AA Meetings in Phoenix

Find an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in Phoenix today through Salt River Intergroup at aaphoenix.org, which serves Phoenix and Scottsdale and staffs a 24-hour help line at (602) 264-1341. West Valley and East Valley groups have their own intergroups, and Spanish-language meetings are listed valley-wide. 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 Metro Phoenix

The Phoenix area is served by four local intergroups, all of which keep their own meeting lists, so the right phone number depends on which side of the Valley you are on.

Salt River Intergroup (SRI) is the central office for Phoenix and Scottsdale. Its help line, (602) 264-1341, is answered around the clock. The Central Office at 3215 E Thunderbird Rd, Ste B, is open weekdays for literature and questions, and SRI says it serves more than 800 groups holding more than 1,600 meetings a week. Its meeting search can be narrowed by day, by time, and by meeting type.

Two neighbouring offices pick up where the city limit ends. Agua Fria Intergroup in Peoria runs the West Valley: hotline (623) 937-7770, office (623) 937-7836, and a literature room at 9794 W Peoria Ave, Unit 2. East Valley Intergroup in Mesa covers the east side from 1855 E Southern Ave, #103, and answers (480) 834-9033 24 hours a day.

Spanish-language meetings are handled by a separate office. Alcohólicos Anónimos Intergrupal Hispana lists valley-wide groups at oficinaintergrupal-az.org and answers (602) 957-7457.

Nationally, A.A. is clear that aa.org is not a meeting finder: it points people to a local resource such as one of the offices above and to the free Meeting Guide app. This site is a third door — our meeting finder searches public A.A. and N.A. feeds by day, time, fellowship, and format, including online meetings. Confirm the current day and place with the group or intergroup before you drive across the Valley.

Phoenix Meeting Hubs & Neighbourhoods

Phoenix is a car city spread across the desert, and meetings cluster by district rather than downtown. Pick the area nearest you, then check the day and time.

• Central and Midtown Phoenix. SRI and its Central Office sit in the north-central part of the city, and the densest concentration of meetings — Alano clubs, dedicated fellowship halls, early-morning and late-evening groups — is in the central and midtown neighborhoods. This is the easiest area to reach from more than one part of town.
• Downtown, Tempe and Arizona State University. Downtown Phoenix, the Mill Avenue district in Tempe, and the A.S.U. campus sit along the Valley Metro light rail line, so meetings near the rail are reachable without parking. Use the "near location" search on aaphoenix.org or a ZIP filter on our meeting finder.
• Scottsdale. SRI serves Scottsdale as well as Phoenix, and its directory carries Scottsdale listings alongside the Phoenix ones. Check the listing for the actual city before you go.
• Mesa and the East Valley. East Valley Intergroup covers Mesa, Tempe, Chandler, Gilbert and the surrounding east-side communities. If your meeting is east of the Phoenix city line, start with its directory.
• West Valley: Peoria, Glendale, Sun City. Agua Fria Intergroup lists groups across the west side, and its Peoria office is the literature and information hub for that half of the metro.
• South Phoenix and South Mountain. Valley Metro extended light rail south along Central Avenue in 2025, and the corridor through South Phoenix now has rail stations as well as bus service. The intergroup directory covers the south-side neighborhoods.
• Spanish-speaking rooms. The Hispana office lists groups from Phoenix to the surrounding cities; ask which are open and whether childcare or parking is available.

Common Meeting Formats & What to Expect

A.A. splits its meetings into open and closed. An open meeting is open to anyone interested in A.A.'s program of recovery, 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. When in doubt, start with an open or newcomer meeting.

The intergroup directories also label listings by format, so you can choose before you go:

• Newcomer / Beginner: aimed at people new to recovery.
• Discussion: members share on a topic; the most common style.
• 12 Steps & 12 Traditions, and Step Study: working through A.A.'s Steps and Traditions.
• Big Book: reading and discussing A.A.'s basic text.
• Speaker: one or two members tell their story, then the room opens up.
• Men's, women's, LGBTQ+, Spanish, and wheelchair-accessible meetings are filtered the same way.

Two things hold true at every A.A. meeting, in Phoenix and everywhere. It is free — A.A. states there are no dues or fees for membership and nothing has to be paid to attend, though a basket may be passed for voluntary contributions that support the group. And you do not have to speak; A.A.'s newcomer page says you may simply sit and listen. Anonymity is a founding principle, not a form you sign, so what is said in the room stays there. The first-meeting guide walks through a typical hour.

Getting There & Meeting Online

If you would rather not drive, Valley Metro is the region's public transit agency. Its light rail system now runs two lines — the A Line and the B Line — across 35 miles and 51 stations through Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa, with 15 park-and-ride lots holding 4,848 spaces. The fare is $2.00 per ride, and a three-mile streetcar loop with 14 stops serves downtown Tempe and the university area. Rail stations along Central Avenue and Washington Street put central, downtown and Tempe meetings within walking distance of a stop.

Some meetings do not happen in a room at all. A.A. recognises in-person, online and phone meetings, and the Phoenix directories include online and hybrid listings alongside the in-person ones. Our finder shows online and hybrid meetings from public feeds. The online A.A. meetings guide explains how video and phone meetings work, including that you can keep your camera off and stay silent if you prefer.

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 are not led by healthcare professionals, so they are not the same thing as treatment — though they are free, not time-limited, and many people find them useful alongside professional care.

Some situations call for a doctor rather than a meeting. NIAAA says alcohol withdrawal can be life threatening when people who drink heavily over time stop suddenly, instead of cutting back gradually or stopping with medical support. A small proportion of people need a few days of medical detox to manage symptoms that can be dangerous. 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 Salt River Intergroup; 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 Salt River 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:

• Salt River Intergroup, Inc. (AA Phoenix)
• Salt River Intergroup: Contact Us (24-hour Help Line, Central Office address and hours)
• Salt River Intergroup: About SRI (800+ groups, 1,600+ meetings weekly, four local intergroups)
• Agua Fria Intergroup (West Valley AA)
• East Valley Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous: Contact
• Alcoholicos Anonimos Intergrupal Hispana, Inc. (Phoenix, Spanish-language AA)
• Valley Metro: Rail System fact sheet (light rail lines, miles, stations, streetcar)
• 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.: Find A.A. Near You (regional and online meeting information)
• A.A.: Meeting Guide app
• 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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