24/7 Online A.A. Meeting
The 24-Hour International Marathon Meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous
Join a live 24/7 Online A.A. Meeting on Zoom. This is an open international Alcoholics Anonymous meeting with a new session every hour. Join now with Zoom Meeting ID 292 371 2604. No password required.
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Where Sobriety Never Sleeps
The 24-Hour International Marathon Meeting of A.A. (where sobriety never sleeps) was founded at the start of the COVID pandemic by two newcomers from New Zealand who realized they needed the fellowship of other alcoholics if they were to stay sober. It has been operating continuously 24/7 since April 20, 2020. Join now with Zoom Meeting ID 292 371 2604. No password required.
The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking. A.A. does not pronounce anyone as an alcoholic.
Do You Have a Drinking Problem?
The CAGE Questionnaire
The CAGE questionnaire is a short, widely used screening tool designed to help individuals identify possible problems with alcohol use. Originally introduced by Dr. John A. Ewing, it is commonly used in clinical settings and is recognized by institutions such as Johns Hopkins University Hospital.
Please answer each question honestly with a yes or no.
- C — Cut down: Have you ever felt you should cut down on your drinking?
- A — Annoyed: Have people annoyed you by criticizing your drinking?
- G — Guilty: Have you ever felt bad or guilty about your drinking?
- E — Eye-opener: Have you ever had a drink first thing in the morning to steady your nerves or relieve a hangover?
Source: Johns Hopkins University Hospital
Alcoholics are women and men who have lost the ability to control their drinking. Recovery begins when we concede to our innermost selves that we are alcoholics.
Are You an Alcoholic? A.A.'s Two Questions
The book Alcoholics Anonymous (the Big Book) says that alcoholics are men and women who have lost the ability to control their drinking. A.A. does not pronounce anyone as being an alcoholic. The following passage from page 44 of the Big Book states: "In the preceding chapters you have learned something of alcoholism. We hope we have made clear the distinction between the alcoholic and the non-alcoholic. If, when you honestly want to, you find you cannot quit entirely, or if when drinking, you have little control over the amount you take, you are probably alcoholic. If that be the case, you may be suffering from an illness which only a spiritual experience will conquer."
Get Help Now: Online Intergroup of A.A. (OIAA)
Can’t Stop Drinking?
If you want to stop drinking and you’re having trouble doing it, you’re in the right place.
Alcoholics Anonymous connects people who want to stop drinking with support from others who understand the struggle. All you need is a desire to stop drinking.
If you’re looking for help right now, the link above will connect you with the Online Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous (OIAA) 12th Step Committee, where you can reach sober members who understand what you’re going through. A.A. members from around the world who speak many different languages are available to help right now.
Are You New to Alcoholics Anonymous?
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of people who come together to solve their drinking problem. It doesn’t cost anything to attend A.A. meetings. There are no age or education requirements to participate. Membership is open to anyone who wants to do something about their drinking problem. A.A.’s primary purpose is to help alcoholics to achieve sobriety.
Read the pamphlet "A Newcomer Asks" from A.A. World Services
Frequently Asked Questions About A.A.
A.A.’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 A.A. 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 cofounders and stories from a wide range of members who have found recovery in A.A. The pamphlet "Frequently Asked Questions About A.A." provides useful information about our Fellowship for newcomers and longtimers alike.
Read the pamphlet "Frequently Asked Questions About A.A." from A.A. World Services
Quick Answers About This 24/7 Online A.A. Meeting
New to A.A.? Start with our Primary Purpose and Three Legacies.
The 24-Hour International Marathon Meeting of A.A. is an open, continuous, 24/7 online Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. A new A.A. meeting with a fresh recovery topic begins every hour, making it easy for newcomers to find an online A.A. meeting anytime—day or night. Join now with Zoom Meeting ID 292 371 2604. No password required.
What to Expect When You Join This 24/7 Online A.A. Meeting on Zoom
This 24/7 online A.A. meeting is an open Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. Everyone is welcome to listen, and we ask that only alcoholics or those with a desire to stop drinking share.
First Time on Zoom?
How to Join, Mute/Unmute, and Raise Your Hand
Joining a Zoom meeting for the first time can feel intimidating. This quick guide will help you feel comfortable before you enter the room.
1. Join the Meeting
- Click the Join Meeting button on this site or enter the Zoom ID 292 371 2604 in the Zoom app.
- No Zoom account, password, or camera required.
- You will be placed briefly in a virtual waiting room. A member of the group will bring you in to the meeting.
2. Raise Your Hand to Share
- Click Reactions → Raise Hand.
- A volunteer host will call on people in order.
- When it’s your turn, unmute and share if you want to.
- You never have to speak if you don’t want to.
3. Mute and Unmute
- Your microphone will be muted when you enter the meeting.
- If you want to share, raise your virtual hand. Hands are called on in the order they are raised.
- When it’s your turn, a prompt will appear on your screen asking you to unmute. Click Unmute, and everyone in the room will be able to hear you.
- Everyone gets five minutes to share, with a gentle reminder when one minute remains.
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Welcome to Online Recovery
Welcome to the 24-Hour International Marathon Meeting of A.A., where sobriety never sleeps. We are an open online Alcoholics Anonymous meeting for people looking for an A.A. meeting, recovery support, or a welcoming place to connect with others who understand alcoholism. In keeping with A.A.'s singleness of purpose and our Third Tradition, which states that the only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking, we ask that everyone who shares in our meeting keep the focus on their experience with alcohol. You can join our online recovery meeting by clicking the "Join this 24/7 online A.A. meeting NOW" button above or by joining the meeting through Zoom. The access code is 292 371 2604. Join our online recovery meeting and raise your virtual hand. We want to get to know you, and experience has taught us that we can help best if you talk to us. We call on hands in the order they are raised, and everyone gets five minutes to share, with a gentle reminder when there is one minute remaining.
There are many different types of A.A. meetings (e.g., speaker, discussion, men’s, women’s, online, in-person, Big Book studies). Meetings can also be designated as either "open" or "closed." Visitors and observers are welcome in open meetings. Closed meetings are for alcoholics or for individuals who have a desire to stop drinking. The 24-Hour International Marathon Meeting of A.A. (where sobriety never sleeps) is an open meeting.
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Preamble of Alcoholics Anonymous: What A.A. Is and What A.A. Is Not
A.A. Preamble
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of people who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other so that they may solve their common problem and help others recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for A.A. membership; we are self-supporting through our own contributions. A.A. 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. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety.
Copyright by A.A. Grapevine, Inc.; reprinted with permission.
The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous
- We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.
- Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
- Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
- Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
- Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
- Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
- Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
- Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
- Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
- Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
- 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.
- 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 Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous
- Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.
- For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority—a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.
- The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking.
- Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or A.A. as a whole.
- Each group has but one primary purpose—to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
- An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.
- Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
- Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers.
- A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.
- Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
- Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films.
- Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.
Living Sober
This practical booklet demonstrates through simple examples how A.A. members throughout the world live and stay away from that "first drink" one day at a time. Covers topics such as attending events where alcohol is served, relationships in sobriety and much more. General Service Conference-approved.
Read "Living Sober" from A.A. World Services
Find A.A. Near You
The links above can connect you with both in-person and online A.A. meetings. The A.A. World Services button leads to in-person meetings around the world. You can likely find a "brick and mortar" meeting in your local community. The Online Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous button leads to online meetings from around the world in many different languages. Both online and in-person meetings are listed on the free phone app Meeting Guide.
A.A. Meeting Guide
Meeting Guide is a free app supported by Seventh Tradition contributions. The app helps people quickly find A.A. meetings and resources using information provided by A.A. service entities. Available on both iOS and Android.
Meeting Guide Features
Meeting Guide syncs with area, district, intergroup/central offices and international general service office websites, relaying meeting information from more than 500 A.A. service entities directly to the app. Over 150,000 weekly meetings are currently listed, and the information is refreshed twice daily.
Meeting Guide Features:
- Listing of both in-person and online meetings
- A default view that provides a list of meetings showing time, location and meeting name
- A meeting detail view that offers extra information such as meeting format and any notes provided by the group
- A search function to find meetings by location or keyword
- A daily quote feature lets users read from "Daily Reflections"
- Multiple access points that make finding local A.A. contact information easy
- A news feature with the latest from the General Service Office and Grapevine
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A Declaration of Unity
Declaration of Unity
This we owe to A.A.'s future: To place our common welfare first; to keep our Fellowship united. For on A.A. unity depend our lives and the lives of those to come.
Dr. Bob and Bill W., the cofounders of Alcoholics Anonymous
I Am Responsible
Toronto Responsibility Statement
I am responsible.
When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want the hand of A.A. always to be there. And for that I am responsible.
A.A.'s Primary Purpose
Our Twelfth Step—carrying the message—is the basic service that the A.A. Fellowship gives; this is our principal aim and the main reason for our existence. Therefore, A.A. is more than a set of principles; it is a society of alcoholics in action. We must carry the message, else we ourselves can wither and those who have not been given the truth may die.
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Connection: A.A.'s Three Legacies provide the framework for the primary purpose of carrying the A.A. message of hope and recovery to the alcoholic who still suffers.
A.A.'s Three Legacies: Recovery, Unity, and Service
The Three Legacies of Alcoholics Anonymous are Recovery, Unity, and Service. By the first, we recover from alcoholism; by the second, we stay together in unity; and by the third, our society functions and serves its primary purpose of carrying the A.A. message to all who need it and want it. (Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age: A Brief History of A.A.)
Read About A.A.'s Three Legacies
A.A.'s Three Legacies of Recovery, Unity, and Service were adopted by the Fellowship at the International Convention of Alcoholics Anonymous at St. Louis in 1955. Read about this historic event in the book Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age: A Brief History of A.A.
Long Form of Tradition Six
Problems of money, property, and authority may easily divert us from our primary spiritual aim. We think, therefore, that any considerable property of genuine use to A.A. should be separately incorporated and managed, thus dividing the material from the spiritual. An A.A. group, as such, should never go into business. Secondary aids to A.A., such as clubs or hospitals which require much property or administration, ought to be incorporated and so set apart that, if necessary, they can be freely discarded by the groups. Hence such facilities ought not to use the A.A. name. Their management should be the sole responsibility of those people who financially support them. For clubs, A.A. managers are usually preferred. But hospitals, as well as other places of recuperation, ought to be well outside A.A. and medically supervised. While an A.A. group may cooperate with anyone, such cooperation ought never go so far as affiliation or endorsement, actual or implied. An A.A. group can bind itself to no one.
Sponsorship in A.A.
Sponsorship, with its continuing interest in another alcoholic, often develops when the prospect is willing to be helped, admits having a drinking problem, and decides to seek sobriety as a solution.
Read About Sponsorship in Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous began in Akron, Ohio, in June 1935, when Bill W., a New York stockbroker, met Dr. Bob, an Akron physician. Early A.A. pioneers gathered in Dr. Bob's house and drank from this coffee pot, as they shared their experience, strength and hope.
A.A. Literature
The button below leads to A.A. General Service Conference-approved literature.
Access A.A. General Service Conference-approved Literature
First edition of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, published in April 1939. This is our basic text, which explains the nature of alcoholism and A.A.'s program of recovery—the Twelve Steps.
See also: A.A. Grapevine and La Viña for member-written stories and insights.
Long Form of Tradition Eight
Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional. We define professionalism as the occupation of counseling alcoholics for fees or hire. But we may employ alcoholics where they are going to perform those services for which we might otherwise have to engage nonalcoholics. Such special services may be well recompensed. But our usual A.A. Twelfth Step work is never to be paid for.
Crisis and Mental Health Resources
Help is available! If you are facing a medical emergency, contact your local first responders. In Canada and the United States dial 911, in Ireland dial 112, in the UK dial 999, in New Zealand dial 111, in Australia dial 000. Alcoholics Anonymous does not provide medical advice, emergency medical services or detox treatment.
Access Crisis and Mental Health Support
Alcoholics Anonymous is not affiliated with any outside entities or organizations. The link above leads to non-A.A. crisis and mental health resources.
Also explore: Substance Abuse and Drug Rehabilitation Resources and Meeting Topics for peer support.
Frequently Asked Questions About This 24/7 Online A.A. Meeting
Need quick answers before joining? Visit our dedicated FAQ page for common questions about the meeting, attendance, safety, anonymity, and participation.
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Non-A.A. Recovery Resources
The link below leads to a variety of non-A.A. recovery-related resources. Inclusion on this website does not indicate endorsement or affiliation. Our aim is to be helpful and to cooperate with our friends.
Non-A.A. Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation Resources
Complement with: Crisis and Mental Health Resources
The church directory in the lobby of the Mayflower Hotel in Akron, Ohio that led Bill W. to Dr. Bob. The two men went on to cofound Alcoholics Anonymous.
The A.A. Group...Where It All Begins
What Is an A.A. Group?
Any gathering of two or more alcoholics who wish to recover and have no other affiliation may call themselves an A.A. group. Membership at the group level is open to all who have a desire to recover from alcoholism. There are no dues, fees, requirements or restrictions of any kind. There's no formal application to join a group.
What Is the Purpose of an A.A. Group?
All groups exist to help those who suffer from the disease of alcoholism.
The A.A. Group...Where It All Begins
This informational guide tells how a group works most effectively, how a new group can be started, and how each group can be linked to A.A. as a whole. General Service Conference-approved.
Read the pamphlet "The A.A. Group...Where It All Begins" from A.A. World Services
Problems Other Than Alcohol
The problem of drug addiction in its several forms lies close to us all. It stirs our deepest interest and sympathy. Many A.A. members, especially those who have suffered these particular addictions, are now asking, "What can we do about drugs—within our Fellowship, and without?" Bill W. wrote these words in the pamphlet "Problems Other Than Alcohol".
Read the pamphlet "Problems Other Than Alcohol" by Bill W. from A.A. World Services
The Grapevine is A.A.'s "meeting in print." La Viña is the Fellowship's Spanish-language journal. Both publications include submissions from ordinary A.A. members from around the world.
A.A. Grapevine and La Viña: Our Meeting in Print
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About the 24-Hour International Marathon Meeting of A.A. (Where Sobriety Never Sleeps)
The link below provides relevant information concerning the 24-Hour International Marathon Meeting of A.A. (where sobriety never sleeps).
Learn More About the 24-Hour International Marathon Meeting of A.A.
Connect with: A.A.'s Three Legacies | Primary Purpose
A.A.'s cofounder, Bill W., and his wife Lois in 1925.
A.A. World Services and A.A. General Service Office
Contact the A.A. General Service Office (GSO)
The General Service Conference of A.A. has become, for nearly every practical purpose, the active voice and the effective conscience of our whole society in its world affairs. (Concept II)
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We are available 24 hours a day on Zoom 292 371 2604. If you have any questions, or would like to get involved in service, click the link below.
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International A.A. Websites
A.A. is a global Fellowship. Alcoholics Anonymous has known groups in 180 countries worldwide, with an estimated 2 million members, supported by more than 123,000 groups globally. The link below leads to many official international A.A. websites.
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Serenity Prayer
God, grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
and Wisdom to know the difference.