5749 North Kenmore Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60660
Coming Alive
35 miles away from Batavia, Illinois
1301 North La Salle Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60610
Atomic Fireballs Literature and Discussion Group
35.2 miles away from Batavia, Illinois
11008 West Lincoln Highway, Frankfort, Illinois 60423
Valley View Big Book
35.2 miles away from Batavia, Illinois
429 Brainerd Avenue, Libertyville, Illinois 60048
United Methodist Church Libertyville
35.3 miles away from Batavia, Illinois
135 West Church Street, Libertyville, Illinois 60048
Libertyville Civic Center
35.3 miles away from Batavia, Illinois
125 West Church Street, Libertyville, Illinois 60048
A Way Out Step Big Book Tradition
35.3 miles away from Batavia, Illinois
1424 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610
Group 6
35.3 miles away from Batavia, Illinois
55 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601
The Returning Scholars
35.4 miles away from Batavia, Illinois
65 East Huron Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611
Chicago Open Group
35.5 miles away from Batavia, Illinois
1350 Illinois 137, Grayslake, Illinois 60030
Spiritual Kindergarten Grayslake
36 miles away from Batavia, Illinois
319 East 75th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60619
Evans Ave Early Birds
36.4 miles away from Batavia, Illinois
3015 North Bayview Lane, McHenry, Illinois 60051
Big Book North Bayview Lane McHenry
36.5 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.