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If you are struggling right now, please say so. This is a safe place to say so. If you want to yell at us about the pentacle, that is also welcome. Both are valid.

If You Need Help Right Now

BA is a peer fellowship, not a crisis service. If you are in immediate danger, please call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, US) or your local emergency services. If you need to talk to someone at any hour who has been exactly where you are, the SAMHSA helpline (1-800-662-4357) is free, confidential, and available 24/7. You do not have to be in crisis to call. You can just be having a hard night.

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Other Ways to Find Us

If forms feel like too much, that's okay. You can find a meeting near you on the meetings page and simply show up. The door is almost always unlocked. The coffee is almost always bad. You will be welcomed.

If you have a beef with how this site handles something — the language, the framing, something that didn't land right — we want to hear that. This is a living document. It is not finished. It will not be finished. Neither are we.

If you are Gary: we want you to know we hold you in high regard, in the sense that we talk about you constantly. Please call us. Not at 11pm.