407 Edwardsville Road, Troy, Illinois 62294
New Beginnings Troy
11.1 miles away from Hamel, Illinois
104 South Main Street, New Douglas, Illinois 62074
New Living Group
11.2 miles away from Hamel, Illinois
131 North Main Street, Glen Carbon, Illinois 62034
Morning Miracles
11.2 miles away from Hamel, Illinois
3277 Bluff Road, Edwardsville, Illinois 62025
Sunday Night Growth Group
11.6 miles away from Hamel, Illinois
107 Wayland Avenue, Troy, Illinois 62294
Troy Welcome Home Group
11.7 miles away from Hamel, Illinois
114 South Washington Street, Bunker Hill, Illinois 62014
Bunker Hill Group
12.1 miles away from Hamel, Illinois
186 Summit Avenue, Glen Carbon, Illinois 62034
Thursday Night Open Group
12.1 miles away from Hamel, Illinois
2620 North Center Street, Maryville, Illinois 62062
Tuesday Night Serenity Group
12.5 miles away from Hamel, Illinois
400 North Center Street, Rosewood Heights, Illinois 62018
Experience Strength and Hope Rosewood Heights
12.5 miles away from Hamel, Illinois
South 14th Street, Wood River, Illinois 62095
East End Park Group
12.6 miles away from Hamel, Illinois
409 Broadway Avenue, South Roxana, Illinois 62087
Sunday Morning Big Book Group
12.6 miles away from Hamel, Illinois
207 West Main Street, Saint Jacob, Illinois 62281
St Jacob Wednesday Night
12.7 miles away from Hamel, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Hamel, 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.