556 Highland Avenue, Springfield, Illinois 62704
Sponsorship and the Twelve Steps
11.9 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
2100 South Bates Avenue, Springfield, Illinois 62704
Big Book Study Group
12.5 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
1835 East Walnut Street, Chatham, Illinois 62629
Sunlight Underground
16.8 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
24562 Indian Point Avenue, Athens, Illinois 62613
Discussion Athens
17.1 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
629 East Spruce Street, Chatham, Illinois 62629
Chatham TGIF Group
17.6 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
, Pawnee, Illinois 62558
Friends of Bill W Pawnee
19.1 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
1932 North 1800 East Road, Stonington, Illinois 62567
Good Morning Group
21.1 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
8791 Bethel Road, Blue Mound, Illinois 62513
Pass It On
21.3 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
517 Woodlawn Road, Lincoln, Illinois 62656
Land Of Lincoln Group
21.6 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
116 East Franklin Street, Taylorville, Illinois 62568
23 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
600 West Birch Street, New Berlin, Illinois 62670
Serenity Group New Berlin
25.8 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
3465 North Macarthur Road, Decatur, Illinois 62526
Serenity Seekers
26.5 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.