AA Meetings Glenwood, IL

Monday AA Meetings in Glenwood

Tuesday AA Meetings in Glenwood

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Wednesday AA Meetings in Glenwood

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Thursday AA Meetings in Glenwood

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Friday AA Meetings in Glenwood

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Saturday AA Meetings in Glenwood

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Sunday AA Meetings in Glenwood

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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: Holbrook, Thornton, Chicago Heights, and Ford Heights

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

What is an AA Meeting?

An Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting is a program where alcoholics and people who struggle with addiction gather for one hour to express their experience, strength, and hope. AA Members who attend an Alcoholic’s Anonymous meeting in Glenwood, Illinois will share their experience getting sober through their personal anecdotes with anyone seeking help with a drinking problem. There is no religious, social or economic association for membership, just the desire to achieve sobriety, and live a happy & healthy existence without alcohol.

Choosing An Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in Glenwood, Illinois

There are a a number of different AA meetings in Glenwood, Illinois. prior to choosing the meeting that you are going to join, it is important to know the different types of AA meetings and who can attend 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 have an drinking problem to go to an open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. Friends, family, and children can join these meetings.

Closed Meeting of AA – A Closed AA Meeting 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 usually 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 talk through the duration of the meeting and can often be followed by a discussion amongst the members.

AA Literature Meeting – A literature meeting usually involves reading from one of the AA approved pieces of literature and can often be followed by a discussion amongst the members or a speaker about the literature of topic.

Step Study – An AA 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 might be followed by a discussion about the step(s).

Meditation Meeting – A meditation meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous can involve internal contemplation for a portion of the meeting or even the length of the meeting. The meditation may be guided and then followed by a discussion.

Traditions AA Meeting – One or more of the AA traditions will be discussed in depth. This can be done with a speaker, literature lead, and might be followed by a discussion.

Since each Glenwood AA meeting is autonomous, they are able to run each meeting as they see fit. Some meeting formats may vary and you can also find AA meetings in Glenwood that do not. We recommend contacting the local AA intergroup to get more information on AA Meetings in Glenwood, Illinois, or navigating to aa.org to locate more information.

How to Get The Most From a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous in Glenwood, Illinois

The members who benefit the most from Alcoholics Anonymous tend to find success through going more for the program than just attending meetings. For addicts who are attending their 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 recommended that you accept where you are at with you sobriety and accept help. Part of not drinking is helping the new attendees of Alcoholics Anonymous in Glenwood get sober, so people are going to be more than willing to help you get sober too. Raise your hand, introduce yourself, admit that you need help.