330 West Golf Road, Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005
Monday Nite Mixed
53.1 miles away from Portage, Indiana
916 East Central Road, Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005
AM Group
53.2 miles away from Portage, Indiana
805 River Street, Wilmington, Illinois 60481
53.2 miles away from Portage, Indiana
805 River Street, Wilmington, Illinois 60481
53.2 miles away from Portage, Indiana
805 River Street, Wilmington, Illinois 60481
53.2 miles away from Portage, Indiana
24035 Riverwalk Court, Plainfield, Illinois 60544
Breaking Chains
53.2 miles away from Portage, Indiana
741 Sanders Road, Northbrook, Illinois 60062
Tuesday Night Step
53.2 miles away from Portage, Indiana
1621 East 3rd Street, Mishawaka, Indiana 46544
Birds of a Feather Group - 37
53.2 miles away from Portage, Indiana
907 Luther Drive, Wilmington, Illinois 60481
Who Cares Group
53.3 miles away from Portage, Indiana
6528 East Main Street, Eau Claire, Michigan 49111
Eau Claire Group
53.3 miles away from Portage, Indiana
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Portage, Indiana 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.