24 Hour Helpline   510-839-8900 English       510-502-8560 Espanol      Helplines are staffed 24/7 by A.A. member volunteers who have solved their drinking problem.

At first, alcohol was magic. Then it was medicine. At the end, it was just madness.

Cry and we’ll all cry with you. Drink and you’ll drink alone.

I was a social drinker until the age of 12.

I take what I like to call “immaculate footsteps”—not doing actions that will require me to have to make amends later.

At 9 years sober, I decided I could drink expensive red wine with gourmet dinners. Fifteen years later, I was drinking cheap wine from Costco, wishing I was dead every day.

A meeting where anything goes, nobody goes.

Board Nominations

The East Bay Intergroup Board of Directors is looking for two new candidates to serve on the board for a 2 year term beginning in January 2025. Please click on the button below to view more details and fill out the nomination form.