200 Mohawk Trail, Lake Zurich, Illinois 60047
Lake Zurich Early Birds
23.8 miles away from Hillside, Illinois
11100 2nd Street, Mokena, Illinois 60448
Our Primary Purpose Big Book Mokena
23.8 miles away from Hillside, Illinois
659 South River Street, Aurora, Illinois 60506
Happy Hour Group Aurora
23.8 miles away from Hillside, Illinois
732 Prairie Street, Aurora, Illinois 60506
Luigis Sat AA
23.9 miles away from Hillside, Illinois
701 North Randall Road, Aurora, Illinois 60506
Monday Starter Group
24.1 miles away from Hillside, Illinois
215 Thomas More Drive, Elgin, Illinois 60123
Fellowship Group Elgin
24.2 miles away from Hillside, Illinois
19852 Wolf Road, Mokena, Illinois 60448
Breakfast Open Speaker Meeting
24.2 miles away from Hillside, Illinois
1735 Highland Avenue, Elgin, Illinois 60123
Open Big Book Study
24.2 miles away from Hillside, Illinois
1735 West Highland Avenue, Elgin, Illinois 60123
Westside Fellowship
24.2 miles away from Hillside, Illinois
1703 North Broadway Street, Crest Hill, Illinois 60403
Fellowship Club of Will County
24.3 miles away from Hillside, Illinois
77 North Airlite Street, Elgin, Illinois 60123
Sunday Morning Unity Group
24.4 miles away from Hillside, Illinois
1647 Ravine Lane, Carpentersville, Illinois 60110
Tuesday Night Group (123511)
24.4 miles away from Hillside, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Hillside, 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.