10 East 3rd Street, Alton, Illinois 62002
Alton Wednesday Night Group
20.9 miles away from Dorchester, Illinois
1914 Esic Drive, Edwardsville, Illinois 62025
Early Bird Group Edwardsville
21 miles away from Dorchester, Illinois
1 Hairpin Drive, Edwardsville, Illinois 62025
The Spiritual Experience
21 miles away from Dorchester, Illinois
212 East Tremont Street, Hillsboro, Illinois 62049
Hillsboro Group
21.7 miles away from Dorchester, Illinois
180 Cottonwood Road, Glen Carbon, Illinois 62034
Ladies in Recovery Big Book Study Women
21.8 miles away from Dorchester, Illinois
3277 Bluff Road, Edwardsville, Illinois 62025
Sunday Night Growth Group
22.2 miles away from Dorchester, Illinois
12078 Illinois 185, Hillsboro, Illinois 62049
From the Heart Group DOC Clearance Required
22.4 miles away from Dorchester, Illinois
131 North Main Street, Glen Carbon, Illinois 62034
Morning Miracles
22.9 miles away from Dorchester, Illinois
220 East County Road, Jerseyville, Illinois 62052
Friends Of Bill W East County Road Jerseyville
23 miles away from Dorchester, Illinois
1200 South Liberty Street, Jerseyville, Illinois 62052
Friends Of Bill W South Liberty Street Jerseyville
23.8 miles away from Dorchester, Illinois
186 Summit Avenue, Glen Carbon, Illinois 62034
Thursday Night Open Group
23.8 miles away from Dorchester, Illinois
407 Edwardsville Road, Troy, Illinois 62294
New Beginnings Troy
24.4 miles away from Dorchester, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Dorchester, 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.