3465 North Macarthur Road, Decatur, Illinois 62526
Serenity Seekers
20.7 miles away from Hammond, Illinois
3465 North Macarthur Road, Decatur, Illinois 62526
Beginners Group
20.7 miles away from Hammond, Illinois
104 East Vine Street, Tolono, Illinois 61880
Tolono Closed GroupTolono Closed Group
22 miles away from Hammond, Illinois
9 South Main Street, Villa Grove, Illinois 61956
Thursday Meeting Villa Grove
23.3 miles away from Hammond, Illinois
3002 West Old Church Road, Champaign, Illinois 61822
Savoy Tuesday Night Group
23.8 miles away from Hammond, Illinois
2200 Western Avenue, Mattoon, Illinois 61938
Age of Miracles Mattoon
24.4 miles away from Hammond, Illinois
, Mattoon, Illinois 61938
Shoulder to Shoulder
24.8 miles away from Hammond, Illinois
East Chestnut Street, Bondville, Illinois 61815
S O S Group
24.8 miles away from Hammond, Illinois
1205 South 9th Street, Mattoon, Illinois 61938
Recovery Room
25.5 miles away from Hammond, Illinois
1700 Crescent Drive, Champaign, Illinois 61821
Good Old Closed Meeting
26.5 miles away from Hammond, Illinois
2101 South Prospect Avenue, Champaign, Illinois 61820
Lit Zoom Meeting
26.8 miles away from Hammond, Illinois
8791 Bethel Road, Blue Mound, Illinois 62513
Pass It On
27.4 miles away from Hammond, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Hammond, 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.