1301 North La Salle Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60610
Atomic Fireballs Literature and Discussion Group
35.1 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
1419 North North Park Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60610
Group 9 Mens
35.1 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
2100 North Sheffield Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60614
AA Step and Tradition
35.1 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
326 West Chippewa Street, Dwight, Illinois 60420
Dwight 12 & 12
35.2 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
1711 North Cleveland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60614
NBS Step Study
35.2 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
2958 North Damen Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60618
Common Solution
35.2 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
1006 Gillick Street, Park Ridge, Illinois 60068
Early Birds Park Ridge
35.2 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
1424 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610
Group 6
35.3 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
701 South Columbia Street, Dwight, Illinois 60420
Dwights Big Book Study
35.3 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
6240 North Avondale Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60631
The First Stop
35.4 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
5106 North La Crosse Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60630
Spiritual Beginners Group
35.5 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
6040 West Ardmore Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60646
Alive and Grateful
35.5 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.