638 South Church Street, Jacksonville, Illinois 62650
The Club Sundays at 10 00 AM
83.8 miles away from Bloomington, Illinois
123 East 2nd Street, Momence, Illinois 60954
Lost Sheep Group
84 miles away from Bloomington, Illinois
2016 South Main Street, Jacksonville, Illinois 62650
S A S S Strong and Sober Sisters
84.7 miles away from Bloomington, Illinois
1701 Mound Road, Jacksonville, Illinois 62650
Bowen Group
84.7 miles away from Bloomington, Illinois
265 Republic Avenue, Joliet, Illinois 60435
Captains Table As Bill Sees It Main Room
84.8 miles away from Bloomington, Illinois
333 Madison Street, Joliet, Illinois 60435
Help Bridge the Gap
84.9 miles away from Bloomington, Illinois
120 Woodlawn Avenue, Joliet, Illinois 60435
St. Paul Group
85.1 miles away from Bloomington, Illinois
110 North Franklin Street, Kansas, Illinois 61933
Serenity Circle
85.2 miles away from Bloomington, Illinois
206 North Midland Avenue, Joliet, Illinois 60435
Steel City Group
85.3 miles away from Bloomington, Illinois
710 West Marion Street, Joliet, Illinois 60436
Bunch of Wax
85.5 miles away from Bloomington, Illinois
1718 Avalon Avenue, Joliet, Illinois 60435
Grace New Beginnings
85.5 miles away from Bloomington, Illinois
1910 Black Road, Joliet, Illinois 60435
Women's 12 x 12 Group
85.6 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.