8424 West Wheeler Road, Mapleton, Illinois 61547
Bikers in Recovery C
65.4 miles away from New Bedford, Illinois
2075 North Main Street, Canton, Illinois 61520
Group #136403
65.6 miles away from New Bedford, Illinois
612 South 3rd Street, Pekin, Illinois 61554
Pekin Serenity
65.6 miles away from New Bedford, Illinois
1208 Maple Street, Pekin, Illinois 61554
Pekin Celestial
66.1 miles away from New Bedford, Illinois
7605 North 2nd Street, Machesney Park, Illinois 61115
Three Legacies Group
66.4 miles away from New Bedford, Illinois
402 South Center Road, Durand, Illinois 61024
Medina Group
66.4 miles away from New Bedford, Illinois
3555 McFarland Road, Rockford, Illinois 61114
Northeast Group
67.1 miles away from New Bedford, Illinois
111 West 5th Street, Wilton, Iowa 52778
Wilton Group #141568
67.6 miles away from New Bedford, Illinois
501 U.S. 61, Muscatine, Iowa 52761
Primary Purpose Group #698390
68 miles away from New Bedford, Illinois
120 North Avenue A, Canton, Illinois 61520
Group #711299
68 miles away from New Bedford, Illinois
176 South Main Street, Sugar Grove, Illinois 60554
Twelve and Twelve Group
68.1 miles away from New Bedford, Illinois
137 South State Street, Belvidere, Illinois 61008
Una Nueva Vida
68.5 miles away from New Bedford, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in New Bedford, 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.