215 Thomas More Drive, Elgin, Illinois 60123
Fellowship Group Elgin
6.4 miles away from Carpentersville, Illinois
1735 Highland Avenue, Elgin, Illinois 60123
Open Big Book Study
6.5 miles away from Carpentersville, Illinois
1735 West Highland Avenue, Elgin, Illinois 60123
Westside Fellowship
6.5 miles away from Carpentersville, Illinois
500 Saint Charles Street, Elgin, Illinois 60120
Friday Noon 12 & 12
6.6 miles away from Carpentersville, Illinois
330 Griswold Street, Elgin, Illinois 60123
Early Bird Group
6.6 miles away from Carpentersville, Illinois
312 South Cook Street, Barrington, Illinois 60010
Sunday Morning Mixed Bag
6.6 miles away from Carpentersville, Illinois
500 North 1st Street, Cary, Illinois 60013
Step Group Cary
6.6 miles away from Carpentersville, Illinois
12N462 Tina Trail, Elgin, Illinois 60124
Wednesday Westside Grapevine
6.7 miles away from Carpentersville, Illinois
675 Varsity Drive, Elgin, Illinois 60120
Big Book & Discussion Meeting
6.7 miles away from Carpentersville, Illinois
301 East Lincoln Avenue, Barrington, Illinois 60010
Wednesday Night Beginners
6.7 miles away from Carpentersville, Illinois
450 Illinois 22, Barrington, Illinois 60010
Sunday Morning Newcomers
6.7 miles away from Carpentersville, Illinois
120 Ela Street, Barrington, Illinois 60010
Saturday Morning Men
6.8 miles away from Carpentersville, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Carpentersville, 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.