Chorley

This Friday lunchtime meeting of the Chorley group starts at 1.30pm at the United Reformed Church on Hollinshead Street, in the middle of town. It is an open Alcoholics Anonymous meeting running an hour and a quarter — one of the few daytime meetings in the area, and a lifeline for anyone whose evenings belong to work, family or fear. Anyone may attend: the retired, the shift-working, the school-run crowd, and anyone whose Friday needs steadying before the weekend starts. The church is wheelchair accessible and sits a short walk from Chorley's bus and rail stations.