AA Meetings in Little Rock

Find an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in Little Rock today through the Arkansas Central Office at arkansascentraloffice.org, which keeps the local meeting list and runs a 24-hour hotline. It serves Little Rock and the surrounding area. Our meeting finder at /meetings/ searches public AA feeds by day and format.

Call 911 if someone is overdosing, seizing, not breathing, or cannot be woken. For a mental health or suicide crisis, call or text 988.

How to Find AA Meetings Across Little Rock

Little Rock's A.A. central office is Arkansas Central Office, Inc. Its website carries the meeting directory, and the hotline is (501) 664-7303, with the business line at (501) 664-6042. The office and bookstore are at 7509 Cantrell Road, Suite 106, Little Rock, AR 72207, open Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., closed Sunday. The Central Office notes that its 24-hour hotlines are answered during closing times.

The Little Rock meeting list is organized by district and neighborhood, and the same site lists meetings across the wider Central Arkansas area. Beyond Little Rock, the state is served by Arkansas Area 4, whose meeting-information page also points to the Fort Smith and Hot Springs intergroups.

A.A.'s national site at aa.org is not a meeting finder; it points people to a local office, which here is the Arkansas Central Office, and names the free Meeting Guide app and the Online Intergroup for phone and online meetings. The how-to-find guide compares both.

This site's meeting finder is another option: it searches public A.A. and N.A. feeds by day, time, fellowship, and format, including online.

Little Rock Meeting Hubs & Communities

Meetings follow the city's districts and its well-known recovery locations.

• Downtown and the River Market. Groups meet downtown, including the Downtown Nooners at Christ Episcopal Church, 509 Scott Street, within walking distance of the River Cities Travel Center and the free Metro Streetcar line.
• Hillcrest and the Heights. The Kavanaugh Boulevard corridor through Hillcrest and the Heights hosts meetings, including the Barely Legal Young People's Group at Westover Hills Presbyterian Church, 6400 Kavanaugh Boulevard.
• The Wolfe Street area. The Wolfe Street Center at 1015 South Louisiana Street is one of the busiest meeting locations in the city, with early-morning, noon, and evening groups, including step-study meetings.
• West Little Rock. Groups meet west of the city center along Chenal Parkway and the Cantrell Road corridor, near the Central Office itself.
• North Little Rock and the suburbs. North Little Rock, Jacksonville, Sherwood, Bryant, and Benton are inside the wider service area and are listed in the same directory.

Common Meeting Formats & What to Expect

A.A. divides meetings into open and closed. An open meeting is open to anyone interested in A.A.'s program, and nonalcoholics may attend as observers. A closed meeting is for A.A. members, or for people who have a drinking problem and want to stop drinking. When in doubt, start with an open meeting.

The Little Rock listings mark each meeting by format so you can choose before you go:

• Newcomer or beginner meetings, for people new to recovery.
• Discussion: members share on a topic; the most common style.
• Big Book and step study: reading A.A.'s basic text and working the Steps.
• Speaker: one or two members tell their story.
• Young People groups are listed as their own type, as are men's, women's, and wheelchair-accessible groups, and online meetings.

Every meeting is free. A.A. says there are no dues or fees for membership and that you do not have to pay anything to attend; a basket may be passed for voluntary contributions and passing it on is fine. And you never have to speak — A.A.'s newcomer page says you can sit and listen. Anonymity means what you hear in the room stays there. The first-meeting guide walks through a typical hour.

Transportation & Virtual Meetings

Rock Region METRO runs Central Arkansas public transit, with buses serving Little Rock and neighboring cities from the River Cities Travel Center at 310 East Capitol Avenue downtown, and its administration office at 901 Maple Street in North Little Rock. The Metro Streetcar is a 3.4-mile heritage line linking downtown Little Rock and North Little Rock; rides on the streetcar are free. Plan a trip at rrmetro.org.

Meetings are not only in person. A.A. says meetings can be in person, online, or by phone, and the Central Office lists online meetings such as the Zoom-only "AA Kiss The Sky" alongside in-person ones. The Online Intergroup lists phone and video meetings worldwide, and our meeting finder also shows online and hybrid meetings. The online A.A. meetings guide explains how they work.

Peer Support vs. Medical Care

An A.A. meeting is peer support, not clinical treatment. NIDA explains that mutual-help groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous are peer-led and not led by healthcare professionals, so they are not the same as treatment — though NIDA notes they are free, not time-limited, and useful to many people on their own or alongside professional care.

Some situations call for a doctor, not a meeting. NIAAA says alcohol withdrawal can be life threatening when people who drink heavily over time stop suddenly, rather than cutting back gradually or stopping with medical support. If you have been drinking heavily and want to stop, talk with a clinician first.

For help beyond a meeting:

• Emergency: call 911 for an overdose, a seizure, trouble breathing, or someone who cannot be woken.
• Crisis: call or text 988 for a mental health or suicide crisis.
• Treatment: search FindTreatment.gov, SAMHSA's treatment locator, or call SAMHSA's National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357) — a free, confidential line available 24/7 in English and Spanish.
• Referral help: call or text (800) 653-9376 and we can help you sort out a level of care. SmarterRecovery is a referral helpline, not the Arkansas Central Office and not SMART Recovery; calling is free to you because treatment providers pay for the referral service.

Call or text (800) 653-9376 if you want help finding treatment. If what you need tonight is a meeting, start with the meeting finder or the Central Office directory and confirm the listing. If this is an emergency or a suicide crisis, call 911 or 988 first.

Additional Resources

Sources cited on this page:

• Arkansas Central Office of Alcoholics Anonymous (arkansascentraloffice.org)
• Arkansas Central Office: Meetings (Little Rock listings, Wolfe Street Center, districts)
• Arkansas Area 4: Meeting Information Resources (central offices and hotlines)
• Rock Region METRO: Central Arkansas public transit (bus and Metro Streetcar)
• A.A.: Find A.A. Near You (regional and online meeting information)
• A.A.: Need help with a drinking problem? (what to expect at a first meeting)
• A.A.: What to Expect at an A.A. Meeting (open and closed meetings, meeting types)
• A.A.: A.A. and Anonymity
• A.A.: Meeting Guide app
• Online Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous (online and phone meetings)
• NIDA: Treatment (mutual-help groups are peer-led, not clinical treatment)
• NIAAA Core Resource on Alcohol: Alcohol Use Disorder, From Risk to Diagnosis to Recovery
• SAMHSA National Helpline
• SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov
• 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
• SmarterRecovery meeting finder (public meeting search; listings are not verified by this site)
• SmarterRecovery about page (referral disclosure)

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