State Route 4, Virden, Illinois
Discussion Virden
74.2 miles away from Mackinaw, Illinois
106 East Gould Street, Braceville, Illinois 60407
Braceville Friday Night Group
74.4 miles away from Mackinaw, Illinois
114 Waverly Street, Essex, Illinois 60935
Living Sober Essex
75.5 miles away from Mackinaw, Illinois
North Linden Street, Essex, Illinois 60935
Living Sober Group Essex
75.5 miles away from Mackinaw, Illinois
901 Wall Street, Morris, Illinois 60450
Morris Group AA
75.6 miles away from Mackinaw, Illinois
802 East Douglas Street, Saint Joseph, Illinois 61873
Wayward Children
75.7 miles away from Mackinaw, Illinois
120 East 1st Street, Geneseo, Illinois 61254
Geneseo
75.7 miles away from Mackinaw, Illinois
216 West Jefferson Street, Sullivan, Illinois 61951
Sullivan Group
75.9 miles away from Mackinaw, Illinois
109 East Van Allen Street, Tuscola, Illinois 61953
Tuscola Monday Night Group
76.3 miles away from Mackinaw, Illinois
6805 East McArdle Road, Coal City, Illinois 60416
(12X12) Topic Discussion
76.5 miles away from Mackinaw, Illinois
32946 State Route 4, Girard, Illinois 62640
Virden Area Group
76.5 miles away from Mackinaw, Illinois
14th Street, Orion, Illinois 61273
Orion Serenity
77 miles away from Mackinaw, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Mackinaw, 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.