1150 West Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607
West Loop Big Book
21.4 miles away from Medinah, Illinois
25 West Custer Street, Lemont, Illinois 60439
Lemont Boondocks
21.4 miles away from Medinah, Illinois
93 Berkshire Drive, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014
One Day at a Time
21.5 miles away from Medinah, Illinois
215 East Logan Street, Lemont, Illinois 60439
Back to Basics Group
21.5 miles away from Medinah, Illinois
659 South River Street, Aurora, Illinois 60506
Happy Hour Group Aurora
21.5 miles away from Medinah, Illinois
1711 North Cleveland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60614
NBS Step Study
21.6 miles away from Medinah, Illinois
507 West North Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60610
Speaker Closed
21.6 miles away from Medinah, Illinois
507 West North Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60610
Steps Traditions Mechanical
21.6 miles away from Medinah, Illinois
5650 Northwest Highway, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014
Closed Meeting Crystal Lake
21.7 miles away from Medinah, Illinois
10 North Edgelawn Drive, Aurora, Illinois 60506
In Person weather permitting Eye Openers Group
21.7 miles away from Medinah, Illinois
125 West Church Street, Libertyville, Illinois 60048
A Way Out Step Big Book Tradition
21.8 miles away from Medinah, Illinois
135 West Church Street, Libertyville, Illinois 60048
Libertyville Civic Center
21.8 miles away from Medinah, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Medinah, 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.