AA Meetings Troy, IL

Monday AA Meetings in Troy

Tuesday AA Meetings in Troy

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Wednesday AA Meetings in Troy

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Thursday AA Meetings in Troy

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Friday AA Meetings in Troy

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Saturday AA Meetings in Troy

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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: Maryville, Glen Carbon, Edwardsville, and Collinsville

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

What is an AA Meeting?

An AA Meeting is a place to spread a message of strength, hope and courage to other alcoholics. This is a safe place for an alcoholic wanting to get sober to come in and ask for help. These meetings in Troy, Illinois will help them build a support network to live a sober life. You will be welcomed by your peers that have all lived and survived from alcoholism. Their survival of maintaining this state is dependent on helping others and giving back to others the support that they received.

Choosing An Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in Troy, Illinois

There are a a number of different AA meetings in Troy, Illinois. prior to choosing the meeting that you are going to join, it is helpful to know the different types of AA meetings and who can attend each one.

Open Meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous – 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 Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting. Friends, family, and children can join these meetings.

Closed Meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous – A Closed meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous is only for those who have a desire to stop drinking. It is not open to friends or family.

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

Speaker Meeting – At an Alcoholics Anonymous speaker meeting, a member of Alcoholics Anonymous will tell their story and share their journey, strength, and hope with fellow members of Alcoholics Anonymous. The speaker may or may not talk through the duration of the meeting and an sometimes they open the floor to discussion at the end.

Alcoholics Anonymous Literature Meeting – A literature meeting typically revolves around reading from one of the Alcoholics Anonymous 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 Alcoholics Anonymous step study typically focuses on one or two steps 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 Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting can involve meditation for a portion of the meeting or even the whole time. The meditation may be guided and then followed by a discussion.

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

Since each Troy Alcoholics Anonymous 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 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in Troy that do not. We recommend reaching out to the local Alcoholics Anonymous intergroup to acquire more information on Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Troy, Illinois, or navigating to aa.org to find out more information.

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

The members who benefit the most from Alcoholics Anonymous tend to find success through going more for the program than just attending meetings. If you are attending your first AA meeting and really want to get sober, we advise following the suggestions of the AA members that have been a part of Alcoholics Anonymous for a while.

It is important that you reach your hand out and admit that you need help. Part of staying sober is helping the newcomers of Alcoholics Anonymous in Troy live a sober life, so people are going to be want to help you not drink too. Raise your hand, introduce who you are, admit that you need help.