9625 Tesson Ferry Road, Affton, Missouri 63123
Group 189
116 miles away from Decatur, Illinois
8749 Watson Road, Webster Groves, Missouri 63119
Group 48 Webster Groves
116 miles away from Decatur, Illinois
Church Street, New Athens, Illinois 62264
New Athens Group
116.1 miles away from Decatur, Illinois
509 North Street, Lafayette, Indiana 47901
Beginners Group
116.1 miles away from Decatur, Illinois
, Lafayette, Indiana 47901
Thursday Afternoon Group
116.2 miles away from Decatur, Illinois
600 Ferry Street, Lafayette, Indiana 47901
Koala
116.2 miles away from Decatur, Illinois
211 North Woodlawn Avenue, Kirkwood, Missouri 63122
Kirkwood Baptist Church
116.3 miles away from Decatur, Illinois
211 North Woodlawn Avenue, Kirkwood, Missouri 63122
Absolutely Sober
116.3 miles away from Decatur, Illinois
514 East Argonne Drive, Kirkwood, Missouri 63122
Kirkwood Step
116.3 miles away from Decatur, Illinois
905 Brown Street, Lafayette, Indiana 47904
Big Book Thumpers
116.4 miles away from Decatur, Illinois
307 North 10th Street, Lafayette, Indiana 47904
Primary Purpose Group -
116.4 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.