700 East University Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50316
Stans Clan
166.2 miles away from Tennessee, Illinois
500 Gougar Road, New Lenox, Illinois 60451
Mixed Nuts
166.3 miles away from Tennessee, Illinois
1400 Pennsylvania Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50316
White House Group
166.3 miles away from Tennessee, Illinois
320 Franklin Street, Geneva, Illinois 60134
Prayer And Meditation Group
166.3 miles away from Tennessee, Illinois
505 5th Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50309
5th Ave Fellowship
166.4 miles away from Tennessee, Illinois
301 South 3rd Street, Geneva, Illinois 60134
Thursday Big Book 4th Step Group
166.4 miles away from Tennessee, Illinois
1635 Emerson Lane, Naperville, Illinois 60540
Online Southside Sobriety Seekers
166.4 miles away from Tennessee, Illinois
600 6th Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50309
Monday Nooner's Group
166.5 miles away from Tennessee, Illinois
517 1st Avenue Northeast, Oelwein, Iowa 50662
Fontana Fellowship Group #123761
166.5 miles away from Tennessee, Illinois
2340 East 9th Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50316
Kingdom Living Group
166.6 miles away from Tennessee, Illinois
327 Hamilton Street, Geneva, Illinois 60134
For Fun and For Free
166.6 miles away from Tennessee, Illinois
303 West 3rd Street, Braymer, Missouri 64624
Braymer Group
166.6 miles away from Tennessee, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Tennessee, 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.