214 South Charter Street, Monticello, Illinois 61856
Thursday Meeting Monticello
23.9 miles away from Decatur, Illinois
762 East North Street, Monticello, Illinois 61856
Monday Meeting
24.6 miles away from Decatur, Illinois
216 West Jefferson Street, Sullivan, Illinois 61951
Sullivan Group
24.8 miles away from Decatur, Illinois
128 East Illinois Street, Arthur, Illinois 61911
Arthur Meeting
27.1 miles away from Decatur, Illinois
116 East Franklin Street, Taylorville, Illinois 62568
27.1 miles away from Decatur, Illinois
517 Woodlawn Road, Lincoln, Illinois 62656
Land Of Lincoln Group
31.2 miles away from Decatur, Illinois
, Shelbyville, Illinois 62565
Sunday Night Group
31.2 miles away from Decatur, Illinois
101 South William Street, Farmer City, Illinois 61842
A Better Way Group
32.4 miles away from Decatur, Illinois
109 East Van Allen Street, Tuscola, Illinois 61953
Tuscola Monday Night Group
35.6 miles away from Decatur, Illinois
East Chestnut Street, Bondville, Illinois 61815
S O S Group
36.3 miles away from Decatur, Illinois
930 South 11th Street, Springfield, Illinois 62703
A Vision for You Springfield
36.6 miles away from Decatur, Illinois
1122 East Pine Street, Springfield, Illinois 62703
Wizards Wonders
36.6 miles away from Decatur, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Decatur, 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.