1903 West Ridgeway Avenue, Waterloo, Iowa 50701
We Are Not A Glum Lot Group #725086
70.7 miles away from Chester, Iowa
32513 Dinan Road, Elkader, Iowa 52043
Monday Morning Jump Start Group #678913
71 miles away from Chester, Iowa
3421 West 9th Street, Waterloo, Iowa 50702
Institutional Meeting Waterloo
71.1 miles away from Chester, Iowa
217 Central Avenue North, Faribault, Minnesota 55021
Faribault Groups
71.5 miles away from Chester, Iowa
204 2nd Street Northwest, Faribault, Minnesota 55021
Serenity Group Faribault
71.6 miles away from Chester, Iowa
641 Stevens Street, Jesup, Iowa 50648
Jesup A.A. Club Group #128776
71.9 miles away from Chester, Iowa
East 4th Street, Ettrick, Wisconsin 54627
Ettrick Group East 4th Street
72 miles away from Chester, Iowa
15630 East 4th Street, Ettrick, Wisconsin 54627
Ettrick Group 15630
72 miles away from Chester, Iowa
309 North Main Street, Bricelyn, Minnesota 56014
Bricelyn Alano Society Group #107670
72.9 miles away from Chester, Iowa
504 South Main Street, Viroqua, Wisconsin 54665
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
73.8 miles away from Chester, Iowa
504 South Main Street, Viroqua, Wisconsin 54665
Viroqua Friday Big Book Study
73.8 miles away from Chester, Iowa
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Chester, 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.