Akron Area Meetings Remaining for Friday, July 04, 2008
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Morning Meditation St. Thomas Hospital 444 N. Main St. Akron 6:45 AM
Arid Early Bird Meditati ... Akron Arid Club 787 Brown St. Akron 7:30 AM
Ellet Big Book Study N. Springfield Presbyter ... 671 Canton Rd. Akron 10:00 AM
New Horizons Coleman Center 3920 Lovers Ln. Ravenna 10:00 AM
Grateful Group St. Jacob's Church 8697 Mudbrook Rd. N.W. Massillon 10:00 AM
Friday Brecksville Women ... United Methodist Church 65 Public Sq. Brecksville 11:00 AM
Brunswick Friday Nooners 12 Step Recovery Club 1480 Pearl Rd. Brunswick 12:00 PM
Hudson Brown Bag Hudson Community Chapel 750 W. Streetsboro St. Hudson 12:00 PM
Medina High Noon Friday Cathy's House 515 W. Liberty St. Medina 12:00 PM
Together Sober Today Club II 704 N. Main St. Akron 12:00 PM
Wooster Brown Baggers St. James Episcopal Chur ... 122 E. North St. Wooster 12:00 PM
Sober Friday United Church of Christ 217 E. Liberty St. Medina 12:00 PM
What Me Worry St. Bernard's Church 47 E. State St. Akron 1:00 PM
Afternoon Discussion Akron Bible Church 783 Brown St. Akron 2:00 PM
BW4 Big Book Study Group First Church of the Naza ... 675 W. Straub Road Mansfield 3:00 PM
Making A Choice Choices 320 E. South St. Akron 5:30 PM
Sober Surroundings Today Club II 704 N. Main St. Akron 6:30 PM
Aurora Friday Night United Methodist Church 241 N. Aurora Rd. Aurora 7:00 PM
Friday Night At The Lake Loyal Oak Lake Park Pavi ... 2678 S. Hametown Rd. Norton 7:00 PM
Friday Night Discussion Brady Lake Village Hall 6500 Lakeview Dr. Ravenna 7:00 PM
Post Office Firestone Park Presbyter ... 275 S. Firestone Blvd. Akron 7:00 PM
Come and Get It Epiphany Lutheran Church 10503 Valley View Rd. Northfield 7:00 PM
Loudonville 12x12 Group New Hope Community Churc ... 637 N. Market St. Loudonville 7:00 PM
Creston Easy Does It Creston Presbyterian Chu ... 13070 Cleveland Rd. Creston 7:30 PM
Friday Evening Candlelig ... Willard United Church Of ... 742 Johnston St. Akron 7:30 PM
Friday Night Primer Cathy's House 515 W. Liberty St. Medina 7:30 PM
Medina Women's Friday Ev ... St. Paul's Episcopal Chu ... 317 E. Liberty St. Medina 7:30 PM
Norton 24 Hour Group Grace United Church of C ... 3285 Cleveland - Massill ... Norton 7:30 PM
Twinsburg Friends Of Bil ... Community Center 8776 Harvard Rd. Twinsburg 7:30 PM
We Are Family Unitarian Universalist C ... 3300 Morewood Rd. Akron 7:30 PM
Barberton Friday Nite Barberton Church Of God 885 N. Summit St. Barberton 8:00 PM
Friday 12 Step Discussio ... First Baptist Church 1670 Shatto Ave. Akron 8:00 PM
Friday Night Focus Trinity United Church Of ... 150 E. North St. Wooster 8:00 PM
Friday Nite Freedom St. John's Episcopal Chu ... 2220 2nd St. Cuyahoga Falls 8:00 PM
Friday Nite Survivers, A ... Trinity Lutheran Church 508 Center St. Ashland 8:00 PM
Hope Group Dobkin Center - Edwin Sh ... 108 Ambassador Dr. Akron 8:00 PM
Hudson Clockwatchers Christ Episcopal Church 21 Aurora St. Hudson 8:00 PM
Northampton Grandview United Methodi ... 2315 Phelps Ave. Cuyahoga Falls 8:00 PM
St. Sebastian's St. Sebastian's 476 Mull Ave. Akron 8:00 PM
Tallmadge Circle Unity Chapel Of Light 503 Northwest Ave. Tallmadge 8:00 PM
The Turning Point North Springfield Presby ... 671 Canton Rd. Akron 8:00 PM
Uniontown United Methodist Church 13370 Cleveland Ave. NW Uniontown 8:00 PM
Wanderers Hudson Area - Varies Wee ... Varies Week to Week Hudson 8:00 PM
Brecksville K.A. Discuss ... Brecksville Methodist Ch ... 65 Public Sq. Brecksville 8:00 PM
Brunswick Friday Night D ... 12 Step Recovery Club 1480 Pearl Rd. Brunswick 8:00 PM
Kent Friday Night First Christian Church o ... 335 W. Main St. Kent 8:30 PM
Newton Falls - Paris Tow ... Paris Township Fire Hall 9355 Newton Falls Rd. Newton Falls 8:30 PM
Orrville Friday Night Augsburg Lutheran Church 140 W. Water St. Orrville 8:30 PM
Seville Friday Night United Presbyterian Chur ... 101 N. Center St. Seville 8:30 PM
St. Thomas Panel St. Thomas Hospital 444 N. Main St. Akron 8:30 PM
Sharon Closed Discussion Northside Christian Chur ... 7615 Ridge Rd. Wadsworth 9:30 PM
Friday Night Campfire Me ... Today Club II 704 N. Main St. Akron 10:00 PM
After Hours Group Akron Arid Club 787 Brown St. Akron 11:30 PM

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What Is A.A.?

Alcoholics Anonymous® is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to 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 to achieve sobriety.

Copyright © by The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.


Am I An Alcoholic?

Nobody in A.A. is able to to answer this question definitively.

The only person who is truly able to determine this is you.

What we can say, concerning this very personal decision, is that we were all faced with one, if not both, of the following two conditions:

  • “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.” (Alcoholics Anonymous, Chapter 4, Page 44.)

“Most of us have been unwilling to admit we were real alcoholics. No person likes to think he is bodily and mentally different from his fellows. Therefore, it is not surprising that our drinking careers have been characterized by countless vain attempts to prove we could drink like other people. The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great obsession of every abnormal drinker. The persistence of this illusion is astonishing. Many pursue it into the gates of insanity or death.

We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics. This is the first step in recovery. The delusion that we are like other people, or presently may be, has to be smashed.”
Alcoholics Anonymous, Chapter 3, Page 30.

If you have said to yourself: “Yes, I'm one of those people who are powerless over alcohol. My life has become unmanageable. I can't stop drinking and I want help”, you have made a good start on Step One and discovered, as it says in the Big Book, “We are unable, at certain times, to bring into our consciousness with sufficient force the memory of the suffering and humiliation of even a week or a month ago. We are without defense against the first drink.”
Alcoholics Anonymous, Chapter 2, Page 24.


What Do I Do Now?

First, know this: You never have to be alone again.

Recovery for each of us began only when we were able to reach out and ask others for help. In almost every case, this was most difficult at first but, over time, has become an essential component of our continuing recovery.

There are countless others in the area who are willing to help. All one has to do is ask.

Go to meetings: Every day of the year, early morning, afternoon, evenings and even late at night, there is help in the form of meetings for you and for every alcoholic who wants help.

Use this website's meeting database (or the print version obtainable on meeting literature tables) to find meetings in the area.

Take in as many meetings as you can.

Call us at 330-253-8181 if you'd like to talk to someone.

A.A. does not promise to solve your life's problems. But we can show you how we are learning to live without drinking "one day at a time."

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