Downend Gifts Of Sobriety

Downend Gifts of Sobriety rounds off the weekend on Sunday evenings at 8pm at Badminton Road Methodist Church in Downend, on the north-east edge of Bristol. The meeting lasts an hour and is a closed Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, held for people who have a desire to stop drinking; family, friends and professionals are pointed towards Bristol's open meetings instead. Its name nods to the changes members notice as sobriety takes hold, and the Sunday 8pm slot suits people bracing for the week ahead. The church is wheelchair accessible, and for anyone in Downend, Staple Hill or Fishponds it is a genuinely local option rather than a trek into town.