201 West Chestnut Street, Gillespie, Illinois 62033
Gillespie Group West Chestnut Street
47.4 miles away from Jacksonville, Illinois
14988 Illinois 78, Lewistown, Illinois 61542
Group #660099
47.8 miles away from Jacksonville, Illinois
608 North Van Buren Street, Litchfield, Illinois 62056
A Day at a Time Group
49.2 miles away from Jacksonville, Illinois
101 North 6th Street, Elsberry, Missouri 63343
Group 407
49.3 miles away from Jacksonville, Illinois
114 South Washington Street, Bunker Hill, Illinois 62014
Bunker Hill Group
50 miles away from Jacksonville, Illinois
116 East Franklin Street, Taylorville, Illinois 62568
51.4 miles away from Jacksonville, Illinois
517 Woodlawn Road, Lincoln, Illinois 62656
Land Of Lincoln Group
53.9 miles away from Jacksonville, Illinois
17808 Illinois 100, Grafton, Illinois 62037
Pere Marquette Park Group
54 miles away from Jacksonville, Illinois
36 Valley Street, Elsah, Illinois 62028
Let it Go Elsah
54.2 miles away from Jacksonville, Illinois
505 East Grant Street, Macomb, Illinois 61455
McDonough Co AFG Al Anon
54.3 miles away from Jacksonville, Illinois
525 East Grant Street, Macomb, Illinois 61455
A A Speaker Mtg 1st Wed
54.4 miles away from Jacksonville, Illinois
604 North Franklin Street, Staunton, Illinois 62088
Begin Again Group
54.7 miles away from Jacksonville, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Jacksonville, 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.