About the organisation
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.
Women for Sobriety, or WFS, is a secular recovery organisation for women, founded by Jean Kirkpatrick in 1975 and built around its New Life Programme and its 13 Acceptance Statements. It is abstinence-based and focuses on self-worth, emotional growth and letting go of guilt, in rooms that are women only.
Meetings are free and anonymous, and no religious belief is asked of anyone.
WFS is for women recovering from alcohol or drug use who want a women-only space and a programme centred on building yourself up rather than admitting powerlessness. Many members found the tone of it easier to start from; many attend WFS alongside other fellowships.
Meetings open with the Acceptance Statements and move into moderated sharing, positive and practical in tone. The meetings joinable from the UK run online through the week across time zones, and each meeting's own page carries the joining details.
WFS sits with SMART Recovery and LifeRing as the main secular alternatives in these listings, and it is the only one that is women only. Nothing about WFS conflicts with also attending AA, NA or any other fellowship.