Recovery Access by Time of Day

Name: Recovery Access by Time of Day
Creator: GetHelp
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Help often feels most urgent after dark. This report shows when recovery meetings in GetHelp's live U.S. feeds actually start: hour by hour, day by day, so you can see the late-night access gap next to peak evening coverage.

Last updated July 21, 2026 · 33,935 meetings with a start time · Free to reuse (CC BY 4.0)

33,935

Meetings with a start time

7 PM

Peak hour (11,572 meetings)

1.5%

Start late night (10 PM–5 AM)

1 AM

Quietest hour (0)

Meetings by time of day

Late night (10 PM–5 AM)522 · 1.5%
Morning (6–11 AM)5,701 · 16.8%
Afternoon (12–5 PM)7,571 · 22.3%
Evening (6–9 PM)20,141 · 59.4%

Pair this with when people search for help to see whether demand rises when meeting supply is thinnest.

Start times by hour

12 AM
21
1 AM
0
2 AM
9
3 AM
0
4 AM
0
5 AM
21
6 AM
318
7 AM
1,551
8 AM
680

Meetings by day of week

Day	Meetings	Share
Sunday	4,260	12.6%
Monday	5,129	15.1%
Tuesday	5,056	14.9%
Wednesday	5,069	14.9%
Thursday	4,997	14.7%
Friday	4,904	14.5%
Saturday	4,520	13.3%

In person, online, and hybrid

82.1%
In person
27,873 listings
13.1%
Online
4,442 listings
4.8%
Hybrid
1,620 listings

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Methodology

Weekly meeting start times from live GetHelp sources (US Meeting Guide / TSML feeds for AA and Al-Anon, plus BMLT Aggregator for NA by state). Hours use each listing's local start time. Online-only rows without a start time are excluded from hour/day charts. Attendance inferred from Meeting Guide attendance_option / types and BMLT venue_type.

See also our data sources and the companion U.S. Recovery Meeting Statistics report.

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Recovery access by time FAQ

When are most recovery meetings held?: In GetHelp's live U.S. feeds, the peak start hour is 7 PM (11,572 weekly meetings, 34.1% of timed listings). Evening hours (6–9 PM) are typically the densest band for in-person access.
How many recovery meetings start late at night?: Only 1.5% of tracked meetings with a start time begin between 10 PM and 5 AM (522 listings). That late-night gap matters because many people seek help outside business hours.
Are there more weekday or weekend recovery meetings?: About 74.1% of timed meetings fall on weekdays (Mon–Fri) and 25.9% on weekends, based on 33,935 listings with a local start time.
Can I cite this recovery access data?: Yes. Free under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0). Copy the citation or HTML embed on this page and link back to GetHelp.

Recovery Access by Time of Day

Last updated July 21, 2026 · 33,935 meetings with a start time · Free to reuse (CC BY 4.0)

Day

Meetings

Sunday

4,260

12.6%

Monday

5,129

15.1%

Tuesday

5,056

14.9%

Wednesday

5,069

14.9%

Thursday

4,997

14.7%

Friday

4,904

14.5%

Saturday

4,520

13.3%

<p>Source: <a href="https://gethelptonight.com/recovery-access-by-time" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Recovery Access by Time of Day 2026</a> by GetHelp. Only 1.5% of tracked meetings start late at night (10 PM–5 AM).</p>

Methodology

Recovery access by time FAQ

When are most recovery meetings held?

In GetHelp's live U.S. feeds, the peak start hour is 7 PM (11,572 weekly meetings, 34.1% of timed listings). Evening hours (6–9 PM) are typically the densest band for in-person access.

How many recovery meetings start late at night?

Only 1.5% of tracked meetings with a start time begin between 10 PM and 5 AM (522 listings). That late-night gap matters because many people seek help outside business hours.

Are there more weekday or weekend recovery meetings?

About 74.1% of timed meetings fall on weekdays (Mon–Fri) and 25.9% on weekends, based on 33,935 listings with a local start time.

Can I cite this recovery access data?

Yes. Free under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0). Copy the citation or HTML embed on this page and link back to GetHelp.