107 West Bishop Street, Yates City, Illinois 61572
Yates City
126.2 miles away from Shelbyville, Missouri
514 North Walnut Street, Springfield, Illinois 62702
Top of the Morning Group
126.2 miles away from Shelbyville, Missouri
10020 Kennerly Road, Sappington, Missouri 63128
Early Ducks Kennerly Road
126.3 miles away from Shelbyville, Missouri
9625 Tesson Ferry Road, Affton, Missouri 63123
Affton Christian Church
126.3 miles away from Shelbyville, Missouri
9625 Tesson Ferry Road, Affton, Missouri 63123
Group 189
126.3 miles away from Shelbyville, Missouri
4257 Magnolia Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
AA on the Rocks
126.4 miles away from Shelbyville, Missouri
2100 Madison Avenue, Granite City, Illinois 62040
Granite City Breakfast Group
126.4 miles away from Shelbyville, Missouri
12145 Tesson Ferry Road, Sappington, Missouri 63128
Southside Church of God
126.4 miles away from Shelbyville, Missouri
12145 Tesson Ferry Road, Sappington, Missouri 63128
Early Ducks Sappington
126.4 miles away from Shelbyville, Missouri
556 Highland Avenue, Springfield, Illinois 62704
Sponsorship and the Twelve Steps
126.4 miles away from Shelbyville, Missouri
313 West Cook Street, Springfield, Illinois 62704
Big Book West Cook Street Springfield
126.5 miles away from Shelbyville, Missouri
2101 Cleveland Boulevard, Granite City, Illinois 62040
Back To Basics Group Granite City
126.7 miles away from Shelbyville, Missouri
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Shelbyville, 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.