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AA Meetings Near Me Now in Dumaguete
You searched because you’re trying to find a meeting, not read a long explanation. The four current meetings are listed below.
They begin at 10:00 AM on their scheduled days in Dumaguete City, Valencia, Dauin, and Lipayo. Choose the meeting you can reach, open the map, and give yourself enough time to find the place.
You don’t have to register. You don’t need an invitation or a prepared explanation. You can come in, find a seat, and listen.
There are no dues or fees for membership. Showing up is enough for a first meeting.
Open to newcomers
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
Before you go: Valencia is uphill from Dumaguete. Give yourself enough travel time.
Open to newcomers
Balcony 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
Before you go: Take the elevator to the 5th-floor balcony meeting area.
Open to newcomers
Beach Sand AA Meeting
Day: Thursday
Time: 10:00 AM
Venue: Uzi Beach Resort
Area: Dauin, Negros Oriental
Landmarks: Dauin public market and the big Dauin church
Before you go: Uzi’s is on the beach. Leave early and plan your transport.
Open to newcomers
The Last Resort AA Meeting
Day: Saturday
Time: 10:00 AM
Venue: Across Sierra Resort
Area: Lipayo, Dauin, Negros Oriental
Landmark: Sierra Resort
Before you go: Use Sierra Resort as the landmark and give yourself extra time to find the meeting.
If you have time, the full current meeting page includes the complete schedule, maps, and more detail about each venue. Read the full current meeting page.
Before your first visit
What Will I Find When I Get There?
Each meeting is held in a real local place. Knowing what the place looks like can make the first visit less unfamiliar.
Valencia
Finding the Meeting at Rhed Flower
Rhed Flower Restobar, Luna Street
The meeting is at Rhed Flower Restobar on Luna Street in Valencia. It is on the ground floor of the grey building with large glass windows.
Valencia is uphill from Dumaguete. Give yourself enough travel time, especially on your first visit.
Rhed Flower is a bright, casual restaurant and coffee spot. Inside, there is open restaurant-style seating, a counter area, framed artwork on the walls, and plenty of daylight. You can come in, look around, find a seat, and settle in before the meeting starts.
If you arrive early, you can have coffee, order breakfast, or wait quietly. Food is separate from the meeting. You don’t have to buy anything to attend.
Venue: Rhed Flower Restobar
Location: Ground floor of the grey building with large glass windows on Luna Street
Area: Valencia, Negros Oriental
Meeting days: Monday and Wednesday
Meeting time: 10:00 AM
Coffee and food: Available. If you can, order coffee or something small. If you can’t, come anyway.
Rhed Flower also serves 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, but these details may help you picture the place before you arrive.
You don’t have to explain why you’re there or know anyone before you go. Come in, find a seat, and listen.
Dumaguete City
Finding the Meeting at Bethel Guest House
Bethel Guest House and Cafe Filomena, Rizal Boulevard
The Balcony by the Sea meeting is at Bethel Guest House on Rizal Boulevard, on the 5th floor. Bethel faces the Boulevard and the ocean.
Cafe Filomena is on the ground floor. It is bright, easy to find from the Boulevard side, and a useful place to arrive early before going upstairs.
The cafe has a cafeteria-style counter with Filipino food, breakfast choices, sandwiches, pizza, halo-halo, coffee, and desserts. Bethel is known for buko pie, and they will warm it if you ask. Pancakes and eggs are another simple breakfast before a morning meeting.
If you order food downstairs, tell the cashier you want to take it to the 5th floor. They can plastic-wrap the tray for the elevator. You can take your coffee, breakfast, buko pie, or halo-halo upstairs and sit at one of the balcony tables before the meeting begins.
The 5th floor is an open balcony with tables facing the Boulevard and ocean. There is usually an ocean breeze. Smoking is allowed where ashtrays are on the tables. Bethel also has a quieter smoking balcony on the 3rd floor.
Venue: Bethel Guest House, 5th Floor
Ground-floor landmark: Cafe Filomena
Street: Rizal Boulevard
Area: Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental
Meeting days: Tuesday and Friday
Meeting time: 10:00 AM
Elevator: Available
Coffee and food: Available at Cafe Filomena on the ground floor
Smoking: Allowed on the 5th-floor balcony where ashtrays are on the tables
You don’t have to buy anything or announce yourself before the meeting. Take the elevator to the 5th floor, find an open seat, and listen.
Dauin
Finding the Meeting at Uzi Beach Resort
Uzi Beach Resort, Dauin
The Beach Sand meeting is at Uzi Beach Resort in Dauin, south of Dumaguete City. This is a toes-in-the-sand meeting. It isn’t held in a city meeting room. You’re going to the beach, so plan the trip that way.
Coming from Dumaguete, head south toward Dauin. After the Dauin public market, turn left toward the beach. The big Dauin church will be on your left as you pass through town. Veer right onto Lopez Jaena and continue toward the shoreline. Uzi’s is on the beach.
There are native-style beach cottages, tables, hammocks, shade trees, tree swings, and a gently sloping sandy beach. There are also toilets, showers, changing rooms, and places to grill or prepare food.
There is no fee to attend the meeting or sit at one of the tables. You can arrive with a cup of coffee, take a seat, and listen. A small amount may be charged if you use the toilets, showers, or changing rooms.
You can stay for a beach day afterward. Bring a swimsuit if you plan to swim. You can stop for breakfast, bring food, or arrange food later if you want to stay. People bring grilled food, and restaurants and cafes in the area may deliver. None of that is necessary for attending the meeting.
Venue: Uzi Beach Resort
Area: Dauin, Negros Oriental
Nearby landmarks: Dauin public market and the big Dauin church
Route: Coming from Dumaguete, turn left after the Dauin public market and continue toward the beach
Meeting day: Thursday
Meeting time: 10:00 AM
Meeting fee: None
Food: You can bring your own food and drinks
What is there: Toilets, showers, changing rooms, cottages, tables, hammocks, tree swings, and a place to grill
Leave early enough to find the beach road without rushing. You don’t have to know anyone before you arrive. Find the table, take a seat, and listen.
Lipayo
Finding The Last Resort Meeting in Lipayo
Across Sierra Resort, Lipayo, Dauin
The Last Resort 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, farther into the Dauin area. It isn’t a quick city-center stop. Give yourself travel time, use the map, and aim for the Sierra Resort area first.
Meeting day: Saturday
Meeting time: 10:00 AM
Area: Lipayo, Dauin, Negros Oriental
Primary landmark: Sierra Resort
Go to Lipayo, use Sierra Resort as the landmark, and look for the meeting location across from it. The exact entrance, room, and parking details haven’t been confirmed, so give yourself extra time to find the place.
You can still attend without knowing anyone. Find the meeting, take a seat, and listen.
Your first meeting
What Happens When I Arrive?
You arrive at a restaurant, a fifth-floor balcony, a beach, or another familiar local place.
People are usually sitting around a table, having coffee, talking quietly, and waiting for the meeting to begin.
It is much more ordinary than you may expect. You may even be disappointed by how ordinary it really is.
There is no registration. There is no correct way to arrive.
Find an open seat and sit down.
Someone may say hello. You can say hello back, or you can simply take your seat.
At some point, the person chairing the meeting may ask whether anyone is visiting from another group or another town, whether anyone is attending a meeting for the first time, or whether anyone is celebrating a sobriety birthday.
Those questions are open invitations to the room. You do not have to answer. There is no rule that says you must respond to every question or invitation.
If you want to say anything, you can simply say, “I’m just here to listen today.”
Then the meeting continues.
You can sit there and listen. You can stay until the meeting ends, get up, and leave without explaining what you thought or what you plan to do next.
Listening can be your whole first meeting. Sitting there, listening, and leaving when it ends is participation.
You may still be wondering
Questions You May Still Be Asking
Is there a meeting today?
All the current meetings begin at 10:00 AM. Valencia meets on Monday and Wednesday. Bethel Guest House meets on Tuesday and Friday. Uzi Beach Resort meets on Thursday. The meeting in Lipayo is on Saturday.
There is no meeting on Sunday.
What if there isn’t a meeting today?
Choose the next meeting you can reach. You can look at the map, work out your transport, and know where you’re going before the day arrives.
You don’t have to make another decision beyond that.
Can someone come with me?
Yes. The current meetings are open meetings. Your spouse, partner, brother, sister, another family member, or a supportive friend can come with you.
They can sit beside you. Neither of you has to speak.
What if my family found this page for me?
You can still decide for yourself whether to attend. Someone can show you the meeting information, help arrange a ride, or go with you without making the decision for you.
You don’t have to promise them anything before you go.
What if my family wants me to go, but I’m not sure what I think?
You can go without settling that question first. Attending one meeting doesn’t require you to call yourself an alcoholic, agree with everything you hear, or decide what happens afterward.
You can sit down and listen.
What if everyone seems to know each other?
Some of them probably do. Meetings in the Dumaguete area are fairly small, and people who attend regularly may already know one another.
You don’t have to join a conversation or know anyone before you sit down. You can take an open seat and listen.
What if someone asks why I’m there?
You don’t have to explain your drinking or tell your story. You can say, “I’m just here to listen today.”
That is enough.
What if I get there and change my mind?
You still control what happens next. You can sit near the edge of the room or table. You can listen without speaking. You can leave when you want to leave.
Walking into one meeting does not commit you to another one.
One more thought before you go
You Only Need to Choose One Meeting
You don’t have to decide what this means for the rest of your life.
You don’t have to explain why you’re there.
Choose the meeting you can reach.
Open the map.
Find the place.
Find the table.
Find an open seat.
Sit down.
Listen.
That’s enough for a first meeting.