505 East Grant Street, Macomb, Illinois 61455
McDonough Co AFG Al Anon
75.5 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
525 East Grant Street, Macomb, Illinois 61455
A A Speaker Mtg 1st Wed
75.5 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
104 South Public Road, Fieldon, Illinois 62031
Fieldon Group
75.7 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
117 North Ohio Avenue, Rantoul, Illinois 61866
Primary Purpose Group
75.8 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
South 14th Street, Wood River, Illinois 62095
East End Park Group
76.1 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
830 Brown Street, Alton, Illinois 62002
Bikers In Recovery Alton
76.1 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
504 East 12th Street, Alton, Illinois 62002
North Alton Group
76.2 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
232 East Jackson, Macomb, Illinois 61455
Serenity Group Macomb
76.2 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
519 Chapman Street, Edwardsville, Illinois 62025
Friday Night Back to Basic
76.2 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
800 North Main Street, Edwardsville, Illinois 62025
Step by Step Sunshine Group
76.3 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
7372 Marine Road, Edwardsville, Illinois 62025
Monday Night 11th Step Meeting
76.6 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
10 East 3rd Street, Alton, Illinois 62002
The Market Street Group
76.8 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Dawson, 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.