212 West 15th Street, Vinton, Iowa 52349
Turning Point Group Vinton
6.1 miles away from Garrison, Iowa
93 Main Street, Keystone, Iowa 52249
Keystone Kwitters
10.4 miles away from Garrison, Iowa
401 Ash Avenue, Urbana, Iowa 52345
Crossroads Urbana
14.8 miles away from Garrison, Iowa
400 South Main Street, Traer, Iowa 50675
Thursday Traer Group #648194
16.8 miles away from Garrison, Iowa
, Center Point, Iowa 52213
Center Point Serenity
18.6 miles away from Garrison, Iowa
7 Franklin Street, Center Point, Iowa 52213
North Linn Group #135193
19 miles away from Garrison, Iowa
410 1st Street, Washburn, Iowa 50702
Washburn AA Group #700721
19.6 miles away from Garrison, Iowa
6455 E Avenue Northwest, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52405
Full Measures Speaker Group
23.1 miles away from Garrison, Iowa
641 Stevens Street, Jesup, Iowa 50648
Jesup A.A. Club Group #128776
23.1 miles away from Garrison, Iowa
610 South Evans Road, Evansdale, Iowa 50707
Evansdale Group #105401
23.7 miles away from Garrison, Iowa
1 Thelma Street, Hudson, Iowa 50643
Hudson Group #678227
24 miles away from Garrison, Iowa
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Garrison, 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.