AA Meetings in Louisville

Find an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in Louisville today through the Greater Louisville Intergroup at loukyaa.org, which keeps the local meeting list and answers a phone line monitored 24 hours a day. It serves the greater Louisville 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 Louisville

Louisville's A.A. central office is the Greater Louisville Intergroup (GLI). Its website carries the meeting list and an events calendar, and the contact page gives the office as the Medical Arts Building, 1169 Eastern Parkway, Suite 1226, Louisville, KY 40217. The phone is (502) 582-1849, and the Intergroup says its phones are monitored 24 hours. Office hours are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Saturday 9 a.m. to noon.

The Intergroup is governed by the groups through a board and a body of Intergroup Representatives from local home groups. Its monthly IGR meeting is held on the second Thursday of each month at St. Paul United Methodist Church, 2000 Douglas Boulevard, in the Highlands, with orientation at 6 p.m. and the meeting at 7 p.m. Its standing committees include accessibility, corrections, treatment center, and public-information work.

A.A.'s national site at aa.org is not a meeting finder; it points people to a local office, which here is the Intergroup, 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.

Louisville Meeting Hubs & Communities

Louisville meetings run from downtown out along the city's main corridors and through its historic neighborhoods.

• Downtown. Downtown Louisville holds a cluster of meetings within reach of the TARC Downtown Transfer Center, which is the hub for cross-town buses.
• The Highlands and Bardstown Road. The Highlands, where the Intergroup holds its monthly meeting, has a dense set of groups along the Bardstown Road corridor.
• Old Louisville and Germantown. The historic neighborhoods south and east of downtown have their own recurring meetings.
• The East End and Middletown. Groups meet east of the city along Shelbyville Road and in the eastern suburbs.
• South Louisville and Dixie Highway. The south end and the Dixie Highway corridor are served by the Dixie Rapid bus line and have local groups.
• Southern Indiana. TARC crosses the river, and the Intergroup's service area reaches into the nearby Indiana communities.

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 Louisville 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.
• Men's, women's, and wheelchair-accessible groups are listed the same way, and online meetings are marked.

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

TARC, the Transit Authority of River City, runs Louisville's public buses and reaches into nearby southern Indiana. The Downtown Transfer Center is the main hub, and TARC's Dixie Rapid bus rapid transit line connects downtown with Dixie Highway. Plan a trip at ridetarc.org.

Meetings are not only in person. A.A. says meetings can be in person, online, or by phone, and the Intergroup directory includes online meetings 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 Greater Louisville Intergroup 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 Intergroup 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:

• Greater Louisville Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous (loukyaa.org)
• Greater Louisville Intergroup: Contact (address, phone, office hours)
• Greater Louisville Intergroup: IGR and committee contacts (monthly meeting location)
• TARC: Transit Authority of River City (Louisville public transit)
• 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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