Madison’s 511 Alano Society: A Conversation on AA and Sobriety
Listen to the 8 O'Clock Buzz interview on WORT 89.9 FM Madison, recorded on March 21, 2025.
Host Andy Moore speaks with Phil S from 511 Alano Society, one of the oldest Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) clubhouses in the world, serving Madison since 1943.
New Meetings at 511!
We Do Recover DDA Meeting, Sunday 1:00 PM (started Mar, ‘25)
Dual Diagnosis Anonymous meeting now at 511!
St Francis Hybrid AA Meeting, Thursday 8:00 PM (started Mar, ‘25)
This open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous has continued on Zoom since the beginning of the pandemic. Their meeting format is alternating between a step and an AA related topic. We’re excited to offer this new option for a meeting in the 8:00 pm time slot. Come check it out!
Spanish Speaking AA Group, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (started Jan, ‘25)
We are pleased to welcome back the Spanish Speaking meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous on two nights, Mondays and Wednesdays.
Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACA) Meeting, Thursday 5:30 PM (started Oct, ‘24)
This is a one hour, open meeting of ACA. Come to 511 to support this new meeting. Newcomers are welcome!
Sunday Nite AA Speaker Meeting, monthly 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM (started July, ‘24)
This open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous is hosted be the Saturday Morning Step Group and it is held monthly, on the last Sunday of every month.
Speaker meetings have been a tradition at 511 over the years, where a sober member of AA tells their story of “what we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like now”, sharing their experience, strength and hope with the rest of us.
Visit Us
511 North Carroll Street
Madison, WI 53703
Hours
1/2 hour before & after meetings/events.
Parking
Entrance is on West Gilman Street behind 511. Additional parking is available in the lot across from the Edgewater Hotel at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Langdon Street.
Watch the WMTV 15 News interview about 511 Alano Club celebrating 80 years of service. This was aired January 17, 2024 on a local news station in Madison, WI.
(Click on the image to link to the interview.)
Read the Cap Times guest column by one of our members published on September 7, 2023.
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