1735 West Highland Avenue, Elgin, Illinois 60123
Westside Fellowship
37.7 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
123 South County Line Road, Maple Park, Illinois 60151
Big Book First 164 Group
37.7 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
214 South Court Street, Crown Point, Indiana 46307
The Steps We Took
37.9 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
916 East Central Road, Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005
AM Group
37.9 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
1001 West 73rd Avenue, Merrillville, Indiana 46410
Northwest - 11
38 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
100 North River Road, Des Plaines, Illinois 60016
Old Fashioned Compassion
38 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
520 East Commercial Avenue, Lowell, Indiana 46356
Rockstars in Recovery -
38 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
5244 North Lakewood Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60640
Andersonville Big Book Study
38 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
5885 Harrison Street, Merrillville, Indiana 46410
Merillville Group - 11
38.1 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
5157 Harrison Street, Gary, Indiana 46408
Serenity Seekers
38.1 miles away from Joliet, Illinois
801 West 73rd Avenue, Merrillville, Indiana 46410
Merrillville Big Book - 11
38.2 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.