Online meetings

When leaving the house is hard.

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.

Plenty of people cannot easily get to an in-person meeting. Illness or disability, anxiety, caring for children or a relative, no car and no bus route, or a body that simply will not cooperate today. None of that has to keep you out of a meeting.

Online meetings are not a lesser version of recovery. They are full meetings, with the same readings, the same honesty and the same welcome, and you can be in one today from wherever you are.

Last updated: 10 July 2026.

The room comes to you

Every online meeting on this site can be joined from home, a hospital bed, a parked car, or anywhere else you have signal. You can listen with the camera off, keep your name to a first name, type in the chat instead of speaking, and leave whenever you need to. All of it counts.

If the barrier is anxiety

Walking into a room of strangers is a big ask, and you do not have to start there. Many people begin online, get to know the rhythm of meetings, and only later try a room in person, if they ever want to. There is no deadline and no test. Listening quietly from your kitchen is a real first step, and for some people it is the whole path.

Phone-only options

No internet, or no privacy on a screen? Some meetings can be dialled into by phone, and every fellowship helpline on our support page is a human voice without any technology beyond a call.

Questions people ask

I am housebound. Can I still do recovery meetings?

Yes, fully. Online meetings are complete meetings you can join from home, and many members attend entirely online. Search online meetings on 12stepfinder and join the next one that fits.

I am too anxious to speak or be seen. Is that okay?

Completely. You can join with your camera off, listen without saying a word, and use just a first name. Nobody will single you out, and many people start exactly this way.

Is there anything that works by phone only?

Yes. Some meetings offer phone dial-in, and the fellowship helplines on our support page are a real voice at the end of a normal phone call, no internet needed.

Do online meetings count as proper meetings?

Yes. They have the same format, the same principles and the same welcome as a church-hall room. What matters is being there, however you get there.

Find out more