805 River Street, Wilmington, Illinois 60481
82.9 miles away from Mackinaw, Illinois
805 River Street, Wilmington, Illinois 60481
82.9 miles away from Mackinaw, Illinois
507 1st Street, Colona, Illinois 61241
Colona Group
83.3 miles away from Mackinaw, Illinois
408 Jackson Street, Cleveland, Illinois 61241
Cleveland Group
83.5 miles away from Mackinaw, Illinois
, Shelbyville, Illinois 62565
Sunday Night Group
83.7 miles away from Mackinaw, Illinois
200 West 2nd Street, Prophetstown, Illinois 61277
United Methodist Church Fridays at 7 30pm
84.1 miles away from Mackinaw, Illinois
706 1st Street, Coal Valley, Illinois 61240
Coal Valley
85.1 miles away from Mackinaw, Illinois
1607 John Deere Road, East Moline, Illinois 61244
New Beginnings Group
85.4 miles away from Mackinaw, Illinois
205 West Church Street, Minooka, Illinois 60447
H.O.W. Group
85.4 miles away from Mackinaw, Illinois
607 Southwest 4th Street, Aledo, Illinois 61231
Aledo Group
86.2 miles away from Mackinaw, Illinois
1550 7th Avenue, Silvis, Illinois 61282
Our Primary Purpose Silvis
86.3 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.