13 East Washington Street, Oakland, Illinois 61943
New Beginnings Oakland
76.7 miles away from Bloomington, Illinois
, Mattoon, Illinois 61938
Shoulder to Shoulder
76.7 miles away from Bloomington, Illinois
205 West Church Street, Minooka, Illinois 60447
H.O.W. Group
77.3 miles away from Bloomington, Illinois
1205 South 9th Street, Mattoon, Illinois 61938
Recovery Room
77.5 miles away from Bloomington, Illinois
State Route 4, Virden, Illinois
Discussion Virden
78.8 miles away from Bloomington, Illinois
393 Southcreek Drive, Manteno, Illinois 60950
Now What Are You Going to Do About It
79.7 miles away from Bloomington, Illinois
411 West Division Street, Manteno, Illinois 60950
Resolve Our Issues
80.2 miles away from Bloomington, Illinois
245 West 2nd Street, Manteno, Illinois 60950
H e l p
80.4 miles away from Bloomington, Illinois
698 North Locust Street, Manteno, Illinois 60950
Sober Sisters
80.8 miles away from Bloomington, Illinois
401 East 3rd Street, Manteno, Illinois 60950
New Hope
80.8 miles away from Bloomington, Illinois
311 7th Street, Charleston, Illinois 61920
Charleston Friday Night Meeting
80.9 miles away from Bloomington, Illinois
635 Division Street, Charleston, Illinois 61920
C E A D Tuesday AA Meeting beginning
80.9 miles away from Bloomington, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Bloomington, 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.