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AA Meetings Michigan
•Sourced from official Michigan AA intergroups
Michigan has 2,307 AA meetings listed across 484 cities, held every day of the week at churches, community centers, and online. Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in Michigan are free and confidential, and open to anyone with a desire to stop drinking, with no membership, referral, or fee required.
Michigan's AA fellowship is shaped by the state's two-peninsula geography: the densely populated Lower Peninsula running from Detroit and the Metro Detroit suburbs up through Lansing, Grand Rapids, and Traverse City, plus the Upper Peninsula reaching from Marquette to the Wisconsin border. The directory lists meetings in all 83 counties.
Michigan AA Intergroup and Central Office
The largest AA intergroup listed in Michigan is Kent County Central Office, with 226 meetings. Call them at (616) 913-9149 or visit grandrapidsaa.org for meeting updates and local AA service information. 31 other AA service offices serve Michigan, listed further down this page.
Online AA Meetings in Michigan
GSO Group ID: 73912
Meeting ID: 836 7783 5383 Password: 099 525
The face to face part of this meeting will end effective Jan. 1, 2026
Passcode: 4321
Zoom ID: 725 516 1032; PW: 164 7-days-a-week Closed Discussion; Online Meeting
GSO Group ID: 30818
In person and Zoom: #472-723-9847 PW 605127
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GSO Group ID: 93546
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When Are AA Meetings in Michigan?
Most AA meetings in Michigan start at 7pm, with 1,218 scheduled across the week at that hour. The single busiest slot is Monday at 7pm, when 215 meetings run.
AA Meetings in Michigan by the Numbers
Across Michigan, the 2,307 listed AA groups are concentrated in Ann Arbor (114 meetings), Lansing (102), and Grand Rapids (84), with active groups in 484 cities in total. Monday is the busiest day for meetings, and evening (5–9 PM) sessions are the most common. About 26% of groups (592) offer an online or hybrid option.
Largest AA communities in Michigan
- 1.Ann Arbor114 meetings
- 2.Lansing102 meetings
- 3.Grand Rapids84 meetings
- 4.Detroit67 meetings
- 5.Monroe36 meetings
- 6.Traverse City31 meetings
- 7.Midland28 meetings
- 8.Royal Oak28 meetings
- 9.Ypsilanti27 meetings
- 10.Adrian26 meetings
When AA groups meet in Michigan
- Sunday551
- Monday706
- Tuesday704
- Wednesday685
- Thursday704
- Friday657
- Saturday559
Meetings per day of the week across Michigan. Monday has the most scheduled groups.
What members read between meetings
A.A.'s own literature does most of the heavy lifting between meetings in Michigan. 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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Living Sober
EnglishA 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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Daily Reflections
EnglishOne 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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As Bill Sees It
EnglishBrief passages from A.A.'s co-founder, arranged by topic. Some groups read one aloud at the top of every meeting.
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Metro Detroit: the largest AA calendar in Michigan
Detroit Area Intergroup coordinates several thousand weekly meetings across Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties. Downtown Detroit and Midtown have noon meetings serving the office and hospital workforce; the East Side and the West Side each have historic groups that have been running for decades. Hamtramck has a long Polish-American meeting tradition (the Polish-language meetings here are among the oldest in the country). Dearborn anchors the area's Arabic-language presence. The Oakland County suburbs (Royal Oak, Birmingham, Bloomfield, Troy, Farmington Hills) and the Macomb County communities (Sterling Heights, Warren, Clinton Township) have dense suburban-style commuter calendars. Ann Arbor anchors a young-people's presence near Michigan.
Lansing, Grand Rapids, and Western Michigan
Greater Lansing Intergroup covers Lansing, East Lansing (MSU), and the surrounding capital-region communities. Western Michigan Intergroup serves Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, Holland, and the Lake Michigan shore towns. The Grand Rapids meeting calendar reflects the city's tight-knit recovery community, with several decades-old groups downtown and across the Heritage Hill, Eastown, and Westside neighborhoods. Muskegon, Grand Haven, and the Lakeshore communities maintain year-round meeting calendars that visibly increase in attendance during the summer.
Northern Lower Peninsula and the Upper Peninsula
Northwest Michigan Intergroup serves Traverse City, Cadillac, Petoskey, and the surrounding Northern Lower Peninsula counties. The meeting culture here is shaped by both the year-round resort-town workforce and the seasonal vacation surge. Upper Peninsula Intergroup covers a vast geography from Sault Ste. Marie to Marquette, Houghton, Escanaba, and the Wisconsin border. UP meetings tend to be smaller and tightly connected, with hybrid format keeping weekly attendance possible across the sparsely populated counties and harsh winter conditions.
Flint, Saginaw, and the I-75 corridor
Flint Area Intergroup and Saginaw Area Intergroup serve Genesee, Saginaw, Bay, and Midland counties, with meeting networks shaped by the region's industrial history and post-industrial recovery culture. Bay City and Midland anchor smaller but reliable calendars. The Thumb counties (Tuscola, Huron, Sanilac) maintain agricultural-community meeting networks.
Getting to a meeting in Michigan
DDOT and SMART cover Metro Detroit with bus service; the QLine streetcar runs along Woodward Avenue. The Rapid serves Grand Rapids; CATA serves Lansing. Amtrak runs the Wolverine (Pontiac-Detroit-Chicago), Blue Water (Port Huron-Chicago), and Pere Marquette (Grand Rapids-Chicago). Outside the metros, driving is the standard option.
Finding AA Meetings in Michigan
Michigan leans toward closed meetings: 67% of the weekly schedule is for people who want to stop drinking, against 23% open to anyone. Wheelchair access is listed for 27% of them.
What kinds of AA meetings are there in Michigan?
| Meeting type | Share of weekly meetings | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Closed | 67% | For people who have a desire to stop drinking |
| Discussion | 48% | Members share on a chosen topic |
| Wheelchair access | 27% | The venue lists wheelchair access |
| Open | 23% | Anyone may attend, including family and friends |
| Big Book | 6% | Reads and discusses the book Alcoholics Anonymous |
| Women | 4% | For women |
| Men | 2% | For men |
| 12 Steps & 12 Traditions | 2% | Studies the book of that name |
A meeting can carry several types, so the shares do not add up to 100%.
Major Cities with AA Support in Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan's most active AA community, hosts 114 meetings. Other major cities include Lansing, Grand Rapids, Detroit, and more, each running multiple meetings per week.
Is there support in Michigan for family and friends of someone who drinks?
Yes. 23% of the weekly AA schedule in Michigan is open meetings, which anyone may attend, including family and friends who want to understand what someone they love is going through. In all, 34 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.
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Michigan Intergroups and Central Offices
32 offices are listed for Michigan, with the contact details each one publishes.