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There are 8 AA meetings in Alton, IL across 8 locations and 6 days a week. Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are free and confidential, and open to anyone with a desire to stop drinking. Use the schedule below to find local and online AA meetings in Alton by day, time, and format, with directions to each.
Across Alton, Monday is the busiest day for AA meetings, and evening (5–9 PM) sessions are the most common. About 38% of groups (3) offer an online or hybrid option, while in-person groups meet across 8 venues in and around the city.
Common formats include Discussion, Closed, and Literature meetings. If nothing nearby fits your schedule, Edwardsville (12 mi) and Hazelwood (15 mi) also have listed meetings within driving range.
Handicap accessible 1st-O/SP 3rd-BB, 4&5-CD Phone: (312)626-6799 Meeting ID: 933 968 5861 Password: 9GUodZ Online: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9339685861?pwd=UDE5Q1Bnbzc0UWliUTRJaXZqMXh4UT09
Handicap accessible Meeting ID: 82311180141 Dial-in number: (312)626-6799, or you can tap the join by phone button below.
Coffee provided snacks & soda available All recovery welcome Doors open 4:45 pm
Meeting ID: 241 897 169 Password: 024925
First Monday -Speaker meeting Third Monday - Joe and Charlie study Coffee provides snacks & soda available All recovery welcome Doors open 5:45 pm
Last Monday of each month is Open Speaker Meeting
Zoom only.
Drop the Rock the Ripple Effect
Joe and Charlie CD's study
(Downstairs)
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This directory lists 8 AA meetings across 8 locations in Alton, Illinois, spanning a range of days, times, and formats so you can find one that fits your schedule.
Whether it's your first meeting or your hundredth, Alton's AA community makes room for everyone.
AA is peer support. Some people also work with:
For official AA information, visit aa.org.
This directory lists 8 AA meetings in Alton, IL at 8 venues. AA meetings are free and Alcoholics Anonymous is self supporting, so there is no fee, no insurance check, and no intake form. AA is not treatment and does not provide detox, medical care, or housing. Those are separate services, and knowing which is which is the difference between getting the right help and getting none.
Five things are commonly confused with each other. They differ in who supervises them, whether you live there, and how they are paid for.
| Option | What it is | Medically supervised | How it is paid for |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA meetings | Free peer support groups, in person and online | No | Free, self supporting through member contributions |
| Detox | Short term medically supervised detox while alcohol leaves the body | Yes | Health service or paid, depending on the provider |
| Residential treatment | Inpatient or residential treatment, living on site for a set period | Yes | Health service, insurance, or self funded |
| Outpatient treatment | Outpatient and intensive outpatient programmes, structured sessions while living at home | Usually | Health service, insurance, or self funded |
| Sober living | Sober living homes and recovery residences, shared abstinent housing with house rules | No | Usually rent paid by the resident |
Not always, and this is the one thing on this page worth reading twice. Stopping suddenly after heavy daily drinking can cause withdrawal that ranges from uncomfortable to genuinely dangerous, which is why medically supervised detox exists as a service distinct from counselling or rehab. If you drink heavily every day, the safe order is to speak to a doctor or a withdrawal service first, then use meetings to hold the ground you gain. This is the published position of SAMHSA, not advice from this directory.
Sober living homes and recovery residences are shared homes where everyone living there is staying sober, usually with house rules, curfews, and required meeting attendance. It is housing, not treatment, and not medical care. People commonly move in after residential treatment, or when going home would mean returning to the circumstances the drinking grew in. Residents in Illinois typically attend local AA meetings as part of the house agreement, which is where a schedule like the one on this page stops being abstract.
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Alton is located in Madison County, part of the broader Illinois AA network. This directory covers AA meetings throughout Madison County, with times, locations, formats, and accessibility details for each.
Madison County has a wide range of AA meetings: open and closed formats, speaker meetings, step studies, and groups for specific demographics. Morning, evening, and weekend slots are available throughout the county.
Many people in Alton attend meetings in neighboring communities within Madison County simply because a particular group suits them better. County-level intergroups and central offices also coordinate schedules, run 24-hour phone lines, and connect people with local AA resources.
More meetings nearby: Use the filters above to search by day, time, format, and type. You can also browse the Illinois AA meetings directory to find groups in other cities throughout Madison County and across the state.