333 Madison Street, Joliet, Illinois 60435
Help Bridge the Gap
8.7 miles away from Elwood, Illinois
265 Republic Avenue, Joliet, Illinois 60435
Captains Table As Bill Sees It Main Room
8.7 miles away from Elwood, Illinois
205 West Church Street, Minooka, Illinois 60447
H.O.W. Group
8.7 miles away from Elwood, Illinois
611 East Cass Street, Joliet, Illinois 60432
Friday Afternoon Group
8.9 miles away from Elwood, Illinois
500 Wilcox Street, Joliet, Illinois 60435
St Francis Sunday Open Meeting
9 miles away from Elwood, Illinois
1718 Avalon Avenue, Joliet, Illinois 60435
Grace New Beginnings
9 miles away from Elwood, Illinois
1910 Black Road, Joliet, Illinois 60435
Women's 12 x 12 Group
9.2 miles away from Elwood, Illinois
500 Gougar Road, New Lenox, Illinois 60451
Mixed Nuts
9.2 miles away from Elwood, Illinois
227 Ruby Street, Joliet, Illinois 60435
Dose Tradiciones Alcoholicos Anonimos
9.3 miles away from Elwood, Illinois
1090 South Cedar Road, New Lenox, Illinois 60451
Turning Point Group
9.9 miles away from Elwood, Illinois
305 West Black Road, Shorewood, Illinois 60404
New Hope Step Group
10 miles away from Elwood, Illinois
1620 Plainfield Road, Crest Hill, Illinois 60435
Men's Meeting
10.3 miles away from Elwood, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Elwood, 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.