Illinois AA Meetings

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9427 Total Meetings
430 Cities Covered
9427 Weekly Sessions

AA Meetings by City in Illinois

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Abingdon
4 Meetings
Addison
30 Meetings
Albion
1 Meetings
Aledo
10 Meetings
Algonquin
12 Meetings
Alhambra
2 Meetings
Alton
14 Meetings
Amboy
3 Meetings
Anna
4 Meetings
Antioch
46 Meetings
Arlington Heights
54 Meetings
Arthur
2 Meetings
Ashton
2 Meetings
Atlanta
2 Meetings
Aurora
86 Meetings
Barrington
31 Meetings
Bartlett
6 Meetings
Batavia
36 Meetings
Beecher
2 Meetings
Belleville
48 Meetings
Belvidere
29 Meetings
Bensenville
30 Meetings
Benton
2 Meetings
Berwyn
8 Meetings
Bethalto
2 Meetings
Bloomingdale
10 Meetings
Bloomington
129 Meetings
Blue Island
83 Meetings
Blue Mound
2 Meetings
Bolingbrook
28 Meetings
Bondville
2 Meetings
Bourbonnais
4 Meetings
Bradley
14 Meetings
Braidwood
1 Meetings
Breese
2 Meetings
Bridgeview
6 Meetings
Broadview
2 Meetings
Brookfield
22 Meetings
Buffalo Grove
4 Meetings
Bunker Hill
4 Meetings
Burbank
23 Meetings
Burr Ridge
22 Meetings
Bushnell
4 Meetings
Byron
4 Meetings
Calumet City
2 Meetings
Cambridge
2 Meetings
Campton Hills
43 Meetings
Canton
10 Meetings
Carbondale
32 Meetings
Carlinville
4 Meetings
Carlyle
4 Meetings
Carmi
8 Meetings
Carol Stream
2 Meetings
Carpentersville
4 Meetings
Carthage
16 Meetings
Cary
12 Meetings
Caseyville
2 Meetings
Centralia
6 Meetings
Champaign
76 Meetings
Charleston
9 Meetings
Chatham
8 Meetings
Chester
1 Meetings
Chicago
1921 Meetings
Chicago Heights
84 Meetings
Chicago Ridge
2 Meetings
Chillicothe
39 Meetings
Christopher
2 Meetings
Cicero
30 Meetings
Clarendon Hills
10 Meetings
Cleveland
2 Meetings
Clinton
4 Meetings
Coal City
2 Meetings
Coal Valley
2 Meetings
Collinsville
10 Meetings
Colona
2 Meetings
Columbia
5 Meetings
Cortland
2 Meetings
Coulterville
2 Meetings
Country Club Hills
3 Meetings
Crest Hill
99 Meetings
Crestwood
2 Meetings
Crete
4 Meetings
Creve Coeur
8 Meetings
Crystal Lake
105 Meetings
Custer Park
4 Meetings
Dahinda
4 Meetings
Danville
6 Meetings
Danville Township
2 Meetings
Darien
16 Meetings
Davis Junction
4 Meetings
DeKalb
38 Meetings
Decatur
58 Meetings
Deerfield
64 Meetings
Des Plaines
205 Meetings
Dixon
34 Meetings
Dolton
2 Meetings
Downers Grove
34 Meetings
Du Quoin
4 Meetings
Dupo
2 Meetings
Dwight
2 Meetings
East Alton
6 Meetings
East Moline
6 Meetings
East Peoria
27 Meetings
East Saint Louis
8 Meetings
East St. Louis
2 Meetings
Edwardsville
20 Meetings
Effingham
9 Meetings
El Paso
4 Meetings
Elburn
6 Meetings
Eldorado
2 Meetings
Elgin
118 Meetings
Elizabeth
4 Meetings
Elizabethtown
2 Meetings
Elk Grove Village
40 Meetings
Elmhurst
31 Meetings
Elsah
2 Meetings
Erie
2 Meetings
Essex
2 Meetings
Eureka
2 Meetings
Evanston
69 Meetings
Evergreen Park
4 Meetings
Fairfield
4 Meetings
Fairview Heights
2 Meetings
Farmer City
2 Meetings
Farmington
4 Meetings
Fieldon
2 Meetings
Flossmoor
8 Meetings
Ford Heights
2 Meetings
Forest Park
62 Meetings
Fox River Grove
2 Meetings
Frankfort
10 Meetings
Franklin Park
5 Meetings
Freeburg
2 Meetings
Freeport
34 Meetings
Fulton
2 Meetings
Galena
10 Meetings
Galesburg
59 Meetings
Gardner
4 Meetings
Geneseo
12 Meetings
Geneva
46 Meetings
Genoa
6 Meetings
German Valley
2 Meetings
Germantown Hills
6 Meetings
Gilberts
2 Meetings
Gillespie
2 Meetings
Gilman
2 Meetings
Girard
6 Meetings
Glen Carbon
10 Meetings
Glen Ellyn
36 Meetings
Glencoe
4 Meetings
Glendale Heights
2 Meetings
Glenview
61 Meetings
Glenwood
2 Meetings
Godfrey
2 Meetings
Golconda
2 Meetings
Goreville
2 Meetings
Granite City
17 Meetings
Granville
1 Meetings
Grayslake
21 Meetings
Gurnee
12 Meetings
Hampshire
8 Meetings
Hanover Park
22 Meetings
Hardin
2 Meetings
Harrisburg
8 Meetings
Harvard
38 Meetings
Harvey
9 Meetings
Havana
1 Meetings
Hebron
2 Meetings
Henry
8 Meetings
Herrin
4 Meetings
Heyworth
2 Meetings
Hickory Hills
3 Meetings
Highland
6 Meetings
Highland Park
68 Meetings
Highwood
4 Meetings
Hillsboro
3 Meetings
Hinckley
2 Meetings
Hinsdale
22 Meetings
Hoffman Estates
21 Meetings
Homer Glen
2 Meetings
Homewood
10 Meetings
Hopedale
2 Meetings
Hoyleton
2 Meetings
Huntley
30 Meetings
Ingleside
6 Meetings
Irving
7 Meetings
Island Lake
2 Meetings
Itasca
21 Meetings
Jacksonville
33 Meetings
Jerseyville
4 Meetings
Johnsburg
2 Meetings
Joliet
34 Meetings
Kankakee
55 Meetings
Kewanee
16 Meetings
Kildeer
2 Meetings
Kingston
4 Meetings
Kirkland
2 Meetings
Knoxville
2 Meetings
La Grange
36 Meetings
La Grange Park
3 Meetings
La Salle
30 Meetings
Lake Barrington
91 Meetings
Lake Bluff
2 Meetings
Lake Forest
31 Meetings
Lake Villa
54 Meetings
Lake Zurich
10 Meetings
Lake in the Hills
2 Meetings
Lakemoor
2 Meetings
Lanark
2 Meetings
Lansing
12 Meetings
Lawrenceville
2 Meetings
Le Roy
2 Meetings
Lemont
13 Meetings
Lewistown
4 Meetings
Libertyville
130 Meetings
Lincoln
12 Meetings
Lindenhurst
2 Meetings
Lisle
8 Meetings
Litchfield
3 Meetings
Lockport
12 Meetings
Lombard
41 Meetings
Long Grove
2 Meetings
Loves Park
18 Meetings
Lynwood
4 Meetings
Lyons
2 Meetings
Machesney Park
8 Meetings
Mackinaw
2 Meetings
Macomb
18 Meetings
Madison
2 Meetings
Mahomet
2 Meetings
Manhattan
2 Meetings
Manteno
10 Meetings
Maple Park
2 Meetings
Marengo
8 Meetings
Marion
7 Meetings
Marseilles
1 Meetings
Marshall
2 Meetings
Maryville
2 Meetings
Mascoutah
2 Meetings
Mason City
2 Meetings
Mattoon
5 Meetings
Maywood
22 Meetings
McHenry
62 Meetings
McLeansboro
2 Meetings
Melrose Park
6 Meetings
Mendota
9 Meetings
Metropolis
3 Meetings
Mettawa
6 Meetings
Midlothian
4 Meetings
Milan
43 Meetings
Minier
2 Meetings
Minooka
2 Meetings
Mokena
137 Meetings
Moline
47 Meetings
Momence
8 Meetings
Monmouth
8 Meetings
Montgomery
22 Meetings
Monticello
4 Meetings
Morris
26 Meetings
Morrison
11 Meetings
Morton
4 Meetings
Morton Grove
4 Meetings
Mount Carroll
4 Meetings
Mount Morris
2 Meetings
Mount Olive
2 Meetings
Mount Prospect
22 Meetings
Mount Sterling
6 Meetings
Mount Vernon
14 Meetings
Mount Zion
4 Meetings
Mulberry Grove
1 Meetings
Mundelein
18 Meetings
Murphysboro
2 Meetings
Naperville
185 Meetings
Nauvoo
2 Meetings
Neoga
1 Meetings
New Athens
2 Meetings
New Baden
4 Meetings
New Berlin
2 Meetings
New Boston
2 Meetings
New Lenox
8 Meetings
Niles
6 Meetings
Normal
2 Meetings
Norridge
1 Meetings
Northbrook
26 Meetings
Northfield
18 Meetings
Northlake
12 Meetings
O'Fallon
36 Meetings
Oak Brook
4 Meetings
Oak Forest
14 Meetings
Oak Lawn
28 Meetings
Oak Park
51 Meetings
Oakland
2 Meetings
Olney
3 Meetings
Olympia Fields
2 Meetings
Oquawka
4 Meetings
Orangeville
2 Meetings
Oregon
16 Meetings
Orion
2 Meetings
Orland Hills
4 Meetings
Orland Park
22 Meetings
Oswego
18 Meetings
Ottawa
22 Meetings
Palatine
216 Meetings
Palos Heights
8 Meetings
Palos Hills
21 Meetings
Palos Park
18 Meetings
Pana
5 Meetings
Park Ridge
17 Meetings
Pawnee
4 Meetings
Paxton
4 Meetings
Pecatonica
2 Meetings
Pekin
64 Meetings
Peoria
220 Meetings
Peoria Heights
2 Meetings
Peotone
2 Meetings
Peru
2 Meetings
Petersburg
4 Meetings
Pinckneyville
4 Meetings
Plainfield
30 Meetings
Plano
6 Meetings
Polo
4 Meetings
Pontiac
24 Meetings
Poplar Grove
4 Meetings
Port Byron
2 Meetings
Potomac
2 Meetings
Princeton
4 Meetings
Prophetstown
2 Meetings
Prospect Heights
4 Meetings
Quincy
54 Meetings
Rantoul
18 Meetings
Red Bud
2 Meetings
Richmond
4 Meetings
Richton Park
2 Meetings
River Forest
10 Meetings
River Grove
2 Meetings
Riverside
2 Meetings
Riverwoods
2 Meetings
Rochelle
8 Meetings
Rock Falls
28 Meetings
Rock Island
62 Meetings
Rockford
320 Meetings
Rockton
18 Meetings
Rolling Meadows
2 Meetings
Romeoville
4 Meetings
Roodhouse
4 Meetings
Roscoe
12 Meetings
Roselle
6 Meetings
Rosemont
2 Meetings
Round Lake
34 Meetings
Round Lake Beach
12 Meetings
Saint Elmo
1 Meetings
Saint Jacob
2 Meetings
Salem
4 Meetings
Sandwich
6 Meetings
Savanna
2 Meetings
Saybrook
2 Meetings
Schaumburg
27 Meetings
Schiller Park
2 Meetings
Sesser
2 Meetings
Shannon
4 Meetings
Shelbyville
4 Meetings
Shiloh
2 Meetings
Shorewood
10 Meetings
Skokie
1 Meetings
Somonauk
2 Meetings
South Elgin
4 Meetings
South Roxana
22 Meetings
Sparta
12 Meetings
Spring Valley
1 Meetings
Springfield
217 Meetings
St. Charles
36 Meetings
Sterling
54 Meetings
Stockton
2 Meetings
Streamwood
44 Meetings
Streator
14 Meetings
Sullivan
4 Meetings
Summit
10 Meetings
Swansea
6 Meetings
Sycamore
8 Meetings
Taylorville
10 Meetings
Thornton
2 Meetings
Tilton
4 Meetings
Tinley Park
24 Meetings
Tolono
2 Meetings
Trenton
2 Meetings
Troy
4 Meetings
Tuscola
2 Meetings
Union
2 Meetings
Urbana
10 Meetings
Vandalia
7 Meetings
Vernon Hills
4 Meetings
Vienna
2 Meetings
Villa Grove
2 Meetings
Villa Park
99 Meetings
Viola
2 Meetings
Virden
6 Meetings
Virginia
4 Meetings
Warrenville
10 Meetings
Washington
4 Meetings
Wataga
1 Meetings
Waterloo
6 Meetings
Waterman
4 Meetings
Watseka
6 Meetings
Watson
1 Meetings
Wauconda
18 Meetings
Waukegan
56 Meetings
Wayne City
2 Meetings
West Chicago
46 Meetings
West Dundee
10 Meetings
West Frankfort
2 Meetings
West Peoria
48 Meetings
Westchester
4 Meetings
Western Springs
2 Meetings
Westmont
68 Meetings
Wheaton
32 Meetings
Wheeling
54 Meetings
Wilmette
8 Meetings
Wilmington
4 Meetings
Winfield
13 Meetings
Winnetka
45 Meetings
Winthrop Harbor
28 Meetings
Wonder Lake
6 Meetings
Wood Dale
2 Meetings
Wood River
6 Meetings
Woodstock
62 Meetings
Worth
76 Meetings
Wyoming
4 Meetings
Yates City
2 Meetings
Yorkville
9 Meetings
Zeigler
2 Meetings

Most Popular Cities in Illinois

Chicago 1921 meetings Rockford 320 meetings Peoria 220 meetings Springfield 217 meetings Palatine 216 meetings

Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings Throughout Illinois

Welcome to the comprehensive directory of AA meetings in Illinois. With 9427 meetings spread across 430 cities and communities, Illinois offers extensive support for individuals seeking recovery from alcohol addiction. Whether you're in a major metropolitan area or a smaller town, you'll find AA meetings nearby to support your journey to sobriety.

Finding AA Support Across Illinois

Illinois's AA community is strong and welcoming, with meetings available seven days a week in virtually every corner of the state. From early morning meetings that help start your day with purpose to evening gatherings that provide support after work, Illinois's AA network ensures help is always available when you need it most.

Types of AA Meetings in Illinois

The diversity of AA meetings across Illinois ensures everyone can find a group that feels right for them:

  • Open Meetings: Welcome to anyone interested in learning about AA, including family and friends
  • Closed Meetings: For individuals with a desire to stop drinking
  • Speaker Meetings: Feature inspiring recovery stories from members
  • Discussion Meetings: Interactive format focusing on recovery topics
  • Step Meetings: Work through AA's 12 Steps systematically
  • Big Book Study Groups: Deep dive into AA's foundational text
  • Specialized Meetings: Including women's, men's, LGBTQ+, young people's, and professional groups
  • Online/Hybrid Meetings: Virtual options for remote participation

Major AA Communities in Illinois

While AA meetings are available throughout Illinois, several cities serve as major hubs for recovery support. These larger communities often offer multiple daily meetings, specialized groups, and additional recovery resources. Each city maintains its unique character while adhering to AA's time-tested principles and traditions.

Getting Started with AA in Illinois

Taking the first step toward recovery through AA in Illinois is easier than you might think. Simply choose a city from our directory, browse available meetings, and attend one that fits your schedule. There's no need to register, pay fees, or meet any requirements other than having a desire to stop drinking. Most newcomers find it helpful to arrive a few minutes early to their first meeting and let someone know they're new – you'll receive a warm welcome and helpful guidance.

The Illinois AA Recovery Community

Illinois's AA community is known for its warmth, dedication, and commitment to helping others achieve sobriety. With decades of combined experience, local groups have developed strong support networks that extend beyond meeting rooms. Many areas offer additional resources such as newcomer packets, sponsor lists, social events, and service opportunities that strengthen recovery and build lasting friendships.

Accessibility and Inclusivity

AA meetings throughout Illinois strive to be accessible to everyone. Many locations offer wheelchair accessibility, sign language interpretation, and other accommodations. Specialized meetings cater to specific populations, ensuring everyone can find a comfortable space for their recovery journey. The only requirement for AA membership is a desire to stop drinking – all are welcome regardless of background, beliefs, or circumstances.

Support Beyond Meetings

While regular meeting attendance is central to many members' recovery, Illinois's AA community offers support that extends beyond the meeting room. Sponsorship provides one-on-one guidance through the 12 Steps, while fellowship activities create sober social connections. Many groups organize events, workshops, and conferences that strengthen recovery and build community throughout the state.

Frequently Asked Questions About AA in Illinois

How many AA meetings are available in Illinois?
There are 9427 AA meetings available across Illinois, covering 430 cities and towns. Meetings are held daily throughout the state with various formats to meet different recovery needs.
Which cities in Illinois have AA meetings?
AA meetings are available in 430 cities across Illinois, including major metropolitan areas and smaller communities. Each city offers multiple meeting options with different times, days, and formats. Browse our city directory above to find meetings in your area.
Are AA meetings in Illinois free?
Yes, all AA meetings in Illinois are completely free to attend. There are no dues or fees for AA membership. Groups are self-supporting through voluntary contributions, but donations are never required.
What types of AA meetings are available in Illinois?
Illinois offers various AA meeting types including: Open meetings, Closed meetings, Discussion groups, Speaker meetings, Step meetings, Big Book studies, Women's meetings, Men's meetings, Young People's meetings, LGBTQ+ meetings, and specialized recovery groups.
Do I need to be a Illinois resident to attend meetings here?
No, you don't need to be a Illinois resident to attend AA meetings in the state. All AA meetings welcome anyone with a desire to stop drinking, regardless of where they live. Visitors, travelers, and those new to the area are always welcome.
How do I find AA meetings near me in Illinois?
Browse our directory of 430 cities in Illinois to find AA meetings near you. Each city page lists all available meetings with times, locations, and meeting types. You can also call our 24/7 helpline at 1-888-500-2161 for personalized assistance finding meetings in your area.
Are there online AA meetings for Illinois residents?
Yes, many AA groups in Illinois offer hybrid or online meeting options in addition to in-person meetings. These virtual options provide flexibility for those who cannot attend in person due to distance, health, or scheduling constraints.
What should I expect at my first AA meeting in Illinois?
At your first AA meeting in Illinois, expect a welcoming, non-judgmental environment. Meetings typically last 60-90 minutes. You don't need to speak if you're not ready, and there's no pressure to share. Simply listening is perfectly acceptable. Most meetings include readings, member shares, and fellowship time.

About Alcoholics Anonymous in Illinois

Alcoholics Anonymous has a strong presence throughout Illinois, with 9427 meetings available across 430 cities. Whether you're in a major metropolitan area or a smaller community, you'll find AA meetings to support your recovery journey.

Our directory includes various meeting types including Open meetings (welcoming to anyone), Closed meetings (for those with a desire to stop drinking), Discussion meetings, Speaker meetings, Step meetings, and specialized groups for specific demographics.

Each meeting listing includes essential information such as meeting times, locations, types, and any special notes. Many locations host multiple meetings throughout the week, providing flexibility to fit your schedule.

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