Every listing comes straight from the fellowship that publishes it. Coverage grows area by area — your local intergroup is always the most complete source.
Online A.A. meetings open on Christmas Eve 2026 (Thursday, December 24), in your time zone: about 4,600 meetings, hour by hour below.
The holidays can be some of the hardest days in recovery, and you don't have to get through Christmas Eve alone. Online A.A. rooms meet all through the day, a few never close, and many areas hold an alcathon or holiday marathon. Here is what is open on Christmas Eve.
Online A.A. rooms on Christmas Eve
Times in your time zone: ·
On Thursdays, 4,632 online A.A. meetings are listed, each at its own time in its own time zone. The list below puts every one that meets on Christmas Eve into your own time, hour by hour. Across the week one starts at least every 30 minutes.
Every room here is a weekly meeting, listed by the group or service office that runs it. On a holiday a few take the day off or change the time; if a room doesn't open, the next one is never far away.
Open around the clock
2 rooms have a meeting listed at almost any hour of the week, Christmas Eve included. Worth trying whenever you read this:
24 Hour International Marathon Meeting of AA Online — a meeting listed in 161 of the 168 hours of the week, published by Arizona Area 03. Join Zoom ↗ · its listing
aa Home Group - 10 AM — a meeting listed in 154 of the 168 hours of the week, published by albanyaa.org. Join Zoom ↗ · its listing
Alcathons and holiday marathons
Many areas keep a meeting room open over the holidays with a meeting every hour or so, often around the clock: A.A. calls it an alcathon (or alkathon), and N.A., C.A. and C.M.A. areas hold their own, usually called marathons. They run over Thanksgiving in the US, through Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and from New Year's Eve into New Year's Day; each one's own notice says when it runs and who it's for.
They're put on locally, so they're announced locally: ask your intergroup, central office or area. Look on its website or events page, or call its phone line, usually a few weeks ahead. Every listing on this site names the group or office that publishes it, so your own town's page here tells you whose website to check.
Read on the publishers' own pages so far (more as intergroups post them):
Arizona
2026 SRI Alcothon · Phoenix, AZ Thursday, December 24th Noon through Friday, December 25th Noon — 24 hours of continuous A.A. meetings and hospitality; Old Timers 3pm, Speaker & Sobriety Countdown 8pm Dec 24; pancake breakfast & speaker Dec 25 American Royal Palace (Banquet Hall), 1915 W. Thunderbird Road, Phoenix, AZ 85023 · listed by Salt River Intergroup: its event page ↗ · flyer ↗ (read 2026-11-07)
California
Roseville 5th Street Fellowship & Smoking Sobriety Group Christmas Alkathon · Roseville, CA 12/24/26 8PM - 12/25/26 8PM — Meetings every two hours, food and fellowship around the clock, 24 hours Back room, Roseville Alano Club, 111 5th Street, Roseville, CA 95678 · listed by Central California Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous: its event page ↗ · flyer ↗ (read 2026-11-07)
Traditional Group Christmas Alkathon · Sacramento, CA December 24th at 6 pm to December 25th at 8 pm — Alkathon, Christmas Eve through Christmas evening Traditional Group, 4020 El Camino Ave. Unit B1, Sacramento, CA · listed by Central California Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous: its event page ↗ · flyer ↗ (read 2026-11-07)
2026 Holiday Alkathon · San Diego, CA Thursday, Dec 24, 12:00pm – Friday, Dec 25, 12:00pm — 24 hours of meetings and fellowship East San Diego Masonic Hall, 7849 Tommy Drive, San Diego, CA 92119 · listed by Alcoholics Anonymous San Diego (Central Office): its event page ↗ · flyer ↗ (read 2026-10-27)
SCCAA Christmas Alcothon · San Jose, CA December 24, 2026 12:00 PM through December 26, 2026 12:00 PM — Around-the-clock 2-hour time slots hosted by local groups, 48 hours (the flyer ends at noon on the 26th; its event page says 1:00 PM) Alano West (Alano Club West), 1401 Parkmoor Ave, Suite 200, San Jose, CA 95126 · listed by Santa Clara County Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous (SCCAA): its event page ↗ · flyer ↗ (read 2026-11-07)
East Yolo Fellowship Christmas Alcathon Potluck · West Sacramento, CA Thur 12/24 at 6 PM; Last meeting is Fri 12/25 at 4 PM — Meetings every 2 hours, potluck East Yolo Fellowship, 906 Sacramento Ave, West Sacramento, CA 95605 · listed by Central California Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous: its event page ↗ · flyer ↗ (read 2026-11-07)
Ohio
36th Annual Eastside Area Alcothon · Cincinnati, OH DECEMBER 24, 25 & 26, 2026 — first meeting 12:01 a.m. Dec 24, last meeting begins 10:30 p.m. Dec 26 — Around-the-clock meetings every 90 minutes (Big Book, 12&12, discussion, lead), 3 days Holiday Inn Eastgate, 4501 Eastgate Blvd., Cincinnati, Ohio 45245 · listed by AA Cincinnati – Greater Cincinnati Intergroup Council: its event page ↗ · flyer ↗ (read 2026-11-07)
Ontario
Ottawa Christmas Alkathon 2026 · Ottawa, ON Christmas Alkathon: 12:00 p.m. Dec 24 to 12:00 p.m. Dec 25 — 24 hours of back-to-back AA meetings, speakers, dinner Dec 24 5:30pm, games night, pancake breakfast Dec 25 8am (with Al-Anon participation) Bronson Centre (Lisgar Street entrance), 211 Bronson Avenue, Ottawa, ON · listed by Ottawa Area Intergroup (Ottawa Alkathon committee): its event page ↗ (read 2026-11-07)
Toronto Winter Season Virtual Alcathon – Christmas Eve · Toronto, ON Christmas Eve – December 24 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM (midnight) — Online A.A. meetings over the holidays (Zoom) Online (Zoom): the join details are on its page · listed by AA Greater Toronto Area Intergroup (Toronto Intergroup): its event page ↗ (read 2026-11-07)
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