’s ...
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AA Home Zoom Group
Daily scheduling outline (All times Pacific Standard time) 2 90-Minute meetings at 9p.m. and 10:30p.m. 1 Two hour meeting after daily reboot at 12a.m. to 2a.m. (Begins with 30 min. open-mic fellowship) 19 Hour long meetings from 2a.m. to 9p...
319 AA Group
We are a group of alcoholics working together to get and stay sober. We are doctors, custodians, mothers, fathers, children, and everyone in between living our lives one day at a time. Everyone who has a desire to stop drinking is welcome t...
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ZOOM ID: 965 596 6843 Password: 0610Free
Mo-Su
ASBCO # 743
Mo-Su
To receive the passcode for this meeting, please send an email to: OnAwakening530amMarin@gmail.com Group Service Number: 000403149
All Men - Big Book - Feedback from the Big Book We ask that you show respect for others and this meeting by - Making this meeting your primary activity and not a secondary event - NOT painting, driving etc - Please be on time, dress appropr...
Mo-Su
The Never Alone Again is a one hour meeting open to anyone with the desire to stop drinking. Originally born out of downtown Boston meetings, we now welcome members from all across the world. The virtual discussion room is open 15 minutes b...
Coffee served daily. Chips given out 7 days a week. Books available. To receive the passcode for this meeting, please send an email to: OnAwakening530amMarin@gmail.com Group Service Number: 000042658
Meeting ID: 510 323 1212 Password: 316360
Fair Avenue Fellowship
"A New Day" is to meet the needs of those needing to start the day with a sufficient substitute, and an optimistic attitude. That "We Can Do This, One Day at a Time", drop in, listen to some readings, and please participate in an open discu...
Online meeting will be locked 15 minutes after the start time.
Santa Ana/Tustin area - Across the Street from Foothill High School
Passcode: 402702
Brookhurst St at Heil/Warner, Across from Mile Square Plaza
Cornerstone Fellowship Group
Please park in the far side lot near Dell Ave - do not park out front.
Any online meeting is open to you wherever you are. See online AA meetings starting in the next two hours.
Most AA meetings in California start at 7pm, with 4,847 scheduled across the week at that hour. The single busiest slot is Monday at 7pm, when 814 meetings run.
Across California, the 10,453 listed AA groups are concentrated in Los Angeles (764 meetings), San Diego (349), and San Francisco (310), with active groups in 730 cities in total. Monday is the busiest day for meetings, and evening (5–9 PM) sessions are the most common. About 49% of groups (5,164) offer an online or hybrid option.
Meetings per day of the week across California. Monday has the most scheduled groups.
A.A.'s own literature does most of the heavy lifting between meetings in California. These are the books most often spotted on a member's bookshelf, with a short note on what each one is for. Each card is tagged with its language.
The book Bill W. and Dr. Bob wrote first, in 1939. Most members pick up a copy in their first week or two and keep it close.
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Bill W.'s longer essays on each Step and each Tradition. The usual companion read once the Big Book starts to feel familiar.
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A short, practical book about the day-to-day of staying sober. Often the one a sponsor suggests in the first month.
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One short A.A. reading for each day of the year, with a thought to carry into it. Members often keep a copy on the kitchen counter.
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Brief passages from A.A.'s co-founder, arranged by topic. Some groups read one aloud at the top of every meeting.
Look on AmazonLos Angeles Central Office (lacoaa.org) coordinates the largest single concentration of AA meetings in the United States, with thousands of weekly options across LA County. Downtown, Hollywood, the Westside, the Valley, and South LA each have their own dense calendars. Spanish-language meetings cluster in East LA, South Central, the San Fernando Valley, and the Inland Empire. Orange County Intergroup serves Anaheim, Santa Ana, Irvine, and the coastal cities; San Diego Intergroup covers San Diego, Chula Vista, Oceanside, and the border communities.
San Francisco's Intercounty Fellowship serves the city, San Mateo, and Marin, including longtime meetings in the Castro, the Mission, North Beach, and the Sunset. The East Bay Intergroup covers Oakland, Berkeley, Hayward, and the suburbs east of the Caldecott Tunnel. South Bay (Santa Clara, San Jose, Sunnyvale) has its own intergroup serving the tech-corridor communities. North Bay groups extend through Sonoma, Napa, and Marin into Mendocino and Humboldt.
Fresno, Bakersfield, Modesto, Stockton, and Sacramento anchor the Central Valley meeting calendar, with a strong Spanish-language presence across most agricultural-community meetings. Sacramento Valley Intergroup serves the capital region. The Sierra Nevada towns (Truckee, Tahoe, Mammoth) maintain year-round meetings with a noticeable winter resort surge. The Central Coast (Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara) has a tight-knit network of beach-town and college-town groups.
LA Metro, BART, Muni, Caltrain, SacRT, San Diego MTS, and a dozen smaller transit agencies cover the metros. Amtrak runs the Pacific Surfliner (San Diego to San Luis Obispo), the Capitol Corridor (Sacramento to San Jose), the San Joaquin (Bakersfield to Oakland), and the Coast Starlight. The directory shows each meeting's exact address with one-tap navigation links.
California leans toward open meetings: 59% of the weekly schedule is open to anyone, against 12% closed. Wheelchair access is listed for 22% of them. Spanish-language meetings make up 21% of the schedule.
| Meeting type | Share of weekly meetings | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Open | 59% | Anyone may attend, including family and friends |
| Discussion | 34% | Members share on a chosen topic |
| Wheelchair access | 22% | The venue lists wheelchair access |
| Spanish | 21% | Held in Spanish |
| Closed | 12% | For people who have a desire to stop drinking |
| Speaker | 10% | One member tells their story |
| Big Book | 8% | Reads and discusses the book Alcoholics Anonymous |
| Women | 7% | For women |
| Men | 5% | For men |
| Newcomer | 4% | Geared to people new to AA |
| 12 Steps & 12 Traditions | 3% | Studies the book of that name |
| Step study | 2% | Works through the Twelve Steps |
| LGBTQ+ | 2% | LGBTQ+ focused, open to all who qualify |
| Young people | 2% | Geared to younger members |
A meeting can carry several types, so the shares do not add up to 100%.
Los Angeles, California's most active AA community, hosts 764 meetings. Other major cities include San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, and more, each running multiple meetings per week.
Yes. 59% of the weekly AA schedule in California is open meetings, which anyone may attend, including family and friends who want to understand what someone they love is going through. In all, 8 weekly sessions run alongside an Al-Anon meeting, and one alongside Alateen.
Al-Anon is a separate fellowship for people affected by someone else's drinking, and Alateen is its program for teenagers. Both are free and list their own meetings, in person and online, at al-anon.org. This directory lists AA meetings only.
AA is not treatment. For detox, treatment and sober living, see what other alcohol support there is besides AA.
51 offices are listed for California, with the contact details each one publishes.