2442 West Moffat Street, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Silent Recovery
35.8 miles away from Rockdale, Illinois
18 West Streamwood Boulevard, Streamwood, Illinois 60107
35.8 miles away from Rockdale, Illinois
18 West Streamwood Boulevard, Streamwood, Illinois 60107
Glimmer of Hope
35.8 miles away from Rockdale, Illinois
130 South Roselle Road, Schaumburg, Illinois 60193
NW Suburbs Quad A
35.9 miles away from Rockdale, Illinois
1025 East Ridge Road, Griffith, Indiana 46319
Griffith Nooner - 13
36.2 miles away from Rockdale, Illinois
4704 West Irving Park Road, Chicago, Illinois 60641
The Breakfast Table
36.3 miles away from Rockdale, Illinois
4704 West Irving Park Road, Chicago, Illinois 60641
Thursday Night Big Book Study
36.3 miles away from Rockdale, Illinois
750 South State Street, Elgin, Illinois 60123
People Rebuilding Group
36.3 miles away from Rockdale, Illinois
325 Illinois Boulevard, Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60169
Big Book Lead Discussion
36.3 miles away from Rockdale, Illinois
55 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601
The Returning Scholars
36.4 miles away from Rockdale, Illinois
675 Varsity Drive, Elgin, Illinois 60120
Big Book & Discussion Meeting
36.5 miles away from Rockdale, Illinois
65 East Huron Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611
Chicago Open Group
36.8 miles away from Rockdale, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Rockdale, 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.