Online meetings
Search AA, NA and other UK recovery meetings by postcode, town, or fellowship, in person or online. No sign-up. No tracking of who you are. Just the door, the time, and how to get there.
If someone you care about has said, or half-said, that they might try a meeting, you can make the next step very small for them. Find two or three options, write down the times, and offer them without pressure.
This page covers the practical part, and one more thing that matters just as much: there are meetings for you too.
Last updated: 10 July 2026.
Look up a couple of meetings near them and one online, so there is a choice between walking into a room and clicking a link from their kitchen. The online option matters: for someone nervous, joining with the camera off is a much smaller step, and it is a real meeting all the same.
Offer, do not push. Something like "there is one on Thursday at eight, and one online tomorrow, if you ever fancy it" leaves the door open and the decision theirs. People go when they are ready, and pressure tends to push the ready date further away, not closer.
Often, yes. Meetings marked open welcome anyone, including family and friends, while closed meetings are for people who have the problem themselves. Each listing on this site shows which it is. For an online meeting, simply being in the room while they join can be support enough.
Loving someone through this is its own weight, and there are fellowships built for exactly that: Al-Anon where the problem is drink, Families Anonymous around drugs, and Gam-Anon around gambling, all free, all anonymous, all with online meetings. Our families and friends section goes deeper on all of it, including what to do when the person will not seek help.
You cannot make them, but you can make it easy: find a couple of local times and an online option, offer them once without pressure, and leave the choice with them. People go when they are ready, and a gentle open door beats an ultimatum.
In meetings marked open, yes, anyone is welcome. Closed meetings are for people with the problem themselves. Every listing on 12stepfinder shows which kind it is.
Yes. Al-Anon (drink), Families Anonymous (drugs) and Gam-Anon (gambling) are for the people around the person. They are free and anonymous, with online meetings, and you can go whether or not your person ever does.
You still get to be supported. Our families and friends section has a page for exactly this, and the family fellowships welcome you regardless of what the other person is doing.