4704 West Irving Park Road, Chicago, Illinois 60641
The Breakfast Table
10.3 miles away from Northfield, Illinois
4704 West Irving Park Road, Chicago, Illinois 60641
Thursday Night Big Book Study
10.3 miles away from Northfield, Illinois
4900 North Damen Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60625
Between the Covers Beginners Meeting
10.3 miles away from Northfield, Illinois
3938 West Belle Plaine Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60618
Martha Mens Meeting
10.3 miles away from Northfield, Illinois
5244 North Lakewood Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60640
Andersonville Big Book Study
10.4 miles away from Northfield, Illinois
305 North Dunton Avenue, Arlington Heights, Illinois 60004
Step Sisters Arlington Heights
10.4 miles away from Northfield, Illinois
6850 West Addison Street, Chicago, Illinois 60634
Cellar Dwellers Chicago
10.7 miles away from Northfield, Illinois
4953 West Addison Street, Chicago, Illinois 60641
Speaker Meeting Chicago
10.7 miles away from Northfield, Illinois
4454 North Damen Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60625
12 Step House
10.8 miles away from Northfield, Illinois
801 Lake Road, Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Lake Forest Beach Meeting
10.8 miles away from Northfield, Illinois
330 West Golf Road, Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005
Monday Nite Mixed
11.1 miles away from Northfield, Illinois
400 East Westminster, Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Mens Discussion
11.1 miles away from Northfield, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Northfield, 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.