Welcome to the first edition of the GA Meeting Finder newsletter.
If you're reading this, you found us early. We launched on March 9, 2026 — less than two weeks ago — and we're grateful you're here.
Why This Site Exists
It started as a Google spreadsheet.
In early recovery, finding a Gamblers Anonymous meeting online was harder than it needed to be. The existing resources were scattered, outdated, or buried behind forms and phone calls. So a list was kept — Zoom links, days, times — for personal use.
That list became gameetingfinder.com.
"I needed a meeting at any given moment of the day, and I still do."
The goal is simple: if someone is having a hard night and needs a meeting right now, this site should make that as frictionless as possible. No signup. No phone call. Just meetings.
What Launched on March 9th
The site shipped with a solid core feature set:
- NEW Meeting finder — Filter by day, time, type, and country. Updated regularly from GA meeting data.
- NEW Live active meeting counter — Shows how many GA meetings are happening right now, updated every 5 seconds.
- NEW Location pages — Dedicated pages for US states, countries, and international meetings for SEO and direct linking.
- NEW Free accounts — Sign up with email or Google to save favorite meetings and track your clean time.
- NEW My Meetings — A personal dashboard of saved meetings, accessible from any device.
- NEW Clean time tracking — Log your last bet date. The site calculates your days, months, and years of recovery.
- NEW Multiple themes — Action (dark), Sage (light), and more. Saved to your device.
- NEW Resources page — Crisis hotlines, GA organization links, and emergency numbers by country.
What We've Fixed & Shipped Since Launch
Nine days in and we've already pushed a number of improvements:
- Fixed hamburger menu not working on login, register, and account pages on mobile
- Mobile filter bar redesigned to a clean 2-column grid
- Meeting count display cleaned up — removed the misleading
+suffix - Active meeting counter moved inline with filters and restyled to match
- OG image updated with a custom branded graphic for social sharing
- Sitemap and robots.txt live — Google and Bing are already crawling
- Cloudflare security hardened — bots and threats blocked at the edge
By the Numbers (First Week)
- Launch date: March 9, 2026
- Meetings in the database: 500+
- Countries covered: US, Canada, UK, Australia, Ireland, Philippines, and more
- Google indexing: Pages discovered and crawling within the first week
- Uptime: 100% since launch
What’s Coming
We’re just getting started. Here’s what’s in the pipeline:
- This newsletter — published weekly, honest, and short
- A research & education page — gambling addiction data, DSM-5, peer-reviewed resources
- Email notifications for upcoming meetings
- Community features for members in recovery
If this site has helped you find a meeting, that’s everything. Tell someone else about it.
Have a good 24.
— gameetingfinder.com