1821 Ingersoll Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50309
Hope on Ingersol
130.3 miles away from Carpenter, Iowa
12321 Hickman Road, Urbandale, Iowa 50323
Walnut Hills Step Study
130.4 miles away from Carpenter, Iowa
407 North Monroe Street, Monroe, Iowa 50170
Monroe Group North Monroe Street
130.7 miles away from Carpenter, Iowa
3342 John Wesley Drive, Dubuque, Iowa 52002
Keyway Lodge Group
130.7 miles away from Carpenter, Iowa
3829 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50312
Thursday Noon Step Group
130.7 miles away from Carpenter, Iowa
4126 Ingersoll Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50312
The Grand Journey
130.8 miles away from Carpenter, Iowa
414 31st Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50312
Friday Night Forgiveness & Meditation
130.8 miles away from Carpenter, Iowa
915 Winifred Street, Worthington, Minnesota 56187
Worthington Big Book Group #647493
130.8 miles away from Carpenter, Iowa
1304 Northwest 104th Street, Clive, Iowa 50325
West End Big Book
130.9 miles away from Carpenter, Iowa
10395 University Avenue, Clive, Iowa 50325
Broken Elevator Group
131 miles away from Carpenter, Iowa
803 Clearview Drive, Williamsburg, Iowa 52361
Tuesday's In Iowa County Group #717069
131.1 miles away from Carpenter, Iowa
3556 181st Avenue Northwest, Andover, Minnesota 55304
Andover Alano Society
131.2 miles away from Carpenter, Iowa
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Carpenter, 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.