311 Depot Street, Antioch, Illinois 60002
Antioch Recovery Club
17.9 miles away from Oakwood Hills, Illinois
185 Bunker Hill Avenue, South Elgin, Illinois 60177
Faith Hope and Serenity
17.9 miles away from Oakwood Hills, Illinois
223 East Grove, Hampshire, Illinois 60140
Hampshire Oaks
17.9 miles away from Oakwood Hills, Illinois
6900 Barrington Road, Hanover Park, Illinois 60133
Hangover in Hanover
17.9 miles away from Oakwood Hills, Illinois
620 Wheeling Road, Wheeling, Illinois 60090
Great Start Meeting
18.1 miles away from Oakwood Hills, Illinois
624 Park Street, Genoa City, Wisconsin 53128
First Congregational United
18.2 miles away from Oakwood Hills, Illinois
11432 Fox River Road, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin 53181
United Methodist Church Twin Lakes
18.5 miles away from Oakwood Hills, Illinois
320 East Washington Street, Marengo, Illinois 60152
Marengo Recovery Group
18.5 miles away from Oakwood Hills, Illinois
119 West Wise Road, Schaumburg, Illinois 60193
Big Book Priority Discussion
18.6 miles away from Oakwood Hills, Illinois
916 East Central Road, Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005
AM Group
18.6 miles away from Oakwood Hills, Illinois
119 East Washington Street, Marengo, Illinois 60152
Misfits
18.7 miles away from Oakwood Hills, Illinois
203 West Washington Street, Marengo, Illinois 60152
The Warriors
18.8 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.