At this time (3/23/09) we list some 4,296 Los Aneles County meetings, 915 of them Spanish-speaking, and a number of others in Armenian, Farsi, Finnish, French, Japanese, Korean and Russian. If all these meetings were isted separately by town, they would cover more than 150 web pages.
To make the index – and the listings themselves – more easy to navigate and use, we have therefore done two things.
First, while we originally listed in these pages a number of meetings in adjacent counties, there are now complete listings of those counties in their own right, with links to them on each of our pages (see below). We have accordingly removed those meetings from this section, and the individual links to them from this index. (The one exception is Thousand Oaks, which page has a lengthy explanation for itself.)
Second, to limit the need to jump from page to page, as well as to give a broader overview of the meetings around us, we have combined neighboring meetings into 23 master pages, to which the index below will first bring our visitors.
Except in the case of localities with only a meeting or two, the master pages also contain links to separate pages for the towns they cover, for those who can use that format.
Finally, we have just added some 900 Spanish-language meetings to the list. This has caused a few pages to become just a bit unwieldy, even by our standards – especially the northern and southern master pages for the city of Los Angeles itself, with 413 and 292 meetings listed, respectively. As soon as possible, we will provide smaller alternate pages for each of these, for those seeking English or Spanish meetings only.
This online listing of A. A. meetings in the Los Angeles County area is put together from many sources, including local and central office meeting directories, the listings of local clubs, and direct information from the groups and members involved.
It is offered as a free service to those who need it. It is unaffiliated with any official bodies – or with any other organization, for that matter.
As with all we do in A. A., we rely on each other for meeting information. Where this is especially important to clear up, we have added a little pop-up Help!, alerting the viewer and asking for help.
Please let us know – s.i.meetings@gmail.com – of any corrections, additions, subtractions and suggestions you may have – so that, together, we can let those who need us know where to find us.
— Unless specified as “Closed”, all meetings are open to anyone with an interest in recovery from alcoholism.
— “Closed” meetings are only for those who themselves have “a desire to stop drinking.”
— You may generally assume that there is no smoking in the meetings.
— The © symbol next to an address indicates that it is wheelchair-accessible.
— To make finding the meetings easier, and out of respect for our hosts, we try to fully identify the locations in which we meet.
— Where we do have to shorten names, we apologize. E.g., while all Methodists are in fact “United”,
the extra word often doesn't fit well in the lines.
— We have included Maps for each meeting, with pop-up Thomas Guide coordinates, where available.
— The meeting format, unless made clear in the group name, is shown below the address.
— If only the format is known, the space for a group name is left blank.
— If there really is no A. A. group, however, it is not really an A. A. meeting at all. Please advise!
— Genuine A. A. meetings, and the groups that hold them, are not and never should be affiliated in any way with any locations
in which they are held, whether they be hospitals, schools, clubs, treatment or community centers, etc.
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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. Grapevine. Reprinted by permission. |
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