AA – Alcoholics Anonymous - Ketchikan, AK

About AA – Alcoholics Anonymous

AA - Alcoholics Anonymous is a no-cost, 12-Step addiction recovery program for youth, adults, and families in Ketchikan, Alaska. They offer community-based programs, including gender-specific and specialized services for adolescents, young adults, seniors, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and persons with co-occurring disorders.

Community-Based Care
Treatment at AA – Alcoholics Anonymous is rooted in a stages-of-change model that supports clients’ physical, psychological, emotional, social, and spiritual recovery. Clients engage in extensive, peer-directed group meetings, which are anonymous, open to the public, and available 365 days per year, including evening, night, weekend, and holiday sessions. Participants also receive one-on-one recovery coaching from a self-selected sponsor. They prioritize recovery education and life-skills training that addresses topics such as coping, self-care, spirituality, and relapse prevention.

Aftercare
Treatment at AA is based on a life-long continuum of care and includes ongoing peer support, counseling, education, and social activities.

Payment
AA – Alcoholics Anonymous provides counseling, education, and related services at no cost. Clients may receive peer referrals for paid mental health, medical, and other therapeutic services. Many health care providers and recovery specialists contract with major insurers, such as Aetna, BlueCross BlueShield, Humana, United Healthcare, and Cigna. Contact your provider to verify coverage, because out of network benefits can vary.

Payment Options

Free

Levels of Care

12-Step

12-step programs are addiction recovery models based on Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). A number of substance abuse programs (including some drug and alcohol rehab centers) use the 12 steps as a basis for treatment. Beginning steps involve admitting powerlessness over the addiction and creating a spiritual basis for recovery. Middle steps including making direct amends to those who've been hurt by the addiction, and the final step is to assist others in addiction recovery in the same way. 12-Step offshoots including Narcotics Anonymous (NA), Cocaine Anonymous (CA), Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA), Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA) and Gamblers Anonymous (GA).

Programs

Adult program

Elderly program

Program for men

Program for women

Young adult program

Treatment

Alcoholism

The goal of treatment for alcoholism is abstinence. Those with poor social support, poor motivation, or psychiatric disorders tend to relapse within a few years of treatment. For these people, success is measured by longer periods of abstinence, reduced use of alcohol, better health, and improved social functioning. Recovery and Maintenance are usually based on 12 step programs and AA meetings.

Drug Addiction

During drug rehab in Alaska, you'll receive a combination of medical and psychotherapeutic treatments that are designed to treat drug dependency. The goal of drug rehab is to break this dependency and help you develop the skills to maintain a drug-free life.

Substance Abuse

Substance rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from substance abuse, including alcohol and drug addiction (both illegal and prescription drugs). They often include the opportunity to engage in both individual as well as group therapy.

Clinical Services

Group Therapy

Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.