401 East North Street, Bloomfield, Iowa 52537
Bloomfield Group #713672
79.5 miles away from Bowen, Illinois
, Floris, Iowa 52560
Recovering and Making Progress Group
79.5 miles away from Bowen, Illinois
514 North Walnut Street, Springfield, Illinois 62702
Top of the Morning Group
79.7 miles away from Bowen, Illinois
2100 South Bates Avenue, Springfield, Illinois 62704
Big Book Study Group
79.8 miles away from Bowen, Illinois
533 South Walnut Street, Springfield, Illinois 62704
There is a Solution Springfield
79.9 miles away from Bowen, Illinois
313 West Cook Street, Springfield, Illinois 62704
Big Book West Cook Street Springfield
80.3 miles away from Bowen, Illinois
700 North 4th Street, Springfield, Illinois 62702
We Agnostics Springfield
80.3 miles away from Bowen, Illinois
109 East Lawrence Avenue, Springfield, Illinois 62704
Rising From the Ashes
80.5 miles away from Bowen, Illinois
, Springfield, Illinois 62701
Brunch Bunch
80.5 miles away from Bowen, Illinois
611 East Jackson Street, Springfield, Illinois 62701
Free To Be Me
80.7 miles away from Bowen, Illinois
714 East Capitol Avenue, Springfield, Illinois 62701
Day at a Time Springfield
80.8 miles away from Bowen, Illinois
556 Highland Avenue, Springfield, Illinois 62704
Sponsorship and the Twelve Steps
80.8 miles away from Bowen, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Bowen, 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.