802 12th Street, Marion, Iowa 52302
Marion Friday Night
46.7 miles away from Bankston, Iowa
108 South Washington Street, Lisbon, Iowa 52253
Lisbon Wed Night
46.7 miles away from Bankston, Iowa
304 1st Street East, Mount Vernon, Iowa 52314
Mt Vernon Saturday Night 1st Street
47.4 miles away from Bankston, Iowa
202 2nd Avenue Northeast, Independence, Iowa 50644
Independence Downtown Group #105410
47.6 miles away from Bankston, Iowa
7 Franklin Street, Center Point, Iowa 52213
North Linn Group #135193
47.6 miles away from Bankston, Iowa
, Center Point, Iowa 52213
Center Point Serenity
47.8 miles away from Bankston, Iowa
221 Larrabee Street, Clermont, Iowa 52135
Clermont Sunday Group #716676
48.4 miles away from Bankston, Iowa
3224 1st Avenue Northeast, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402
An AA Group Cedar Rapids
49.2 miles away from Bankston, Iowa
175 34th Street Northeast, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402
Kenwood
49.2 miles away from Bankston, Iowa
517 1st Street Northeast, Oelwein, Iowa 50662
Fontana Group #147410
49.3 miles away from Bankston, Iowa
2600 1st Avenue Northeast, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402
Living On The Ragged Edge
49.6 miles away from Bankston, Iowa
150 9th Avenue, Hiawatha, Iowa 52233
Archway Group #670163
49.6 miles away from Bankston, Iowa
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Bankston, Iowa 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.