24 Hour International Marathon Meeting of A.A. Online — 24/7 Online A.A. Meeting
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Where Sobriety Never Sleeps
The 24 Hour International Marathon Meeting of A.A. Online 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.
The 24 Hour International Marathon Meeting of A.A. (Where sobriety never sleeps) is a continuous 24/7 online AA meeting on Zoom: an international Alcoholics Anonymous marathon meeting with a new session every hour. Join now with Zoom Meeting ID 292 371 2604. No password required.
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The 24-Hour International Marathon Meeting of A.A. is a continuous, 24/7 online Alcoholics Anonymous meeting open to anyone seeking support. A new AA meeting with a fresh recovery topic begins every hour, making it easy for newcomers to find an online AA meeting anytime—day or night.
What to Expect When You Join This 24 Hour A.A. Meeting on Zoom
This 24/7 online AA meeting is an open Alcoholics Anonymous meeting for anyone seeking recovery support. Everyone is welcome to listen, and we ask that only alcoholics or those with a desire to stop drinking share.
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 AA 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.
The 24 Hour International Marathon Meeting of A.A., where sobriety never sleeps, is dedicated to carrying A.A.'s life-saving message of hope and recovery globally to the alcoholic who still suffers. Individuals seeking support for drug problems and substance use disorders may benefit from professional treatment programs, government resources, rehabilitation services, family support organizations, and other recovery programs and fellowships. Alcoholics Anonymous is not affiliated with any outside agency or enterprise.
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Preamble of A.A.
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.
Find A.A. Near You
Help is available. 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.
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.
Contact This 24/7 Online A.A. Meeting
This link will connect you with the 24 Hour International Marathon Meeting of A.A. (Where sobriety never sleeps).
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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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.
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."
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.
A.A. Literature
The button below leads to A.A. General Service Conference-approved literature.
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See also: A.A. Grapevine and La Viña for member-written stories and insights.
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 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.
Crisis and Mental Health Resources
Alcoholics Anonymous is not affiliated with any outside entities or organizations. The link below leads to non-A.A. crisis and mental health resources.
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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
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Recovery Resources
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.
A.A.'s Eighth Tradition states: "Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers." 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.
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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 co-found 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.'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.
Sponsorship in A.A.
Sponsorship responsibility is unwritten and informal, but it is a basic part of the A.A. approach to recovery from alcoholism through the Twelve Steps. Sponsorship styles and relationships vary. The important thing is that the newcomer is introduced to A.A. literature, particularly the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, and is guided through the Twelve Steps.
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 magazine. Both publications include submissions from ordinary A.A. members from around the world.
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About This Meeting
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A.A.'s cofounder, Bill W., and his wife Lois in 1925.
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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.
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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.