417 East Cordelia Street, Springfield, Illinois 62703
Women of Worth
97.6 miles away from Altona, Illinois
2016 South Main Street, Jacksonville, Illinois 62650
S A S S Strong and Sober Sisters
97.6 miles away from Altona, Illinois
107 Market Street, Keosauqua, Iowa 52565
Keosauqua Group
97.6 miles away from Altona, Illinois
1285 3rd Avenue Southeast, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52403
Women Into Action Cedar Rapids
97.6 miles away from Altona, Illinois
123 South County Line Road, Maple Park, Illinois 60151
Big Book First 164 Group
97.6 miles away from Altona, Illinois
512 6th Street Southeast, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
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97.7 miles away from Altona, Illinois
2600 1st Avenue Northeast, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402
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97.7 miles away from Altona, Illinois
509 3rd Street Southeast, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
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97.7 miles away from Altona, Illinois
310 5th Street Southeast, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
The Downtowners 12 10 PM
97.8 miles away from Altona, Illinois
1700 B Avenue Northeast, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402
Discovery Group Cedar Rapids
97.9 miles away from Altona, Illinois
525 A Avenue Northeast, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
The Basic Text Cedar Rapids
98 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.