10040 Grand Avenue, Franklin Park, Illinois 60131
Sundowners
18.2 miles away from Bannockburn, Illinois
405 West State Road, Island Lake, Illinois 60042
How and Why Meeting
18.3 miles away from Bannockburn, Illinois
4454 North Damen Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60625
12 Step House
18.6 miles away from Bannockburn, Illinois
500 North 1st Street, Cary, Illinois 60013
Step Group Cary
19 miles away from Bannockburn, Illinois
220 East Lake Street, Addison, Illinois 60101
Nueva Luz daily
19.1 miles away from Bannockburn, Illinois
1233 West Holtz Avenue, Addison, Illinois 60101
Slow Learners
19.3 miles away from Bannockburn, Illinois
1800 Irving Park Road, Hanover Park, Illinois 60133
Fellowship Group Hanover Park
19.4 miles away from Bannockburn, Illinois
130 Venice Road, Lakemoor, Illinois 60050
Laughing Waters 12 and 12
19.4 miles away from Bannockburn, Illinois
3212 South Riverdale Road, McHenry, Illinois 60051
Burtons Bridge Group
19.5 miles away from Bannockburn, Illinois
2023 Illinois 176, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014
Three Legacies Group
19.6 miles away from Bannockburn, Illinois
960 Army Trail Boulevard, Addison, Illinois 60101
Sunshine Group Addison
19.7 miles away from Bannockburn, Illinois
6900 Barrington Road, Hanover Park, Illinois 60133
Hangover in Hanover
19.7 miles away from Bannockburn, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Bannockburn, Illinois 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.