500 Saint Charles Street, Elgin, Illinois 60120
Friday Noon 12 & 12
22.7 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
609 East New York Street, Aurora, Illinois 60505
Sunday Morning Spanish AA
22.9 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
140 South Church Road, Rochelle, Illinois 61068
Kings Step Study
23 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
63 Fernwood Road, Montgomery, Illinois 60538
Virtual Saturday Niters Group
23 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
10547 Faiths Way, Huntley, Illinois 60142
Faiths Way
23 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
203 West Washington Street, Marengo, Illinois 60152
The Warriors
23.1 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
119 East Washington Street, Marengo, Illinois 60152
Misfits
23.1 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
320 East Washington Street, Marengo, Illinois 60152
Marengo Recovery Group
23.1 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
155 Boulder Hill Pass, Montgomery, Illinois 60538
Church of the Brethren Thurs AA
23.1 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
900 South 8th Street, West Dundee, Illinois 60118
Saturday Morning Little Red Door Group (148142)
23.5 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
1976 Illinois 25, Oswego, Illinois 60543
Angels Gather Here
23.6 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
675 Varsity Drive, Elgin, Illinois 60120
Big Book & Discussion Meeting
23.6 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.