2175 Harrison Avenue, Charleston, Illinois 61920
Think Before You Drink
48.6 miles away from Oreana, Illinois
13 East Washington Street, Oakland, Illinois 61943
New Beginnings Oakland
48.6 miles away from Oreana, Illinois
902 Cleveland Avenue, Charleston, Illinois 61920
A Sufficient Substitute
48.7 miles away from Oreana, Illinois
102 East Fast Avenue, Mackinaw, Illinois 61755
Mackinaw Happy Hour C
48.8 miles away from Oreana, Illinois
210 West Center Street, Paxton, Illinois 60957
Tuesday Meeting
54.1 miles away from Oreana, Illinois
110 North Franklin Street, Kansas, Illinois 61933
Serenity Circle
56.1 miles away from Oreana, Illinois
201 West Chicago Street, Morton, Illinois 61550
Morton Stone Jug
56.1 miles away from Oreana, Illinois
State Route 4, Virden, Illinois
Discussion Virden
56.3 miles away from Oreana, Illinois
1837 South Main Street, Eureka, Illinois 61530
Eureka No Name C
57 miles away from Oreana, Illinois
600 West Birch Street, New Berlin, Illinois 62670
Serenity Group New Berlin
57.8 miles away from Oreana, Illinois
32946 State Route 4, Girard, Illinois 62640
Virden Area Group
58.1 miles away from Oreana, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Oreana, 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.