Alcoholics Anonymous Online Meetings

Alcoholics Anonymous online meetings have been around for quite some time now and the concept is very simple, which is to bring the fellowship of AA to those who are unable to, or not ready to, attend meetings in the real world. There are also AA mailing lists available to alcoholics from the official online Intergroup website of Alcoholics Anonymous. As the saying goes; if Mohamed won't come to the mountain, then the mountain will just have to come to Mohamed, or in this case, the fellowship of AA.

Alcoholics Anonymous Online Meetings Work like this:

Most of the AA meetings are held in what is known as the IRC chat room setting. An IRC chat room, or Internet Relay Chat client, looks like the image above where there is a list of rooms and a list of users. Participants then use the live chat window to read and partake on the discussion in question. So, IRC is simply a visual tool which is used to communicate with other members in real time.

Often called the lonely disease, just imagine how it must feel for those alcoholics who are isolated through geographical location. It’s a sad and solitary state even when living in a big town or city with all the help and support which that brings, but getting a foot on the first rungs of sobriety must be a real challenge for those not fortunate enough to belong to the such communities. Well, a lot of that is now changing thanks to the explosion of Alcoholics Anonymous online meetings.

Other popular ways for AA’s to share for free is to use live voice chat which means Alcoholics Anonymous online meetings can open a conference call and communicate vocally. Whether you want to participate in an AA online meeting by keyboard, or by mic, the idea that no alcoholic needs to miss out on AA fellowship is just fantastic for recovering alcoholics, and others who have a genuine desire to stop drinking but don’t know where to begin.

Alcoholics Anonymous online meetings for 2008 and beyond are going to surely help spread the message of AA. A message which talks of a life which is free from the crippling grip of alcohol for all who want it! This is surely going to continue to be a powerful tool as it connects millions of drunks worldwide who are unable to stop on their own willpower. Remember, if you’re not comfortable participating, you can simply lurk in the chat rooms to see if they offer what you want.

Staying Updated! A reader emailed me recently to say that not only are there the virtual only online AA meetings, but also some of the bricks and mortar fellowships are also going online too. One such group which has been operating for a while in Cambodia with Skype-In and Phone In options for its various meetings. You can find out more about this by visiting AA Cambodia.org If you know of any more services like this and would like to email us about them, I shall make a page here where we can list them all. Tks :)

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