AA Meetings Baylis, IL

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Wednesday AA Meetings in Baylis

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Saturday AA Meetings in Baylis

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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: New Salem, Beverly, Barry, and El Dara

Additional local resources: Baylis NA Meetings | Baylis 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 an addict seeking sobriety to come in and ask for help. These AA Meetings in Baylis, Illinois will help them build a support network to live a sober life. You will be greeted by your peers that have all lived and survived from alcoholism. Their survival of maintaining this state is reliant on helping others and giving back to others the gift that they received.

Selecting An AA Meeting in Baylis, Illinois

There are a a number of different AA meetings in Baylis, 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 AA – An Open Meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous is open to anyone who wishes to attend. You do not have to have an drinking problem to go to an open AA Meeting. 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 these meetings, a member will typically 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 journey, 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 typically 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 typically focuses on a specific step or 2 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 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 AA Meeting – One or more of the AA traditions will be discussed in thoroughly. This can be done with a speaker, literature lead, and might be followed by a dialogue.

Being that each Baylis 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 Baylis that do not. We recommend contacting the local AA intergroup to get more information on AA Meetings in Baylis, Illinois, or navigating to aa.org to find out more information.

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

The members who benefit the most from Alcoholics Anonymous have found success through getting involved in the program. For people 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 AA for a while.

It is recommended that you accept where you are at with you addiction and admit that you need help. Part of staying sober is helping the new attendees of Alcoholics Anonymous in Baylis stay sober, so people are going to be want to help you get sober too. Raise your hand, introduce yourself, admit that you need help.