AA Meetings in Salt Lake City

Find an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in Salt Lake City today through the AA Central Office of Salt Lake at saltlakeaa.org, which answers a 24-hour phone at (801) 484-7871. Meetings run in person, online and hybrid, and nearby Ogden and Provo have their own central offices. 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 Salt Lake City

The AA Central Office of Salt Lake is the local service office for the city and the surrounding valley. Its phone, (801) 484-7871, is answered 24 hours a day, and volunteers use it to answer questions, sell literature and chips, and connect callers to the community. The office at 80 West Louise (2850 South) is open Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The website carries the meeting schedule.

The central office notes that Salt Lake has meetings in person, online and hybrid, and lists them together. That matters here because the valley is long: a hybrid meeting can be the practical choice when the gap between downtown and the southern suburbs is the obstacle.

Other offices cover the rest of northern Utah. A.A.'s national directory lists a central office in Ogden for Northern Utah, one in Provo for Utah Valley, and a Spanish-language office, Oficina Intergrupal Hispana De Utah, in Salt Lake City. The Spanish-language listing has not always shown a working web address, so the reliable step is to check the live directory or ask the Salt Lake office to point you to current Spanish-language meetings.

A.A. says the national website is not a meeting finder; it sends people to a local office and to the free Meeting Guide app. Our meeting finder is another way in, searching public A.A. and N.A. feeds by day, time, fellowship, and format. Confirm the meeting with the group before you go.

Salt Lake City Meeting Hubs & Neighborhoods

The city sits in a valley ringed by mountains, and the TRAX light rail lines and the FrontRunner commuter train shape how easily a meeting can be reached.

• Downtown. Downtown is the hub of the transit system, where TRAX lines meet the FrontRunner at Salt Lake Central and North Temple stations. Downtown meetings are the easiest to reach from across the valley.
• The University of Utah and the east bench. The Red Line serves the university and the neighborhoods along the east side, connecting campus-area meetings to downtown.
• Sugar House. The S-Line streetcar runs through Sugar House, linking that neighborhood to the TRAX network and its meetings.
• West Valley City and the west side. The Green Line runs from the airport through downtown to West Valley City, opening up west-side meetings to rail riders.
• Sandy, Draper and the south valley. The Blue Line runs south through Murray, Sandy and Draper, tying the southern suburbs to the downtown core.
• Ogden and Provo. These are separate cities with their own central offices, reached by the FrontRunner commuter train rather than TRAX. Use their lists rather than Salt Lake's.
• Spanish-language rooms. Ask the Salt Lake office or check the live directory for the current Spanish-speaking meetings and their locations.

Common Meeting Formats & What to Expect

A.A. sorts meetings as open or closed. An open meeting is available to anyone interested in A.A.'s program of recovery, including observers, while a closed meeting is for A.A. members or people who have a drinking problem and want to stop. Someone new to the fellowship is usually most comfortable at an open or beginner meeting.

The schedule tags each listing by format:

• Newcomer: for people new to recovery.
• Discussion: the group shares on a topic.
• Step Study / 12 & 12: working A.A.'s Steps and Traditions.
• Big Book: reading and discussing A.A.'s basic text.
• Speaker: members share their story, then the meeting opens up.
• Men's, women's, LGBTQ+, Spanish, and wheelchair-accessible meetings appear as their own types.

Two rules are the same everywhere. A.A. says there are no dues or fees for membership, so nothing must be paid to attend and the passing basket is voluntary. And no one has to speak; A.A.'s newcomer page says listening is enough. Anonymity is a founding principle of the fellowship, so what is said in the room stays there. The first-meeting guide describes a typical hour.

Getting Around & Meeting Online

UTA runs the valley's transit. The TRAX light rail system has three lines — Blue, Red and Green — serving Salt Lake City and its suburbs, with the Green Line running to the airport, the Red Line to the University of Utah and Daybreak, and the Blue Line south to Draper. The FrontRunner commuter train links Ogden, Salt Lake City and Provo along the Wasatch Front, and the S-Line streetcar serves the Sugar House neighborhood. For anyone without a car, a meeting near a TRAX or FrontRunner station is the most reliable to reach.

Some meetings are virtual or hybrid. A.A. recognises online and phone meetings, and the Salt Lake schedule includes virtual listings alongside in-person ones. Our finder surfaces online and hybrid meetings from public feeds, and the online A.A. meetings guide explains how video and phone meetings work, including attending with your camera off.

Peer Support vs. Medical Care

An A.A. meeting is peer support, not clinical treatment. NIDA notes that mutual-help groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous are peer-led and are not run by healthcare professionals, which is what separates them from treatment — though they are free, ongoing, and often used alongside professional care.

Some needs are medical. NIAAA says alcohol withdrawal can be life threatening when people who drink heavily over time stop suddenly instead of tapering or stopping with medical support. Up to half of people with alcohol use disorder experience some withdrawal symptoms, and a small proportion need a few days of medical detox. If that is your situation, talk with a clinician before you stop.

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 or call SAMHSA's National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357) — free, confidential, 24/7, in English and Spanish.
• Referral help: call or text (800) 653-9376 for help sorting out a level of care. SmarterRecovery is a referral helpline, not the AA Central Office of Salt Lake; 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 you need a meeting today, start with the meeting finder or the central office schedule and confirm it. In an emergency or a suicide crisis, call 911 or 988 first.

Additional Resources

Sources cited on this page:

• AA Central Office of Salt Lake (saltlakeaa.org)
• Utah Transit Authority (UTA): Station Addresses (TRAX Blue, Red and Green lines, S-Line streetcar, FrontRunner)
• A.A.: Find A.A. Near You (regional offices including Ogden, Provo and the Spanish-language office)
• 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
• 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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