6455 E Avenue Northwest, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52405
Full Measures Speaker Group
101.5 miles away from Altona, Illinois
5 West Washington Street, Oswego, Illinois 60543
12 Steps and 12 Traditions Group
101.8 miles away from Altona, Illinois
3342 John Wesley Drive, Dubuque, Iowa 52002
Keyway Lodge Group
101.9 miles away from Altona, Illinois
7605 North 2nd Street, Machesney Park, Illinois 61115
Three Legacies Group
102 miles away from Altona, Illinois
43W808 Hughes Road, Elburn, Illinois 60119
Elburn Countryside Group
102.3 miles away from Altona, Illinois
1976 Illinois 25, Oswego, Illinois 60543
Angels Gather Here
102.4 miles away from Altona, Illinois
1835 East Walnut Street, Chatham, Illinois 62629
Sunlight Underground
102.5 miles away from Altona, Illinois
629 East Spruce Street, Chatham, Illinois 62629
Chatham TGIF Group
102.6 miles away from Altona, Illinois
3555 McFarland Road, Rockford, Illinois 61114
Northeast Group
102.9 miles away from Altona, Illinois
North Linden Street, Essex, Illinois 60935
Living Sober Group Essex
103 miles away from Altona, Illinois
114 Waverly Street, Essex, Illinois 60935
Living Sober Essex
103 miles away from Altona, Illinois
155 Boulder Hill Pass, Montgomery, Illinois 60538
Church of the Brethren Thurs AA
103.1 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.