Southern Illinois A.A. District 17

 

Meetings - Sharing Experience, Strength and Hope!

Here is a list of meetings available in our area (District 17). For meetings outside District 17 click here.

The two most common kinds of A.A. meetings are:

OPEN MEETINGS: As the term suggests, meetings of this type are open to alcoholics and their families and to anyone interested in solving a personal drinking problem or helping someone else to solve such a problem. During the meeting there is usually a period for local A.A. announcements, and a treasurer passes the hat to defray costs of the meeting hall, literature, and incidental expenses. The meeting adjourns, often followed by informal visiting over coffee or other light refreshments.Guests at A.A. open meetings are reminded that any opinions or interpretations they may hear are solely those of the speaker involved. All members are free to interpret the recovery program in their own terms, but none can speak for the local group or for A.A. as a whole.

CLOSED MEETINGS: These meetings are limited to alcoholics. They provide an opportunity for members to share with one another on problems related to drinking patterns and attempts to achieve stable sobriety. They also permit detailed discussion of various elements in the recovery program.

 Reprinted from A.A.’s official website, www.aa.org with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc..

SUNDAY

Carbondale

12:00 Noon - Here's How Group (Uses the Came to Believe book)

301 W. Elm Street
Basement

Closed Meeting (for alcoholics only)

 

Carbondale

8:00 pm - Here's How Group (Discussion)

301 W. Elm Street
Basement

Closed Meeting (for alcoholics only)

(Open speaker last Sunday)
***PLEASE NOTE: Beginning July 11, 2010, this meeting will be held  on a trial basis at the following address:
Our Savior Lutheran Church
700 South University Avenue
Basement - (can be accessed through basement door on University Avenue)
(Across from Quatro's Pizza)

 

Grand Tower

2:00 pm - The Potters Group (Discussion)

Baptist Church

306 2nd Street

Open Meeting (anyone welcome)

Handicap Accessible

 

Herrin

9:30 am - Little Egypt Satellite Group (Discussion)

Herrin Hospital

201 S. 14th Street
Cafeteria

Open Meeting (anyone welcome)

Handicap Accessible

 

Marion

9:00 am - Friendship Group (Discussion)

Boyton Street Community Center

501 W. Boyton Street

Closed Meeting (for alcoholics only)

Handicap Accessible

  

MONDAY

 

Anna

7:00pm - Downtown Group (Discussion)

First Christian Church

204 N. Main Street
Basement

Closed Meeting (for alcoholics only)

 

Carbondale

12:00 Noon - Here's How Group (Discussion)

301 W. Elm Street
Basement

Closed Meeting (for alcoholics only)

 
Carbondale
5:15 pm - Happy Hour Group (Discussion)
301 W. Elm Street
Basement
Closed Meeting (for alcoholics only)
 

Carbondale

8:00 pm - Here's How Group (Uses the 12 Steps & 12 Traditions book)

301 W. Elm Street
Basement

Closed Meeting (for alcoholics only)

 

Carterville

7:00 pm - Serenity House Group (Discussion)

102 Brown Street

Open Meeting (anyone welcome)

 

Du Quoin

8:00 pm - Perry Co. Counseling (Discussion)

East Jackson Street 
Rear entrance

Open Meeting (anyone welcome)

Handicap Accessible

 

Goreville

7:00 pm - The Goreville Group (Uses the "Big Book," Alcoholics Anonymous)

First Baptist Church
608 West Main Street (between the city park and Goreville Foods)

Basement (use rear entrance)
Closed Meeting (for alcoholics only)
Handicap Accessible

 

Marion

 

7:00 pm - 12 x 12 Study Group (Uses the 12 Steps & 12 Traditions book)

First United Methodist Church

208 W. Main Street
Second Floor Classroom

Open Meeting (anyone welcome)

 

West Frankfort

7:00 pm - GOYA Group (Uses the "Big Book," Alcoholics Anonymous)

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

212 North Ida Street
Fellowship Hall

Closed Meeting (for alcoholics only)
Handicap Accessible

 

TUESDAY

 

Carbondale

12:00 Noon - Here's How Group (Discussion)

301 W. Elm Street
Basement

Open Meeting (anyone welcome)

 
Carbondale
5:15 pm - Happy Hour Group (Discussion)
301 W. Elm Street
Basement
Closed Meeting (for alcoholics only)
 

Carbondale
5:30 pm - The Turning Point Group (Discussion)
Southern Illinois Center for Independent Living
2135 West Ramada
Open meeting (anyone welcome)
Handicap Accessible

Carbondale

8:00 pm - Here's How Group (Uses the As Bill Sees It book)

301 W. Elm Street
Basement

Closed Meeting (for alcoholics only)

 

Herrin

8:00 pm - Little Egypt Group (Discussion)

First Presbyterian Church

421 N. 14th Street
Basement

Closed Meeting (for alcoholics only)

(Al-Anon meeting at the same time)

 

Marion

11:30 am - Wings of Hope Group (Discussion)

First United Methodist Church

208 W. Main Street
Second Floor Classroom

Open Meeting (anyone welcome)

Marion
7:00 pm - Step Sisters - (Women's Step/Discussion meeting)
First United Methodist Church
208 W. Main Street
Second Floor Classroom
Open Meeting (anyone welcome)
No Smoking Permitted

 

West Frankfort

7:30 pm - GOYA Group (Discussion)

St. Paul's Lutheran Church

1 West Frankfort Plaza (Rt. 149)
Fellowship Hall

Open Meeting (anyone welcome)

Handicap Accessible
(Al-Anon meeting at the same time)

 

WEDNESDAY

 

Carbondale

12:00 Noon - Here's How Group (Discussion)

301 W. Elm Street
Basement

Open Meeting (anyone welcome)
 
Carbondale
5:15 pm - Happy Hour Group (Discussion)
301 W. Elm Street
Basement
Closed Meeting (for alcoholics only)

Carbondale

8:00 pm - Here's How Group (Discussion)

301 W. Elm Street
Basement

Open Meeting (anyone welcome)
 

Du Quoin

8:00 pm – Du Quoin Wednesday Night Group (Discussion)

St. John's Church of Christ

20 S. Hickory Street
Basement

Open Meeting (anyone welcome)

 

Marion

8:00 pm - Marion Friendship Group (Discussion)

Boyton Street Community Center

501 W. Boyton Street

Closed Meeting (for alcoholics only)

Various Locations
7:30 pm - Wandering Wanderers Men's Group (Steps and Traditions Study)
No fixed location - Call (618) 527-8029 for meeting place
Closed Meeting (for alcoholic men only)

 

THURSDAY

 

Carbondale

Noon - Here's How Group (Discussion)

301 W. Elm Street
Basement

Open Meeting (anyone welcome)

 
Carbondale
5:15 pm - Happy Hour Group (Discussion)
301 W. Elm Street
Basement
Closed Meeting (for alcoholics only)

Carbondale

6 pm - Keep It Simple Sisters (Women’s discussion meeting)

St. Xavier Catholic Church

303 S. Poplar Street

Open Meeting (anyone welcome)

 
Carbondale

8 pm - Here's How Group (Uses the A.A. Grapevine magazine for topics)

301 W. Elm Street
Basement

Closed Meeting (for alcoholics only)

 

Jonesboro
7 pm - Jonesboro Group (Discussion)
Salem Lutheran Church
101 E. Market Street
(Behind the Anna-Jonesboro Bank)

Marion

8 pm – The Informative Group (Discussion)

First United Methodist Church

208 W. Main Street
Second Floor Classroom

Open Meeting (anyone welcome)

FRIDAY

 

Carbondale

Noon - Here's How Group (Uses the Living Sober book)

301 W. Elm Street
Basement

Closed Meeting (for alcoholics only)

  
Carbondale
5:15 pm - Happy Hour Group (Discussion)
301 W. Elm Street
Basement
Closed Meeting (for alcoholics only)

Carbondale
8:00 pm - Here's How Group (Discussion)

301 W. Elm Street
Basement

Closed Meeting (for alcoholics only)

 

Marion

8:00 pm – The Incommon Group (Discussion)

First United Methodist Church

208 W. Main Street
Basement

Closed Meeting (for alcoholics only)
Handicap Accessible

(Last Friday Open Speaker Meeting)

(Al-Anon meeting at the same time)

Metropolis
8:00 pm - Massac County Group (Discussion)
Metropolis Library Basement
317 Metropolis Street
Closed Meeting (for alcoholics only)

 

SATURDAY

Carbondale

10:00 am - Here's How Group (Discussion)

301 W. Elm Street
Basement

Closed Meeting (for alcoholics only)

 
Carbondale
8:00 pm - Here's How Group (Uses the "Big Book," Alcoholics Anonymous)
301 W. Elm Street
Basement
Closed Meeting (for alcoholics only)

Murphysboro

10:00 am – Murphysboro Group (Discussion)

United Methodist Church

1500 Pine Street
Basement

Closed Meeting (for alcoholics only)