2001 Butterfield Road, Downers Grove, Illinois 60515
Acceptance Group
21.2 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
2029 Hillview Drive, Chicago Heights, Illinois 60411
From Bridge to Shore Group Harbor Lights 2
21.2 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
2218 Hutchison Road, Flossmoor, Illinois 60422
The Optimists group
21.3 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
8607 Narragansett Avenue, Burbank, Illinois 60459
Day of rest
21.4 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
1820 Church Road, Aurora, Illinois 60505
Do or Die Group
21.5 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
680 South Park Boulevard, Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137
Friday Night 12 And 12 Glen Ellyn
21.5 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
249 Illinois 53, Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137
Midweek Serenity
21.5 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
1801 35th Street, Oak Brook, Illinois 60523
Caring and Sharing Group
21.6 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
620 North Oak Street, Hinsdale, Illinois 60521
Sober Not Somber Group
21.6 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
17929 Gottschalk Avenue, Homewood, Illinois 60430
rise and shine
21.8 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
3100 Midwest Road, Oak Brook, Illinois 60523
God House Group
21.8 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
1771 Wiesbrook Road South, Wheaton, Illinois 60189
New Hope Big Book
21.9 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Joliet, 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.