Biggs, California AA Meetings

Biggs is a city in Butte County, California. Despite its small population, Biggs has several residents who are dependent on alcohol. To provide support for them, the city has set up AA meetings in Biggs where they can receive help. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a community-based program that is renowned for helping people who are dependent on alcohol recover and achieve sustained sobriety. It utilizes a 12 Step program that follows guidelines that call for a spiritual transformation. It encourages members to hold themselves accountable and to take responsibility for improving their own lives. Part of that is admitting that they have lost the ability to control their drinking as well as other possible sins and errors. It recommends they strive to achieve a spiritual awakening with the help of a higher power through prayer and meditation and making amends to people they have hurt. Though the 12 steps include references to God, AA is not a religious organization nor forces religious practices on their members. It allows members to interpret the idea of a higher power in any way they feel like. No formal requirement for membership is necessary to attend AA meetings, only a desire to stop drinking for good. AA meetings register its members by first names only to preserve their privacy. Along with AA meetings in Biggs, AlcoholicsAnonymous.com also lists AA California meetings from other cities.