AA Meetings Lodge, IL

Monday AA Meetings in Lodge

Tuesday AA Meetings in Lodge

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Wednesday AA Meetings in Lodge

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Thursday AA Meetings in Lodge

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Friday AA Meetings in Lodge

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Saturday AA Meetings in Lodge

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If you can't find a meeting close to you at the time you're looking for, we recommend checking out nearby towns including: White Heath, De Land, Monticello, and Seymour

Additional local resources: Lodge NA Meetings | Lodge Al-Anon Meetings

What is an AA Meeting?

Alcoholics Anonymous is a program developed to help its members stay sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Lodge, Illinois as the funding is donated from its members.

Alcoholics Anonymous is one of most commonly known programs in the United States and around the world that helps countless men and women get sober in the pursuit of lifelong recovery. They are commonly made up of small groups of recovering alcoholics who share their experiences getting sober and are there to help new members stay sober.

Selecting An Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in Lodge, Illinois

There are a a number of different AA meetings in Lodge, Illinois. prior to selecting the meeting that you are going to attend, it is important to know the different types of AA meetings and what happens at each one.

Open Meeting of AA – An Open Meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous is open to anyone who wants to attend. You do not have to be an alcoholic to go to an open AA Meeting. Friends, family, and children can attend these meetings.

Closed Meeting of AA – A Closed AA Meeting is only for those who have a desire to stop drinking. Friends and family are not able to attend these meetings.

Big Book Meeting – At Big Book meetings, a member will commonly read out of the Big Book and then encourage its members to discuss the meeting.

Speaker Meeting – At an AA speaker meeting, a member of AA will tell their story and share their experience, strength, and hope with fellow members of AA. The speaker may or may not take up all of the time and members are often encouraged to share their thoughts before wrapping up.

AA Literature Meeting – A literature meeting commonly involves reading from one of the AA approved pieces of literature and an sometimes they open the floor to discussion at the end or a speaker about the literature of topic.

Step Study – An AA step study traditionally focuses on a specific step or 2 per meeting. This can involve a speaker lead discussion about a particular step, literature reading, and may or may not be followed by a discussion about the step(s).

Meditation Meeting – A Meditation AA Meeting can involve deep reflection for a portion of the meeting or even the entire meeting. The meditation may be guided and is sometimes followed by an open dialogue.

Traditions AA Meeting – One or more of the AA traditions will be discussed in extensively. This can be done with a speaker, literature lead, and may or may not be followed by a discussion.

Since each Lodge AA meeting is autonomous, they are able to run each meeting as they see fit. Variation of meeting formats is common and you can also find AA meetings in Lodge that do not. We recommend reaching out to the local AA intergroup to acquire more information on AA Meetings in Lodge, Illinois, or visiting aa.org to find out more information.

How to Get The Most From an Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in Lodge, Illinois

The best way to get the most out of your first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting you should keep an open minded. We all had an idea of what these meeting were and generally it is the same misconception. The best advice I ever got was to sit down, shut up, listen to the message, and modestly ask for help. At any meeting, there will be the same message of recovering from a hopeless state of mind. The process of recovering from that hopeless state is in asking for help from another person suffering from alcoholism which you will find in any meeting you choose to start with.