Bethnal Green Big Book Stories is an early-morning Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, held on Wednesdays at 7.30am at Keddlestone Walk Community Centre, 3 Hollybush Gardens, and lasting one hour. The group reads from the personal stories in the back of the Big Book, accounts by alcoholics of how they drank and how they recovered, which many people find the most relatable part of AA literature. It is an open meeting, so anyone may attend before work, including friends, family and professionals. The community centre is listed as wheelchair accessible. There is no charge and no booking, and the 8.30am finish leaves time to get on with the day.
Is this meeting really before work?
Yes. It starts at 7.30am and finishes at 8.30am on Wednesdays, designed so people can take in a meeting and still get to work. A Friday meeting runs at the same time and venue.
Who can come along?
Anyone. It is an open meeting, welcoming people worried about their own drinking as well as family, friends and professionals.
Is the venue accessible and is it free?
Keddlestone Walk Community Centre at 3 Hollybush Gardens is listed as wheelchair accessible, and the meeting is free with no booking needed.
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