404 North Pleasant Avenue, Centralia, Illinois 62801
Little Church Group
70.4 miles away from Machens, Missouri
116 East Franklin Street, Taylorville, Illinois 62568
71.2 miles away from Machens, Missouri
235 East High Street, Potosi, Missouri 63664
Potosi Library Group
71.3 miles away from Machens, Missouri
533 South Walnut Street, Springfield, Illinois 62704
There is a Solution Springfield
71.3 miles away from Machens, Missouri
1122 East Pine Street, Springfield, Illinois 62703
Wizards Wonders
71.3 miles away from Machens, Missouri
642 East Pine Street, Bourbon, Missouri 65441
Bourbon Group
71.3 miles away from Machens, Missouri
313 West Cook Street, Springfield, Illinois 62704
Big Book West Cook Street Springfield
71.4 miles away from Machens, Missouri
109 East Lawrence Avenue, Springfield, Illinois 62704
Rising From the Ashes
71.4 miles away from Machens, Missouri
930 South 11th Street, Springfield, Illinois 62703
A Vision for You Springfield
71.7 miles away from Machens, Missouri
611 East Jackson Street, Springfield, Illinois 62701
Free To Be Me
71.8 miles away from Machens, Missouri
, Springfield, Illinois 62701
Brunch Bunch
71.9 miles away from Machens, Missouri
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Machens, 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.