221 North Main Street, Belvidere, Illinois 61008
Belvidere Travelers Rest Group
24.9 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
129 Fremont Street, West Chicago, Illinois 60185
5 59 Half Big Book Meeting
25 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
3000 Liberty Street, Aurora, Illinois 60502
Virtual Fireside Chat
25.3 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
1647 Ravine Lane, Carpentersville, Illinois 60110
Tuesday Night Group (123511)
25.7 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
100 Hanson Road, Algonquin, Illinois 60102
173028
25.9 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
2028 North State Street, Belvidere, Illinois 61008
Belvidere Bridge Group
26 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
415 West North Avenue, Bartlett, Illinois 60103
No Nonsense Group
26.2 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
1217 Wolf’s Crossing Road, Oswego, Illinois 60543
Wheatland Salem Thurs AA
26.2 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
109 Washington Street, Algonquin, Illinois 60102
126928
26.4 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
111 South Hubbard Street, Algonquin, Illinois 60102
689268
26.6 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
28W770 Warrenville Road, Warrenville, Illinois 60555
Still Small Voice
26.8 miles away from Cortland, Illinois
18 West Streamwood Boulevard, Streamwood, Illinois 60107
26.9 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.