118 Northwest Linden Street, Ankeny, Iowa 50023
Ankeny Early Birds
22.2 miles away from Hartford, Iowa
1660 60th Street, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266
How It Works West Des Moines
22.3 miles away from Hartford, Iowa
925 Jordan Creek Parkway, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266
Freedom Hall Step Study
22.5 miles away from Hartford, Iowa
12321 Hickman Road, Urbandale, Iowa 50323
Walnut Hills Step Study
22.6 miles away from Hartford, Iowa
710 Northeast 36th Street, Ankeny, Iowa 50021
Men In Action Ankeny
23 miles away from Hartford, Iowa
520 Northwest 36th Street, Ankeny, Iowa 50023
Ankeny Saturday AM Hope Lutheran Church Meeting
23.4 miles away from Hartford, Iowa
223 East 4th Street North, Newton, Iowa 50208
Newton Group 4th Street North
24.8 miles away from Hartford, Iowa
1001 South James Street, Grimes, Iowa 50111
The James Gang
25.2 miles away from Hartford, Iowa
1335 Northeast Beaverbrooke Boulevard, Grimes, Iowa 50111
Grimes Git R Done Tuesday
25.6 miles away from Hartford, Iowa
801 Northwest 1st Street, Grimes, Iowa 50111
Penguin Group
26 miles away from Hartford, Iowa
305 Northeast Dartmoor Drive, Waukee, Iowa 50263
Waukee Sat Big Book Study
26.2 miles away from Hartford, Iowa
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Hartford, 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.