803 Clearview Drive, Williamsburg, Iowa 52361
Tuesday's In Iowa County Group #717069
170.8 miles away from Defiance, Iowa
212 West 15th Street, Vinton, Iowa 52349
Turning Point Group Vinton
171.6 miles away from Defiance, Iowa
230 Main Street, Platte City, Missouri 64079
Platte City Solutions
172.1 miles away from Defiance, Iowa
201 North Bridge Street, Smithville, Missouri 64089
Smithville Group North Bridge Street
173 miles away from Defiance, Iowa
217 Brackenridge Street Southwest, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota 56085
Sleepy Eye Group #107956
173.1 miles away from Defiance, Iowa
641 Stevens Street, Jesup, Iowa 50648
Jesup A.A. Club Group #128776
173.7 miles away from Defiance, Iowa
110 Oak Street, Lake Crystal, Minnesota 56055
Lake Crystal A.A. Group #107596
173.8 miles away from Defiance, Iowa
401 4th Street, Wagner, South Dakota 57380
Fourth Street AA Group
173.8 miles away from Defiance, Iowa
110 High Avenue Northwest, Wagner, South Dakota 57380
Westside Group
174 miles away from Defiance, Iowa
905 3rd Street, Batavia, Iowa 52533
Garage Group -Batavia
174.1 miles away from Defiance, Iowa
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Defiance, 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.