123 South County Line Road, Maple Park, Illinois 60151
Big Book First 164 Group
4.5 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
43W808 Hughes Road, Elburn, Illinois 60119
Elburn Countryside Group
11.8 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
40W605 Illinois 38, Elburn, Illinois 60119
Thursday Night LaFox
14.5 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
223 East Grove, Hampshire, Illinois 60140
Hampshire Oaks
14.7 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
297 East Jefferson Street, Hampshire, Illinois 60140
Came to Believe Hampshire
14.9 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
39W411 Sulley Drive, Geneva, Illinois 60134
Bulletproof with God
15.9 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
176 South Main Street, Sugar Grove, Illinois 60554
Twelve and Twelve Group
16.8 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
36W925 Red Gate Road, St. Charles, Illinois 60175
Monday Pm Newcomers Group
18.1 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
1725 Dean Street, St. Charles, Illinois 60174
Dough Heads Group
18.2 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
2300 South Street, Geneva, Illinois 60134
Thursday Night Mens Group Geneva
18.3 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
3300 Encounter Lane, Elgin, Illinois 60124
Wednesday Night Serenity Group
18.6 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Cortland, 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.