1650 West Foster Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60640
Pass It On Chicago
16.1 miles away from Deerfield, Illinois
400 North Walnut Street, Itasca, Illinois 60143
Whistle Stop
16.1 miles away from Deerfield, Illinois
207 East Center Street, Itasca, Illinois 60143
Monday Night 12 and 12
16.1 miles away from Deerfield, Illinois
7525 West Belmont Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60707
Step
16.2 miles away from Deerfield, Illinois
4900 North Damen Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60625
Between the Covers Beginners Meeting
16.2 miles away from Deerfield, Illinois
200 Barrington Road, Wauconda, Illinois 60084
Big Book Wauconda
16.2 miles away from Deerfield, Illinois
4953 West Addison Street, Chicago, Illinois 60641
Speaker Meeting Chicago
16.3 miles away from Deerfield, Illinois
5244 North Lakewood Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60640
Andersonville Big Book Study
16.3 miles away from Deerfield, Illinois
100 North Main Street, Wauconda, Illinois 60084
Winners And Beginners 12 And 12
16.4 miles away from Deerfield, Illinois
111 South Church Street, Wauconda, Illinois 60084
Closed Polish
16.4 miles away from Deerfield, Illinois
420 West County Line Road, Barrington, Illinois 60010
Barr Pals
16.4 miles away from Deerfield, Illinois
26238 Illinois Route 59, Wauconda, Illinois 60084
No Human Power
16.5 miles away from Deerfield, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Deerfield, 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.