215 West Jackson Street, Sparta, Illinois 62286
Sparta Group
43 miles away from Central City, Illinois
407 Edwardsville Road, Troy, Illinois 62294
New Beginnings Troy
43.1 miles away from Central City, Illinois
South 1st Street, Fairfield, Illinois 62837
Fairfield 1st Street
43.3 miles away from Central City, Illinois
Church Street, New Athens, Illinois 62264
New Athens Group
43.3 miles away from Central City, Illinois
12078 Illinois 185, Hillsboro, Illinois 62049
From the Heart Group DOC Clearance Required
44.1 miles away from Central City, Illinois
108 Carbon Hill Road, O'Fallon, Illinois 62269
O Fallon Trailer Group
44.1 miles away from Central City, Illinois
951 South Green Mount Road, Belleville, Illinois 62220
Breakfast with the Book
44.2 miles away from Central City, Illinois
401 Sherman Street, Belleville, Illinois 62221
Women of Hope 2 0
45.2 miles away from Central City, Illinois
549 Cimarron Drive, Hamel, Illinois 62046
Hamel Camel Meeting
45.4 miles away from Central City, Illinois
721 East Main Street, Belleville, Illinois 62220
How It Works Group
45.9 miles away from Central City, Illinois
1 West Frankfort Plaza, West Frankfort, Illinois 62896
G O Y A Get Off Your A Group
46.1 miles away from Central City, Illinois
212 East Tremont Street, Hillsboro, Illinois 62049
Hillsboro Group
46.2 miles away from Central City, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Central City, 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.