407 North Monroe Street, Monroe, Iowa 50170
Monroe Group North Monroe Street
70.9 miles away from Douds, Iowa
607 Southwest 4th Street, Aledo, Illinois 61231
Aledo Group
73.7 miles away from Douds, Iowa
506 South Front Street, Humeston, Iowa 50123
Spearheads Book Study Group #725033
73.8 miles away from Douds, Iowa
111 West 5th Street, Wilton, Iowa 52778
Wilton Group #141568
75.8 miles away from Douds, Iowa
6301 Kirkwood Boulevard Southwest, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404
LGBTQ Cedar Rapids
77.6 miles away from Douds, Iowa
223 East 4th Street North, Newton, Iowa 50208
Newton Group 4th Street North
77.8 miles away from Douds, Iowa
315 North Sherman Avenue, Macomb, Illinois 61455
Sisters In Sobriety Macomb
78.1 miles away from Douds, Iowa
232 East Jackson, Macomb, Illinois 61455
Serenity Group Macomb
78.8 miles away from Douds, Iowa
505 East Grant Street, Macomb, Illinois 61455
McDonough Co AFG Al Anon
79.3 miles away from Douds, Iowa
525 East Grant Street, Macomb, Illinois 61455
A A Speaker Mtg 1st Wed
79.3 miles away from Douds, Iowa
407 West 2nd Street, Prairie City, Iowa 50228
Camel Group Prairie City
79.6 miles away from Douds, Iowa
2736 Bowling Street Southwest, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404
Friday Night Hope Group Cedar Rapids
79.9 miles away from Douds, Iowa
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Douds, 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.