206 Southwest Walnut Street, Ankeny, Iowa 50023
Ankeny Friday Noon Reflections
87.2 miles away from Dougherty, Iowa
830 Whitewater Avenue, Saint Charles, Minnesota 55972
St. Charles Group #119534
87.4 miles away from Dougherty, Iowa
2110 West 1st Street, Ankeny, Iowa 50023
Ankeny Early Birds
87.5 miles away from Dougherty, Iowa
118 Northwest Linden Street, Ankeny, Iowa 50023
Ankeny Early Birds
87.5 miles away from Dougherty, Iowa
214 Downtown Plaza, Fairmont, Minnesota 56031
Fairmont Alano Club
87.5 miles away from Dougherty, Iowa
214 Downtown Plaza, Fairmont, Minnesota 56031
Wednesday Morning Meditation Group #728132
87.5 miles away from Dougherty, Iowa
200 2nd Street Northwest, Mitchellville, Iowa 50169
New Beginnings Mitchellville
88.2 miles away from Dougherty, Iowa
218 East Main Street, Coggon, Iowa 52218
Coggon Grace Group
88.7 miles away from Dougherty, Iowa
101 South Mill Street, Rushford, Minnesota 55971
Rushford Group #107905
89.2 miles away from Dougherty, Iowa
115 2nd Street Northwest, Oronoco, Minnesota 55960
Oronoco Group #135304
89.7 miles away from Dougherty, Iowa
451 5th Street Southwest, Pine Island, Minnesota 55963
90.3 miles away from Dougherty, Iowa
451 5th Street Southwest, Pine Island, Minnesota 55963
Pine Island Group #107497
90.3 miles away from Dougherty, Iowa
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Dougherty, 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.