Deaf AA Support Line deafaasupline@gmail.com
📞 USA Video Phone: (503) 714-3331
📧 Email: deafaasupline@gmail.com
Please leave us a message and let us know the best time to contact you. Be sure to include your time zone or the state you live in. A Deaf AA member will respond within 24 hours.
What is the support line for?
The Support Line VP # is for Deaf people who want to stop drinking alcohol.
You can connect with a sober Deaf AA member through videophone (in ASL) or email. We help you find accessible "AA" meetings.
Have a question unrelated to finding an accessible AA meeting today? Email us
What the Deaf AA Support Line VP # is NOT For.
Not for other types of 12 Step programs. Our resources are only related to recovery from "alcoholism"
Not a crisis hotline. If you live in the USA and are in crisis please call or text the 988 Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Hearing Loss Crisis line. You can reach out to 988 Videophone by calling 988 with a VP number.
How does it work?
Call us USA VP#: (503) 714-3331 or email us
Leave us a message. Let us know the best time to call you back. Be sure to include your time zone or state you live in.
A Deaf AA member will get back to you within 24 hours.
Not sure if you have a drinking problem? Click on the button above and take the self assessment
Closed meetings are for A.A. members only or for those who have a drinking problem and “have a desire to stop drinking.”
Alcoholics Only
Open meetings are available to anyone interested in Alcoholics Anonymous’s program of recovery from alcoholism.
Nonalcoholics may attend open meetings as observers.
Nonalcoholics: Do not participate, become members, vote, lead meetings or do service work in AA.
Are you only going to AA meetings because you are required to? Attend Open AA meetings.
Ask the meeting host if they can email you proof of attendance.
IF you have a drinking problem and “have a desire to stop drinking.” you can attend any open or closed AA meeting.
Suggestion: Watch ASL AA videos and get to the next available AA meeting.
Privacy & Respect Notice: To sign language students and observers: we kindly request that you honor our privacy. These meetings are not designed as a platform for studying sign language or Deaf culture.
If you want to learn about AA, please go to "open" hearing meetings.
History of the Deaf AA Support Line (Videophone)
An ASL Deaf District 38 GSR shared a vision to create a videophone support line—one that truly meets Deaf AA members where they are. Similar to a traditional answering service, this line uses videophone technology to provide direct, meaningful communication in American Sign Language (ASL).
An ad hoc committee was formed under ASL Deaf District 38, and Deaf AA members worked collaboratively to successfully establish the service.
The launch of the videophone (VP) support line on March 13, 2026, via Deaf Alcoholics Anonymous (deafaa.org) is a meaningful step in expanding accessibility for Deaf individuals in recovery across the U.S. and Canada. A VP line can make a big difference by allowing communication in sign language, which is often more natural and effective than text or voice-based options.
