9358 South Homan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60652
The Zoo Chicago
24.3 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
493 Forest Avenue, Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137
Glen Ellyn Wednesday Night
24.4 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
25 Winfield Road, Winfield, Illinois 60190
CDH Sunday Morning
24.4 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
350 East Madison Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148
Serenity Group Lombard
24.5 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
528 East Madison Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148
Online Lombard Kitchen Table Group
24.5 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
3435 Hollywood Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois 60513
Wednesday Night Castaways
24.5 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
155 East Brush Hill Road, Elmhurst, Illinois 60126
Couples in Recovery Group
24.6 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
1 Veteran's Drive, Manteno, Illinois 60950
Jolly Time Group
24.6 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
8050 North 4000E Road, Manteno, Illinois 60950
Jolly Time Mens Group
24.7 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
North Linden Street, Essex, Illinois 60935
Living Sober Group Essex
24.7 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
114 Waverly Street, Essex, Illinois 60935
Living Sober Essex
24.7 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.