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AA Meetings in Dumaguete
If you are looking for AA meetings in Dumaguete, this page gives current local meeting information for Dumaguete City, Valencia, Dauin, and nearby Negros Oriental areas.
If drinking is causing problems and you want help, you are welcome at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. You do not need to register, explain yourself, or know what to say. You can come in, sit down, and listen.
AA has no dues or fees for membership. Showing up is enough for a first meeting.
Start here: Look at the meeting cards below. Choose the meeting closest to you, open the map, leave early enough to find the venue, and walk in.
If this is your first meeting, you do not have to speak. Listening is enough.
Current AA Meeting List for Dumaguete, Valencia, and Dauin
Valencia AA Meeting
Day: Monday and Wednesday
Time: 10:00 AM
Venue: Rhed Flower Restobar
Area: Luna Street, Valencia, Negros Oriental
Location: Ground floor of the grey building with large glass windows on Luna Street
First-time note: Valencia is uphill from Dumaguete. Give yourself travel time.
Last reviewed: June 2026
Open MapBalcony by the Sea AA Meeting
Day: Tuesday and Friday
Time: 10:00 AM
Venue: Bethel Guest House, 5th Floor
Area: Rizal Boulevard, Dumaguete City
Landmark: Cafe Filomena is on the ground floor
First-time note: Take the elevator to the 5th floor balcony meeting area.
Last reviewed: June 2026
Open MapBeach Sand AA Meeting
Day: Thursday
Time: 10:00 AM
Venue: Uzi Beach Resort
Area: Dauin, Negros Oriental
Landmark: Dauin public market and the big Dauin church
First-time note: Uzi’s is literally on the beach. Leave early and plan transport.
Last reviewed: June 2026
Open MapThe Last Resort AA Meeting
Day: Saturday
Time: 10:00 AM
Venue: Across Sierra Resort
Area: Lipayo, Dauin, Negros Oriental
Landmark: Sierra Resort
First-time note: This venue still needs a fuller first-hand arrival note.
Last reviewed: June 2026
Open MapFirst Time at an AA Meeting in Dumaguete
A first AA meeting is usually more normal than people expect. The buildup in your mind is often harder than the meeting itself.
Most meetings have a simple structure. People arrive, find a seat, the meeting begins, someone may read a short opening, a topic or format is introduced, people share, and the meeting closes.
You do not have to speak at your first meeting. You do not have to tell your story. You do not have to explain your drinking history. You can simply listen.
Finding the Valencia AA Meeting at Rhed Flower
Rhed Flower Restobar, Valencia
The Valencia AA meeting is at Rhed Flower Restobar on Luna Street in Valencia. The meeting is held on the ground floor of the grey building with large glass windows. Coming from Dumaguete, Valencia is uphill from town. Give yourself travel time on your first visit.
Rhed Flower is a bright, casual restaurant and coffee spot. The room has open restaurant-style seating, a counter area, framed artwork on the walls, and a relaxed daytime feel. For a nervous first-time visitor, it is a comfortable place to walk into. You can arrive, look around, find a seat, and get your bearings.
If you arrive early, sit down, have coffee, order breakfast, or wait quietly until the meeting starts. The food is not part of AA, and no purchase is required to attend an AA meeting. It is a useful local place to arrive because it feels like a coffee shop before it feels like a meeting.
Local color: Rhed Flower is a good Valencia stop for coffee and breakfast. It has western-style breakfast plates, Filipino meals, sandwiches, shakes, and simple drinks. The American breakfast is one of the better-value breakfasts around Dumaguete and Valencia. Menus and prices change, so use the food details as orientation, not meeting information.
Newcomer note: You do not need to buy food, explain yourself, or know anyone before attending. You can simply come in, sit down, and listen.
Finding the Bethel Guest House AA Meeting
Bethel Guest House and Cafe Filomena, Rizal Boulevard
The Balcony by the Sea AA Meeting is at Bethel Guest House on Rizal Boulevard in Dumaguete City, on the 5th floor. Bethel faces the Boulevard and the ocean.
Cafe Filomena is on the ground floor of Bethel Guest House. It is bright, friendly, and easy to find from the Boulevard side. Bethel is a long-time AA meeting venue in Dumaguete, and Cafe Filomena is the easiest place to arrive early, order coffee or breakfast, and settle yourself before going upstairs.
The cafe has a cafeteria-style counter with Filipino food, breakfast choices, sandwiches, pizza, halo-halo, coffee, and desserts. Prices are fair. Bethel is known for buko pie, and they will warm it for you if you ask. Pancakes and eggs are a simple, good-value breakfast before a morning meeting.
One useful local trick: if you order food downstairs before the meeting, tell the cashier you want to take it up to the 5th floor. They will plastic-wrap your tray for the elevator. Take your coffee, buko pie, breakfast, or halo-halo upstairs and sit at the 5th floor balcony tables before the meeting begins.
The 5th floor is an open balcony with tables, facing the Boulevard and ocean. There is almost always an ocean breeze. Smoking is allowed on the 5th floor balcony where ashtrays are on the tables. Bethel also has a quieter smoking balcony on the 3rd floor. It is more private than the 5th floor and catches the same ocean breeze.
Local color: Cafe Filomena makes the first visit easier because you do not have to stand around wondering where to go. Arrive early, order coffee, breakfast, buko pie, pancakes and eggs, or halo-halo, then take the elevator to the 5th floor when it is time.
Newcomer note: You do not need to buy food, explain yourself, or announce yourself before the meeting. You can arrive quietly, take a seat, and listen.
Finding the Dauin AA Meeting at Uzi Beach Resort
Uzi Beach Resort, Dauin
The Beach Sand AA Meeting is at Uzi Beach Resort in Dauin, south of Dumaguete City. This is a real toes-in-the-sand venue. It is not a city meeting room. It is a beach setting, and it is worth planning your travel like you are going to the beach.
Coming from Dumaguete, head south toward Dauin. After the Dauin public market, turn left toward the beach area. The big Dauin church will be on your left as you pass through town. Veer right onto Lopez Jaena and make your way toward the beach. Uzi’s is literally on the beach.
The place has native-style beach cottages, tables, hammocks, shade trees, tree swings, and a gentle sandy beach. It is family-friendly, quiet, and well kept. There are toilets, shower areas, changing rooms, and places to grill or prepare food. There is a small entrance fee, less than PHP 50, with native cottages and tables available.
This is a good place to plan a beach day after the meeting. Bring a swimsuit. Stop for breakfast or buy food before going if you want to stay later. People bring grilled food, and local restaurants or cafes deliver in the area. The beach and food are not part of AA; they are just part of knowing how this venue works.
Uzi’s is quiet by design. No music is allowed, which is actually one of the things that makes the place nice. You get the sea, the shade, the sand, and a peaceful beach day without the usual noise.
Local color: Uzi’s is one of the relaxed beach-style venues around Dauin. The shoreline slopes gently, the setting is quiet, and it is a good place to swim or sit after the meeting if you are not rushing back to Dumaguete.
Newcomer note: Leave early enough to find the beach road without rushing. You do not need to know anyone before you arrive. You can simply come to the meeting, sit down, and listen.
Finding The Last Resort AA Meeting in Lipayo
Across Sierra Resort, Lipayo, Dauin
The Last Resort AA Meeting is listed across Sierra Resort in Lipayo, Dauin. Use Sierra Resort as the landmark. That is the name people are most likely to recognize when you are looking for the area.
Lipayo is south of Dumaguete, in the Dauin area. This is not a quick city-center stop. Give yourself travel time, use the map, and aim for the Sierra Resort area first.
Location note: This is the one listed meeting venue on this page still waiting for a full first-hand site note. The practical direction is simple: go to Lipayo, use Sierra Resort as the landmark, and look for the meeting location across from it. This section will be updated with exact entrance notes, photos, parking, and local landmarks after an on-site visit.
Newcomer note: It is normal to feel unsure when visiting a meeting for the first time. Use the map, leave extra travel time, and do not worry if you are new. You can simply attend, take a seat, and listen.
Can I Come and Just Listen?
Yes.
Many people attend their first AA meeting and simply listen. That is one of the most common ways people start.
You do not have to tell your story. You do not have to explain yourself. You do not have to stand up and speak.
If someone asks whether you would like to share, it is usually fine to say, “I’ll just listen today.”
Showing up is enough. Sitting down is enough. Listening is enough.
Can I Come if I Think I Might Have a Drinking Problem, but I’m Not Sure?
Yes.
You do not need to arrive with a diagnosis, a label, or a final answer.
Many people come to AA because something about their drinking is bothering them. They are drinking more than they want to. They are making promises they cannot keep. They are worried. They simply have questions.
You do not have to be certain before attending a meeting. You can come, listen, and see whether you hear anything that sounds familiar.
The more useful question is not whether you are alcoholic enough. The useful question is whether alcohol is causing problems you can no longer ignore.
Do I Have to Be Religious?
No.
You do not have to be religious to attend an AA meeting in Dumaguete.
You may hear spiritual language. You may hear people talk about God, trust, willingness, prayer, a Higher Power, or letting go. Some meetings may include a prayer or a moment of silence. That does not mean you have to arrive with a belief system already worked out.
A lot of people come in doubtful, angry, tired, confused, or not believing much of anything. They are still welcome.
For many people, the part about letting go and becoming open to help beyond their own control is the hard part. That is normal. Most of us did not arrive cheerful, surrendered, and spiritually organized. We arrived because drinking was causing problems and our own best thinking was not fixing it.
At the beginning, the practical question is not whether you believe the right thing. The practical question is whether drinking is causing problems and whether you are willing to sit in a room with people who have been where you are now.
You are not alone. There is a meeting waiting for you to find the door.
That does not need to be solved at your first meeting.
For a first meeting, you can simply come in, sit down, and listen.
Am I Going to Be Asked to Believe in Anything?
Not at your first meeting.
Nobody is going to hand you a test, ask you to sign a statement of belief, or expect you to agree with everything you hear.
The first meeting is not about getting your beliefs sorted out. The first meeting is about finding out whether AA has something useful to offer you.
Over time, many members discover that recovery involves letting go of old ideas, especially the belief that we can control everything, predict everything, and manage every outcome through willpower.
That usually comes later. Nobody expects a newcomer to walk into a first meeting with life, spirituality, control, or the Twelve Steps figured out.
The practical first step is smaller: find the meeting, walk in, take a seat, and listen.
Practical Local Notes Before You Go
Bethel Guest House: Bethel is on Rizal Boulevard. Cafe Filomena is on the ground floor. The meeting is on the 5th floor balcony. You can order downstairs and take food or coffee up in the elevator.
Valencia: Valencia is uphill from Dumaguete. Rhed Flower is on Luna Street on the ground floor of the grey building with large glass windows.
Dauin: Dauin and Lipayo are south of Dumaguete. Leave early if you are using a tricycle, motorbike, taxi, or private ride. For Uzi’s, use the big Dauin church and the public market as your town landmarks.
First visit: Arrive a little early if you can. Find the room. Sit where you feel comfortable. You do not have to explain yourself.
Frequently Asked Questions About AA Meetings in Dumaguete
Do I need to register before attending an AA meeting?
No. For regular AA meetings listed here as open to newcomers, you can simply attend.
Does AA cost anything?
AA has no dues or fees for membership. Some meetings pass a basket for voluntary contributions, but payment is not required to attend.
Will I have to speak?
No. Many people attend their first AA meeting and simply listen. If someone asks whether you want to share, it is usually fine to say, “I’ll just listen today.”
What if I want to leave early or leave quickly when the meeting ends?
You do not have to explain yourself. If you need to leave early, get up quietly and leave. If you want to leave as soon as the meeting ends, that is fine too.
A lot of people are nervous at their first meeting. Some stay and talk afterward. Some leave right away. Nobody is keeping score.
If one meeting does not feel right, try another. Your first meeting does not have to be perfect. You are not making a commitment. You are simply finding the door, walking in, taking a seat, and listening.
That is a successful first meeting.
Can visitors attend AA meetings in Dumaguete?
Yes. Visitors are welcome at appropriate AA meetings in Dumaguete, Valencia, and Dauin. Check the current meeting listing and use the map link before going.
What if I am not sure AA is for me?
You can attend and listen. You do not need to decide everything before your first meeting.
What if the meeting information has changed?
Meeting information can change. Use the map, check the latest listing, and allow extra time. If better information is confirmed, this page should be updated.
Page note: This page is a local Dumaguete AA meeting guide created for people searching for AA meetings in Dumaguete City, Valencia, Dauin, Bacong, and nearby Negros Oriental areas. Meeting schedules, venues, formats, menus, prices, and access details can change. Last reviewed: June 2026.
Site disclaimer: dumagueteaa.org is an independent, unofficial local information resource created to help people find AA meetings, newcomer information, visitor guidance, convention updates, and recovery-related information in the Dumaguete area. This website does not speak for AA World Services, any AA group, any venue, or any convention committee.