214 South Charter Street, Monticello, Illinois 61856
Thursday Meeting Monticello
48.6 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
216 West Jefferson Street, Sullivan, Illinois 61951
Sullivan Group
48.6 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
14988 Illinois 78, Lewistown, Illinois 61542
Group #660099
48.7 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
762 East North Street, Monticello, Illinois 61856
Monday Meeting
49.3 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
1208 Maple Street, Pekin, Illinois 61554
Pekin Celestial
49.7 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
12078 Illinois 185, Hillsboro, Illinois 62049
From the Heart Group DOC Clearance Required
50.1 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
612 South 3rd Street, Pekin, Illinois 61554
Pekin Serenity
50.1 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
101 South William Street, Farmer City, Illinois 61842
A Better Way Group
51.1 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
8424 West Wheeler Road, Mapleton, Illinois 61547
Bikers in Recovery C
51.2 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
201 West Chicago Street, Morton, Illinois 61550
Morton Stone Jug
52.2 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
101 North Main Street, Lewistown, Illinois 61542
Group #701471
52.4 miles away from Dawson, Illinois
107 West Elm Street, Gillespie, Illinois 62033
Gillespie Group
53.5 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.