40 Center Street, Elgin, Illinois 60120
Elgin Wednesday Night Eastside Group
17.8 miles away from Lombard, Illinois
11512 South Normandy Avenue, Worth, Illinois 60482
12 Steps Worth
17.8 miles away from Lombard, Illinois
4454 North Damen Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60625
12 Step House
17.8 miles away from Lombard, Illinois
2095 Landwehr Road, Northbrook, Illinois 60062
Big Book Study Meeting Northbrook
17.9 miles away from Lombard, Illinois
36 Highland Avenue, Elgin, Illinois 60124
Womens New Beginnings
18 miles away from Lombard, Illinois
2311 North Southport Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60614
St. Josaphats Wednesday Night Big Book Discussion Meeting
18 miles away from Lombard, Illinois
4900 North Damen Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60625
Between the Covers Beginners Meeting
18 miles away from Lombard, Illinois
1150 West Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607
West Loop Big Book
18.1 miles away from Lombard, Illinois
9358 South Homan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60652
The Zoo Chicago
18.3 miles away from Lombard, Illinois
2100 North Sheffield Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60614
AA Step and Tradition
18.4 miles away from Lombard, Illinois
1650 West Foster Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60640
Pass It On Chicago
18.5 miles away from Lombard, Illinois
2701 North Sheffield Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60614
St Georges Group
18.6 miles away from Lombard, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Lombard, 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.