357 Division Street, Elgin, Illinois 60120
Second Shifters (614385)
28.2 miles away from Lincolnwood, Illinois
132 Park Avenue, Grayslake, Illinois 60030
Southsiders
28.3 miles away from Lincolnwood, Illinois
31 Park Avenue, Grayslake, Illinois 60030
Wildcard Meeting
28.3 miles away from Lincolnwood, Illinois
1310 Shepherd Drive, Naperville, Illinois 60565
Thursday Night Big Book Group
28.4 miles away from Lincolnwood, Illinois
400 Opatrny Drive, Fox River Grove, Illinois 60021
Cary Grove Step
28.4 miles away from Lincolnwood, Illinois
40 Center Street, Elgin, Illinois 60120
Elgin Wednesday Night Eastside Group
28.4 miles away from Lincolnwood, Illinois
73 South Riverside Drive, Elgin, Illinois 60120
Morning Serenity Elgin
28.5 miles away from Lincolnwood, Illinois
330 Griswold Street, Elgin, Illinois 60123
Early Bird Group
28.5 miles away from Lincolnwood, Illinois
36 Highland Avenue, Elgin, Illinois 60124
Womens New Beginnings
28.6 miles away from Lincolnwood, Illinois
2900 East Main Street, St. Charles, Illinois 60174
Early Birds Group
28.6 miles away from Lincolnwood, Illinois
750 South State Street, Elgin, Illinois 60123
People Rebuilding Group
28.7 miles away from Lincolnwood, Illinois
1106 West Chicago Avenue, East Chicago, Indiana 46312
Santa Maria
28.8 miles away from Lincolnwood, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Lincolnwood, 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.