3201 Meadow Drive, Rolling Meadows, Illinois 60008
Village Group
16.5 miles away from Oakwood Hills, Illinois
325 Illinois Boulevard, Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60169
Big Book Lead Discussion
16.8 miles away from Oakwood Hills, Illinois
5980 West Washington Street, Gurnee, Illinois 60031
Stonebridge Nooner
17 miles away from Oakwood Hills, Illinois
1800 Irving Park Road, Hanover Park, Illinois 60133
Fellowship Group Hanover Park
17.1 miles away from Oakwood Hills, Illinois
130 South Roselle Road, Schaumburg, Illinois 60193
NW Suburbs Quad A
17.3 miles away from Oakwood Hills, Illinois
305 North Dunton Avenue, Arlington Heights, Illinois 60004
Step Sisters Arlington Heights
17.4 miles away from Oakwood Hills, Illinois
822 Springinsguth Road, Schaumburg, Illinois 60193
St Marcellines Step and Discusion
17.5 miles away from Oakwood Hills, Illinois
557 Lake Street, Antioch, Illinois 60002
St. Peter Catholic Church
17.5 miles away from Oakwood Hills, Illinois
400 West Spring Street, South Elgin, Illinois 60177
South Elgin Friday Night Fellowship
17.6 miles away from Oakwood Hills, Illinois
415 West North Avenue, Bartlett, Illinois 60103
No Nonsense Group
17.6 miles away from Oakwood Hills, Illinois
121 North Douglas Avenue, Arlington Heights, Illinois 60004
Mens Reflections
17.7 miles away from Oakwood Hills, Illinois
297 East Jefferson Street, Hampshire, Illinois 60140
Came to Believe Hampshire
17.7 miles away from Oakwood Hills, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Oakwood Hills, 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.