595 Deerpath Drive, Vernon Hills, Illinois 60061
Vernon Hills Open Speaker Meeting
186.7 miles away from Marion, Iowa
125 South Villa Avenue, Villa Park, Illinois 60181
Early Birds Villa Park
186.7 miles away from Marion, Iowa
3100 Midwest Road, Oak Brook, Illinois 60523
God House Group
186.8 miles away from Marion, Iowa
1336 South Villa Avenue, Villa Park, Illinois 60181
Genesis Group 2
186.8 miles away from Marion, Iowa
1 Westgate Drive, Ripon, Wisconsin 54971
Royal Ridges
186.8 miles away from Marion, Iowa
1 Westgate Drive, Ripon, Wisconsin 54971
First Sunday Open Speaker Breakfast
186.8 miles away from Marion, Iowa
215 East Logan Street, Lemont, Illinois 60439
Back to Basics Group
186.8 miles away from Marion, Iowa
17 West Quincy Street, Westmont, Illinois 60559
Day Breakers Group
186.9 miles away from Marion, Iowa
643 3rd Avenue, Manilla, Iowa 51454
Manilla Thursday Night Group #173123
186.9 miles away from Marion, Iowa
8404 South Frontage Road, Darien, Illinois 60561
Grateful It Works Group
187.1 miles away from Marion, Iowa
525 Main Street South, Madison Lake, Minnesota 56063
Madison Lake Gp #123164
187.1 miles away from Marion, Iowa
35332 Grant Avenue, Wilmington, Illinois 60481
Custer Park Big Book Study Group
187.1 miles away from Marion, Iowa
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Marion, Iowa 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.