5980 West Washington Street, Gurnee, Illinois 60031
Stonebridge Nooner
36.1 miles away from St. Charles, Illinois
137 South State Street, Belvidere, Illinois 61008
Una Nueva Vida
36.2 miles away from St. Charles, Illinois
103 North State Street, Belvidere, Illinois 61008
Belvidere Alano Club
36.3 miles away from St. Charles, Illinois
221 North Main Street, Belvidere, Illinois 61008
Belvidere Travelers Rest Group
36.4 miles away from St. Charles, Illinois
25480 West Cedar Crest Lane, Lake Villa, Illinois 60046
Gateway House
36.5 miles away from St. Charles, Illinois
319 East 75th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60619
Evans Ave Early Birds
37.2 miles away from St. Charles, Illinois
1822 East Grand Avenue, Lindenhurst, Illinois 60046
Lindenhurst Step Discussion
37.2 miles away from St. Charles, Illinois
295 West Sauk Trail, Frankfort, Illinois 60423
Saturday Morning Meeting Grapevine
37.6 miles away from St. Charles, Illinois
2028 North State Street, Belvidere, Illinois 61008
Belvidere Bridge Group
37.7 miles away from St. Charles, Illinois
335 East North Street, Manhattan, Illinois 60442
Manhattan Kitchen Table Group
37.8 miles away from St. Charles, Illinois
11008 West Lincoln Highway, Frankfort, Illinois 60423
Valley View Big Book
38.2 miles away from St. Charles, Illinois
207 East Brainard Street, Harvard, Illinois 60033
Grupo Doce Promesas
38.3 miles away from St. Charles, Illinois
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in St. Charles, 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.