Hodge Hill Experience, Strength & Hope

For early risers, Hodge Hill Experience, Strength & Hope meets on Saturday mornings at 8.30am at the United Reformed Church on Coleshill Road in east Birmingham, running for an hour and a half. An 8.30am start is unusual among AA meetings and suits people who want to claim the weekend before it drifts. The name describes the classic AA sharing format: members telling what it was like, what happened and what it is like now. It is a closed meeting, kept for people who have, or suspect they have, a desire to stop drinking, and newcomers in that position need no invitation. The church is listed as wheelchair accessible. The venue also hosts an open Friday night meeting. Free, unbooked, anonymous.