AA Meetings Rardin, IL

Monday AA Meetings in Rardin

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Wednesday AA Meetings in Rardin

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Saturday AA Meetings in Rardin

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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: Oakland, Hindsboro, Ashmore, and Charleston

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

What is an AA Meeting?

A meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous is a place to spread a message of strength, hope and courage to other alcoholics. This is a safe place for a person wanting to get sober to come in and ask for help. These Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Rardin, Illinois will help them build a support system to help achieve sobriety. You will be invited in by your peers that have all lived and survived from a hopeless state of mind and body. Their survival of maintaining a sober life is reliant on helping others and giving back to others the support that they received.

Selecting An AA Meeting in Rardin, Illinois

There are a variety different AA meetings in Rardin, Illinois. prior to selecting the meeting that you are going to join, it is helpful to know the different types of AA meetings and what happens at each one.

Open Meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous – An Open AA Meeting 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 join these meetings.

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

Big Book Meeting – At these meetings, a member will typically read out of the Big Book and follow the reading with a discussion amongst its members.

Speaker Meeting – At an Alcoholics Anonymous speaker meeting, a member of Alcoholics Anonymous will tell their story and share their experience, 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 involves reading from one of the Alcoholics Anonymous 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 Alcoholics Anonymous step study traditionally focuses on one or two steps per meeting. This can involve a speaker lead discussion about a particular step, literature reading, and could be followed by a discussion about the step(s).

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

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 could be followed by a discussion.

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

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

The members who benefit the most from Alcoholics Anonymous tend to find success through getting involved in the program. For alcoholics who are attending their first AA meeting and really want to get sober, we suggest following the suggestions of the AA members that have been a part of AA for a while.

It is smart to accept where you are at with you sobriety and ask for help. Part of staying sober is helping the new members of Alcoholics Anonymous in Rardin live a sober life, so people are going to be open to helping you not drink too. Raise your hand, introduce yourself, admit that you need help.