43W808 Hughes Road, Elburn, Illinois 60119
Elburn Countryside Group
55.9 miles away from Malden, Illinois
1976 Illinois 25, Oswego, Illinois 60543
Angels Gather Here
56.1 miles away from Malden, Illinois
201 West Chicago Street, Morton, Illinois 61550
Morton Stone Jug
56.6 miles away from Malden, Illinois
706 1st Street, Coal Valley, Illinois 61240
Coal Valley
56.6 miles away from Malden, Illinois
155 Boulder Hill Pass, Montgomery, Illinois 60538
Church of the Brethren Thurs AA
56.7 miles away from Malden, Illinois
6805 East McArdle Road, Coal City, Illinois 60416
(12X12) Topic Discussion
56.7 miles away from Malden, Illinois
63 Fernwood Road, Montgomery, Illinois 60538
Virtual Saturday Niters Group
57.1 miles away from Malden, Illinois
10 North Edgelawn Drive, Aurora, Illinois 60506
In Person weather permitting Eye Openers Group
57.2 miles away from Malden, Illinois
205 West Church Street, Minooka, Illinois 60447
H.O.W. Group
57.3 miles away from Malden, Illinois
4910 4th Avenue, Moline, Illinois 61265
House Group
57.3 miles away from Malden, Illinois
1233 Douglas Road, Oswego, Illinois 60543
Big Book on the Prairie
57.6 miles away from Malden, Illinois
309 East Jefferson Street, Gardner, Illinois 60424
Gardner Big Book Study
57.7 miles away from Malden, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Malden, 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.