258 North Phelps Avenue, Rockford, Illinois 61108
Eastside H.O.W.
240.6 miles away from Gard, Illinois
7525 West Belmont Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60707
Step
240.6 miles away from Gard, Illinois
750 West Elk Grove Boulevard, Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007
Big Book Meeting Elk Grove Village
240.6 miles away from Gard, Illinois
9212 Taylorsville Road, Jeffersontown, Kentucky 40299
Women's Little Brick House Group
240.6 miles away from Gard, Illinois
18N377 Galligan Road, Gilberts, Illinois 60118
Big Book Meeting Gilberts
240.7 miles away from Gard, Illinois
680 West Elk Grove Boulevard, Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007
Friday Night Discussion
240.7 miles away from Gard, Illinois
2530 South Crysler Avenue, Independence, Missouri 64052
Englewood Winners
240.7 miles away from Gard, Illinois
150 Lions Drive, Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007
Original Thursday Night
240.7 miles away from Gard, Illinois
Riverwalk Drive, Portage, Indiana 46368
8th Hour Meeting Riverwalk Drive
240.8 miles away from Gard, Illinois
600 East Elk Grove Boulevard, Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007
60 Minutes Elk Grove Village
240.9 miles away from Gard, Illinois
1325 North Johnston Avenue, Rockford, Illinois 61101
West End Group
240.9 miles away from Gard, Illinois
475 West Higgins Road, Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60169
Sunday Morning Eye Opener
241 miles away from Gard, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Gard, 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.