AA Meetings Clinton, WI

Below is a comprehensive directory of AA meetings in Clinton, Wisconsin.

The closest AA meeting to you is 8.03 miles away and meets on Thursday at 12:00 PM.

If you can't find a meeting close to you at the time you're looking for, we recommend checking out nearby towns including: Avalon, Sharon, Beloit, and Darien.

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

What is an AA Meeting?

An AA Meeting is a place to share experiences and success stories with other alcoholics. This is a safe place for a person seeking sobriety to come in and ask for help. These Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Clinton, WI will help them build a support system to live a sober life. You will be welcomed by your peers that have all lived and survived from a hopeless state of mind and body. Their survival of maintaining this state is reliant on helping others and giving back to others the support that was given to them.

Selecting A meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous in Clinton, WI

There are a variety different AA meetings in Clinton, WI. prior to choosing the meeting that you are going to join, it is beneficial to know the different types of AA meetings and what happens at each one.

Open Meeting of AA - An Open AA Meeting is open to anyone who has a desire to attend. You do not have to have an alcohol addiction 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 get sober. Friends and family are not able to attend these meetings.

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 members are often encouraged to share their thoughts before wrapping up.

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 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 meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous can involve deep reflection for a portion of the meeting or even the whole time. The meditation may be guided and is sometimes followed by an open 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 may or may not be followed by a conversation.

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

How to Get The Most From an AA Meeting in Clinton, WI

In order to get the most out of your first AA meeting you should keep an open minded. Everyone had preconceived notions 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, listen to the message, and humbly ask for help. No matter the type of meeting 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 start with.