Open ID meetings: open to alcoholics and non-alcoholic. (Attendance at an open A.A. meeting is the best way to learn what A.A. is, what it does, and what it does not do.) At ID meetings, A.A. members “tell their stories.” They describe their experiences with alcohol, how they came to A.A., and how their lives have changed as a result of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Closed Meetings:are only available to people with drinking problems

Steps or Big Book Meetings: (Big Book - Nickname for the book Alcoholics Anonymous)  — discussion of one of the Twelve Steps or the Big Book.