703 3rd Avenue, Sterling, Illinois 61081
St Johns Church Thursdays at 7 00pm
52.8 miles away from Altona, Illinois
525 East Grant Street, Macomb, Illinois 61455
A A Speaker Mtg 1st Wed
53 miles away from Altona, Illinois
505 East Grant Street, Macomb, Illinois 61455
McDonough Co AFG Al Anon
53.1 miles away from Altona, Illinois
317 North Water Street, Wapello, Iowa 52653
Rivers Edge Group #133277
53.3 miles away from Altona, Illinois
214 North 4th Street, Burlington, Iowa 52601
Serenity Group Burlington
53.3 miles away from Altona, Illinois
2308 East Lincolnway, Sterling, Illinois 61081
Better Ways Group
53.9 miles away from Altona, Illinois
1837 South Main Street, Eureka, Illinois 61530
Eureka No Name C
54.6 miles away from Altona, Illinois
111 West 5th Street, Wilton, Iowa 52778
Wilton Group #141568
55.4 miles away from Altona, Illinois
303 West Mount Pleasant Street, West Burlington, Iowa 52655
Into Action Group #165386
55.6 miles away from Altona, Illinois
5700 Division Street, Burlington, Iowa 52601
Attitude Adjustment Group #663331
56 miles away from Altona, Illinois
350 South Broadway Street, Havana, Illinois 62644
The Havana Club
56.8 miles away from Altona, Illinois
102 East Fast Avenue, Mackinaw, Illinois 61755
Mackinaw Happy Hour C
58 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.