710 Northeast 36th Street, Ankeny, Iowa 50021
Men In Action Ankeny
8.4 miles away from Johnston, Iowa
925 Jordan Creek Parkway, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266
Freedom Hall Step Study
8.5 miles away from Johnston, Iowa
4501 Mills Civic Parkway, West Des Moines, Iowa 50265
Ladies Night West Des Moines
8.5 miles away from Johnston, Iowa
3938 Fleur Drive, Des Moines, Iowa 50321
Wakonda Candlelight Meeting
9 miles away from Johnston, Iowa
3301 Southwest 9th Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50315
Saturday Night South Side Step Study
9 miles away from Johnston, Iowa
3820 Southwest 9th Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50315
SouthSide Step Study Des Moines
9.3 miles away from Johnston, Iowa
305 Northeast Dartmoor Drive, Waukee, Iowa 50263
Waukee Sat Big Book Study
9.3 miles away from Johnston, Iowa
950 Warrior Lane, Waukee, Iowa 50263
Waukee Sun Wed Library Meeting
10.2 miles away from Johnston, Iowa
1225 Copper Creek Drive, Pleasant Hill, Iowa 50327
Anything Goes Pleasant Hill
10.3 miles away from Johnston, Iowa
6205 Southwest 9th Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50315
Freedom Group
10.7 miles away from Johnston, Iowa
6001 Southeast 5th Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50315
TNT Group
11 miles away from Johnston, Iowa
1975 8th Street Southwest, Altoona, Iowa 50009
Altoona 12 Step Group
11.1 miles away from Johnston, Iowa
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Johnston, 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.