1500 North Hoyne Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60622
Hoyne and LeMoyne Wednesday
33.6 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
600 East Elk Grove Boulevard, Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007
60 Minutes Elk Grove Village
33.7 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
4953 West Addison Street, Chicago, Illinois 60641
Speaker Meeting Chicago
33.7 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
680 West Elk Grove Boulevard, Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007
Friday Night Discussion
33.7 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
2442 West Moffat Street, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Silent Recovery
33.7 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
150 Lions Drive, Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007
Original Thursday Night
33.7 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
201 North Griffith Boulevard, Griffith, Indiana 46319
33.8 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
201 North Griffith Boulevard, Griffith, Indiana 46319
Nooner - 13
33.8 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
201 North Broad Street, Griffith, Indiana 46319
Rotating Format
33.9 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
4704 West Irving Park Road, Chicago, Illinois 60641
The Breakfast Table
34.3 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
4704 West Irving Park Road, Chicago, Illinois 60641
Thursday Night Big Book Study
34.3 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
185 Bunker Hill Avenue, South Elgin, Illinois 60177
Faith Hope and Serenity
34.3 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.