1828 Old Naperville Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563
Recovery Matters
183.3 miles away from Olds, Iowa
415 West North Avenue, Bartlett, Illinois 60103
No Nonsense Group
183.3 miles away from Olds, Iowa
244 2nd Street, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014
Big Book Crystal Lake 2nd Street
183.4 miles away from Olds, Iowa
4411 North Newstead Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63115
Prince Hall
183.4 miles away from Olds, Iowa
4411 North Newstead Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63115
183.4 miles away from Olds, Iowa
4411 North Newstead Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63115
Prince Hall
183.4 miles away from Olds, Iowa
5650 Northwest Highway, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014
Closed Meeting Crystal Lake
183.4 miles away from Olds, Iowa
2101 Cleveland Boulevard, Granite City, Illinois 62040
Back To Basics Group Granite City
183.4 miles away from Olds, Iowa
2100 Madison Avenue, Granite City, Illinois 62040
Granite City Breakfast Group
183.5 miles away from Olds, Iowa
9030 Clayton Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63117
Primary Purpose Mens Group St Louis
183.5 miles away from Olds, Iowa
2606 Washington Avenue, Granite City, Illinois 62040
Simply Sober Group
183.6 miles away from Olds, Iowa
2116 Edison Avenue, Granite City, Illinois 62040
Downtown Granite City Group
183.6 miles away from Olds, Iowa
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Olds, 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.