930 South 11th Street, Springfield, Illinois 62703
A Vision for You Springfield
102.1 miles away from Canton, Missouri
417 East Cordelia Street, Springfield, Illinois 62703
Women of Worth
102.2 miles away from Canton, Missouri
1122 East Pine Street, Springfield, Illinois 62703
Wizards Wonders
102.2 miles away from Canton, Missouri
1835 East Walnut Street, Chatham, Illinois 62629
Sunlight Underground
102.3 miles away from Canton, Missouri
State Route 4, Virden, Illinois
Discussion Virden
102.3 miles away from Canton, Missouri
2079 Hanley Road, Dardenne Prairie, Missouri 63368
Group 694
102.5 miles away from Canton, Missouri
1208 Maple Street, Pekin, Illinois 61554
Pekin Celestial
102.5 miles away from Canton, Missouri
32946 State Route 4, Girard, Illinois 62640
Virden Area Group
102.6 miles away from Canton, Missouri
612 South 3rd Street, Pekin, Illinois 61554
Pekin Serenity
102.8 miles away from Canton, Missouri
250 Salt Lick Road, St. Peters, Missouri 63376
Group 1067
103 miles away from Canton, Missouri
7400 South Outer Road 364, Dardenne Prairie, Missouri 63368
Group 1077
103 miles away from Canton, Missouri
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Canton, Missouri 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.