AA Meetings East Chicago, IN

Monday AA Meetings in East Chicago

Tuesday AA Meetings in East Chicago

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Wednesday AA Meetings in East Chicago

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Thursday AA Meetings in East Chicago

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Friday AA Meetings in East Chicago

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Saturday AA Meetings in East Chicago

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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: Whiting, Hammond, Burnham, and Calumet City

Additional local resources: East Chicago NA Meetings | East Chicago Al-Anon Meetings

What is an AA Meeting?

Alcoholics Anonymous is a program developed to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in East Chicago, Indiana as the funding is accepted on a [donation 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 overcome their alcohol addiction in the pursuit of lifelong recovery. AA meetings are usually small groups of recovering alcoholics who share their recovery journey and are there to help new members get sober.

Choosing An Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in East Chicago, Indiana

There are a a number of different AA meetings in East Chicago, Indiana. 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 AA – 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 AA – A Closed Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting is only for those who have a desire to get sober. 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 follow the reading with a discussion amongst its members.

Speaker Meeting – At an AA speaker meeting, a member of AA will tell their story and share their journey, strength, and hope with fellow members of AA. The speaker may or may not take up all of the time and can often be followed by a discussion amongst the members.

AA Literature Meeting – A literature meeting usually revolves around 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 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 AA 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 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 dialogue.

Because each East Chicago 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 East Chicago that do not. We recommend calling the local AA intergroup to get more information on AA Meetings in East Chicago, Indiana, or navigating to aa.org to locate more information.

How to Get The Most From an Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in East Chicago, Indiana

The best way to benefit the most from your first AA 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 one piece of advice I was ever given was to sit down, stop talking, pay attention to the message, and modestly ask for help. Regardless of the meeting, the one constant will be message of recovering from hopelessness. 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 make your first.