802 East Geneva Road, Wheaton, Illinois 60187
Wheaton Sunday Night
16 miles away from Oak Park, Illinois
2095 Landwehr Road, Northbrook, Illinois 60062
Big Book Study Meeting Northbrook
16.3 miles away from Oak Park, Illinois
1101 Kimberly Way, Lisle, Illinois 60532
43 Step Sisters Promises and Prayers
16.5 miles away from Oak Park, Illinois
2700 75th Street, Woodridge, Illinois 60517
1st Nighters Group
16.5 miles away from Oak Park, Illinois
1809 Walters Avenue, Northbrook, Illinois 60062
16.8 miles away from Oak Park, Illinois
130 North West Street, Wheaton, Illinois 60187
This Is It Group
16.9 miles away from Oak Park, Illinois
121 North Douglas Avenue, Arlington Heights, Illinois 60004
Mens Reflections
16.9 miles away from Oak Park, Illinois
705 West Liberty Drive, Wheaton, Illinois 60187
Hope And Possibility
17.2 miles away from Oak Park, Illinois
305 North Dunton Avenue, Arlington Heights, Illinois 60004
Step Sisters Arlington Heights
17.2 miles away from Oak Park, Illinois
119 West Wise Road, Schaumburg, Illinois 60193
Big Book Priority Discussion
17.5 miles away from Oak Park, Illinois
13401 Wolf Road, Orland Park, Illinois 60467
Its Great To Be Alive
17.5 miles away from Oak Park, Illinois
427 West Army Trail Road, Bloomingdale, Illinois 60108
Friday Night Corner
17.5 miles away from Oak Park, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Oak Park, 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.