600 West Birch Street, New Berlin, Illinois 62670
Serenity Group New Berlin
96.8 miles away from Altona, Illinois
1298 7th Avenue, Marion, Iowa 52302
Marion Mid Week AA
96.8 miles away from Altona, Illinois
516 Bryn Mawr Boulevard, Springfield, Illinois 62703
Paradise Meeting
96.9 miles away from Altona, Illinois
1210 11th Street, Rockford, Illinois 61104
11th St Our Primary Purpose
96.9 miles away from Altona, Illinois
309 East Jefferson Street, Gardner, Illinois 60424
Gardner Big Book Study
96.9 miles away from Altona, Illinois
211 21st Avenue Southwest, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404
Hilltop Cedar Rapids
97 miles away from Altona, Illinois
810 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61104
Primary Purpose Rockford
97.2 miles away from Altona, Illinois
1325 North Johnston Avenue, Rockford, Illinois 61101
West End Group
97.4 miles away from Altona, Illinois
3500 29th Avenue, Marion, Iowa 52302
The Way Out Marion
97.4 miles away from Altona, Illinois
, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
There Is A Solution Cedar Rapids
97.5 miles away from Altona, Illinois
2233 Charles Street, Rockford, Illinois 61104
New Attitudes
97.5 miles away from Altona, Illinois
802 12th Street, Marion, Iowa 52302
Marion Friday Night
97.6 miles away from Altona, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Altona, Illinois as the funding is accepted on a donation from its members.
AA is one of most commonly known programs in the United States and around the world that helps countless men and women achieve sobriety in the pursuit of lifelong recovery. They are usually small groups of recovering alcoholics who share their recovery journey and are there to help new members get sober.
Alcohol Addiction is a disease of the mind, body, and soul. AA has curated meetings to help with each individual piece of your sobriety. If you are in search of a meeting on the first three steps, you should choose a beginner meeting. If you are looking to get more in touch with your spiritual side, attending a meditation meeting would be an ideal choice. If you are in search of stories of inspiration for overcoming alcoholism, a speaker meeting is a good starting point. If you are through your steps and are now working on the traditions of AA, a tradition meetings will help. If you want to attend a single gender group, you can go to a men’s or women's meeting where you won't find anyone of the opposite gender there. The fact of the matter is there is a meeting for everyone. Try different meetings out until you find one that fits your needs.
In order to benefit the most from your first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting you should remain open minded. Everyone had preconceived notions of what these meetings were and generally it is the same misconception. The best advice I ever got was to sit down, shut up, listen to the message, and humbly ask for help. Regardless of the meeting, there will be the same 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.