202 2nd Avenue Northeast, Independence, Iowa 50644
Independence Downtown Group #105410
44.1 miles away from Ely, Iowa
1177 7th Street Southwest, Dyersville, Iowa 52040
Basilica Basement Group #105395
47.6 miles away from Ely, Iowa
641 Stevens Street, Jesup, Iowa 50648
Jesup A.A. Club Group #128776
48.1 miles away from Ely, Iowa
104 3rd Street Southwest, Dyersville, Iowa 52040
Basilica Basement Group #105395
48.3 miles away from Ely, Iowa
206 East Platt Street, Maquoketa, Iowa 52060
Maquoketa Group #122068
49.2 miles away from Ely, Iowa
East Main Street, Brighton, Iowa 52540
Brighton Group
49.8 miles away from Ely, Iowa
400 South Main Street, Traer, Iowa 50675
Thursday Traer Group #648194
50.2 miles away from Ely, Iowa
410 1st Street, Washburn, Iowa 50702
Washburn AA Group #700721
51.1 miles away from Ely, Iowa
206 West Main Street, Epworth, Iowa 52045
Open Door Group #173815
51.7 miles away from Ely, Iowa
317 North Water Street, Wapello, Iowa 52653
Rivers Edge Group #133277
52 miles away from Ely, Iowa
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Ely, 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.