119 West Wise Road, Schaumburg, Illinois 60193
Big Book Priority Discussion
55.3 miles away from Portage, Indiana
3201 Meadow Drive, Rolling Meadows, Illinois 60008
Village Group
55.4 miles away from Portage, Indiana
1365 South Ridge Road, Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Friday in the Park
56 miles away from Portage, Indiana
130 South Roselle Road, Schaumburg, Illinois 60193
NW Suburbs Quad A
56.1 miles away from Portage, Indiana
105 North Ohio Street, Remington, Indiana 47977
Watertower Group
56.3 miles away from Portage, Indiana
3000 Liberty Street, Aurora, Illinois 60502
Virtual Fireside Chat
56.5 miles away from Portage, Indiana
325 Illinois Boulevard, Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60169
Big Book Lead Discussion
56.7 miles away from Portage, Indiana
2775 West 1500 South, Kentland, Indiana 47951
Kentland Group
56.8 miles away from Portage, Indiana
887 East Wilmette Road, Palatine, Illinois 60074
630 am Meeting
56.8 miles away from Portage, Indiana
205 West Church Street, Minooka, Illinois 60447
H.O.W. Group
56.9 miles away from Portage, Indiana
431 North Beech Road, Osceola, Indiana 46561
Odd Couple
56.9 miles away from Portage, Indiana
822 Springinsguth Road, Schaumburg, Illinois 60193
St Marcellines Step and Discusion
57.2 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.