535 Custer Avenue, Evanston, Illinois 60202
Cuckoos Nest
24.5 miles away from Darien, Illinois
500 Saint Charles Street, Elgin, Illinois 60120
Friday Noon 12 & 12
24.5 miles away from Darien, Illinois
750 South State Street, Elgin, Illinois 60123
People Rebuilding Group
24.5 miles away from Darien, Illinois
995 Bode Road, Elgin, Illinois 60120
It's About Change (697035)
24.6 miles away from Darien, Illinois
1845 Stanton Avenue, Whiting, Indiana 46394
Plymouth Rock
24.6 miles away from Darien, Illinois
887 East Wilmette Road, Palatine, Illinois 60074
630 am Meeting
24.7 miles away from Darien, Illinois
40W605 Illinois 38, Elburn, Illinois 60119
Thursday Night LaFox
24.8 miles away from Darien, Illinois
1125 Summit Street, Elgin, Illinois 60120
12 12 12 And More
24.9 miles away from Darien, Illinois
2505 Indiana Avenue, Lansing, Illinois 60438
Final Frontier
25 miles away from Darien, Illinois
5314 Hohman Avenue, Hammond, Indiana 46320
New Salt Pile - 3
25 miles away from Darien, Illinois
205 West Church Street, Minooka, Illinois 60447
H.O.W. Group
25.1 miles away from Darien, Illinois
330 Griswold Street, Elgin, Illinois 60123
Early Bird Group
25.1 miles away from Darien, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Darien, 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.