55 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601
The Returning Scholars
34.3 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
400 West Spring Street, South Elgin, Illinois 60177
South Elgin Friday Night Fellowship
34.4 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
1025 East Ridge Road, Griffith, Indiana 46319
Griffith Nooner - 13
34.4 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
130 South Roselle Road, Schaumburg, Illinois 60193
NW Suburbs Quad A
34.6 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
65 East Huron Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611
Chicago Open Group
34.7 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
18 West Streamwood Boulevard, Streamwood, Illinois 60107
34.8 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
18 West Streamwood Boulevard, Streamwood, Illinois 60107
Glimmer of Hope
34.8 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
3938 West Belle Plaine Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60618
Martha Mens Meeting
34.9 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
2311 North Southport Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60614
St. Josaphats Wednesday Night Big Book Discussion Meeting
35 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
507 West North Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60610
Speaker Closed
35 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
507 West North Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60610
Steps Traditions Mechanical
35 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
325 Illinois Boulevard, Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60169
Big Book Lead Discussion
35 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.