Australians battling the bottle can now find round-the-clock support through online Alcoholics Anonymous meetings available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Born out of COVID-19 lockdowns and other rules banning face-to-face meetings, Alcoholics Anonymous, also known as AA, has taken their support platform online. “Online meetings ensure that anyone, anywhere, at any time can access support,” she told AAP. “With online meetings, they can access meetings all around the world, and there’s hundreds, if not thousands of meetings going on at any one time,” she said. She said online meetings have significantly increased AA’s reach and support, though exact membership numbers remain difficult to quantify.