319 East 75th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60619
Evans Ave Early Birds
64.9 miles away from Shabbona, Illinois
55 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601
The Returning Scholars
64.9 miles away from Shabbona, Illinois
2029 Hillview Drive, Chicago Heights, Illinois 60411
From Bridge to Shore Group Harbor Lights 2
65 miles away from Shabbona, Illinois
65 East Huron Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611
Chicago Open Group
65 miles away from Shabbona, Illinois
401 East 3rd Street, Manteno, Illinois 60950
New Hope
65.1 miles away from Shabbona, Illinois
3268 North Glenn Road, Bourbonnais, Illinois 60914
BLT Beginners
65.1 miles away from Shabbona, Illinois
110 West 1st Street, Kewanee, Illinois 61443
Henry County Group
65.2 miles away from Shabbona, Illinois
25130 85th Street, Salem, Wisconsin 53168
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
66.1 miles away from Shabbona, Illinois
434 West Moffitt Street, Chillicothe, Illinois 61523
Chillicothe Serenity AFG
66.2 miles away from Shabbona, Illinois
1 Veteran's Drive, Manteno, Illinois 60950
Jolly Time Group
66.5 miles away from Shabbona, Illinois
8050 North 4000E Road, Manteno, Illinois 60950
Jolly Time Mens Group
66.7 miles away from Shabbona, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Shabbona, 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.