{"id":275,"date":"2024-03-06T08:38:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T13:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aaqc.eclipse-internet.ca\/?page_id=275"},"modified":"2025-11-06T16:02:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T21:02:59","slug":"i-need-help","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aa-quebec.org\/en\/jai-besoin-daide\/","title":{"rendered":"New to AA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"section-wrapper\" data-id=\"R0uzgw\"><section class=\"wp-block-gutenverse-section guten-element guten-section guten-R0uzgw layout-boxed align-stretch\"><div class=\"guten-container guten-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-gutenverse-column guten-element guten-column guten-OUJLCC\"><div class=\"guten-column-wrapper\" data-id=\"OUJLCC\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:45px\">Need help with a drinking problem?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:30px\">A.A. has a solution. That isn't an empty promise. A.A. has been helping alcoholics recover for more than 80 years. A.A.'s program of recovery is built on the simple foundation of one alcoholic sharing with another.  If your drinking is out of control, A.A. can help.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-gutenverse-column guten-element guten-column guten-sPP7ZX\"><div class=\"guten-column-wrapper\" data-id=\"sPP7ZX\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-gutenverse-image guten-element guten-image guten-zqaAaw\"><div class=\"guten-image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gutenverse-image-box-filled\" src=\"https:\/\/aa-quebec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/stayingsober.png\" height=\"768\" width=\"768\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-wrapper\" data-id=\"KKSszT\"><section class=\"wp-block-gutenverse-section guten-element guten-section guten-KKSszT layout-boxed align-stretch\"><div class=\"guten-container guten-column-gap-default\">\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-wrapper\" data-id=\"CEYrp2\"><section class=\"wp-block-gutenverse-section guten-element guten-section guten-CEYrp2 layout-boxed align-stretch\"><div class=\"guten-container guten-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-gutenverse-column guten-element guten-column guten-dRg7L2\"><div class=\"guten-column-wrapper\" data-id=\"dRg7L2\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:45px\">Ready for your first meeting?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"guten-element guten-spacer guten-6qB7sI\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:40px\">Here's what you can expect.<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-wrapper\" data-id=\"tQd0Zx\"><section class=\"wp-block-gutenverse-section guten-element guten-section guten-tQd0Zx layout-boxed align-stretch\"><div class=\"guten-container guten-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-gutenverse-column guten-element guten-column guten-0fszVm\"><div class=\"guten-column-wrapper\" data-id=\"0fszVm\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-gutenverse-image guten-element guten-image guten-GiwuSn\"><div class=\"guten-image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gutenverse-image-box-filled\" src=\"https:\/\/aa-quebec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/anyonecanattend.png\" height=\"768\" width=\"768\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-gutenverse-column guten-element guten-column guten-3hrpmb\"><div class=\"guten-column-wrapper\" data-id=\"3hrpmb\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:30px\">Anyone with a desire to stop drinking is welcome, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, income, or profession. You don\u2019t have to pay anything to attend.\n\nYou can just sit and listen and learn more about recovery, or you can share about your situation. It's completely up to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:30px\">You can sit, listen, and learn about recovery, or you can talk about your situation. It&#039;s up to you.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-wrapper\" data-id=\"fO4HI1\"><section class=\"wp-block-gutenverse-section guten-element guten-section guten-fO4HI1 layout-boxed align-stretch\"><div class=\"guten-container guten-column-gap-default\">\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-wrapper\" data-id=\"oA1jOs\"><section class=\"wp-block-gutenverse-section guten-element guten-section guten-oA1jOs layout-boxed align-stretch\"><div class=\"guten-container guten-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-gutenverse-column guten-element guten-column guten-I2yHxd\"><div class=\"guten-column-wrapper\" data-id=\"I2yHxd\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:45px\">Join others on the road to recovery<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-wrapper\" data-id=\"OJpikL\"><section class=\"wp-block-gutenverse-section guten-element guten-section guten-OJpikL layout-boxed align-stretch\"><div class=\"guten-container guten-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-gutenverse-column guten-element guten-column guten-aNb7Pg\"><div class=\"guten-column-wrapper\" data-id=\"aNb7Pg\">\n<div class=\"guten-element guten-button-wrapper guten-50cmN4\"><a class=\"guten-button slow guten-button-xl\" href=\"https:\/\/meetings.aa-quebec.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span>Find a meeting<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-gutenverse-column guten-element guten-column guten-T4TzgQ\"><div class=\"guten-column-wrapper\" data-id=\"T4TzgQ\">\n<div class=\"guten-element guten-button-wrapper guten-lPZkUm\"><a class=\"guten-button slow guten-button-xl\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.org\/information-about-meetings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span>Learn more about meetings<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-wrapper\" data-id=\"Lq0nep\"><section class=\"wp-block-gutenverse-section guten-element guten-section guten-Lq0nep layout-boxed align-stretch\"><div class=\"guten-container guten-column-gap-default\">\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-wrapper\" data-id=\"687xMX\"><section class=\"wp-block-gutenverse-section guten-element guten-section guten-687xMX layout-boxed align-stretch\"><div class=\"guten-container guten-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-gutenverse-column guten-element guten-column guten-1BSxgn\"><div class=\"guten-column-wrapper\" data-id=\"1BSxgn\">\n<div class=\"guten-element guten-spacer guten-VvwOTZ\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. has not approved, endorsed, reviewed, or is affiliated with this website, and the inclusion of a link to aa.org does not imply that this is the case. The preceding material was taken in part or in whole from the following page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.org\/new-to-aa\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.aa.org\/fr\/new-to-aa\">New to AA?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"guten-element guten-spacer guten-xdxfUh\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"wp-custom-template-besoin-d-aide","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-275","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aa-quebec.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aa-quebec.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aa-quebec.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aa-quebec.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aa-quebec.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275"}],"version-history":[{"count":115,"href":"https:\/\/aa-quebec.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29376,"href":"https:\/\/aa-quebec.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/275\/revisions\/29376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aa-quebec.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}