700 East 9th Street, Lockport, Illinois 60441
Big Book Believers
22.7 miles away from Batavia, Illinois
925 East 9th Street, Lockport, Illinois 60441
Beginners Group Lockport
22.7 miles away from Batavia, Illinois
301 East Lincoln Avenue, Barrington, Illinois 60010
Wednesday Night Beginners
22.7 miles away from Batavia, Illinois
1620 Plainfield Road, Crest Hill, Illinois 60435
Men's Meeting
22.8 miles away from Batavia, Illinois
203 South Kensington Avenue, La Grange, Illinois 60525
LaGrange 12 Step Group
22.8 miles away from Batavia, Illinois
312 South Cook Street, Barrington, Illinois 60010
Sunday Morning Mixed Bag
22.8 miles away from Batavia, Illinois
11628 Main Street, Huntley, Illinois 60142
Big Book Huntley
22.8 miles away from Batavia, Illinois
123 North Plum Grove Road, Palatine, Illinois 60067
Young Peoples Big Book Group
22.8 miles away from Batavia, Illinois
1111 Elmhurst Road, Des Plaines, Illinois 60016
Courage Group
22.9 miles away from Batavia, Illinois
401 East Main Street, Barrington, Illinois 60010
Sunday Night Big Book
23 miles away from Batavia, Illinois
120 Ela Street, Barrington, Illinois 60010
Saturday Morning Men
23 miles away from Batavia, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Batavia, 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.