1311 East Nevada Street, Marshalltown, Iowa 50158
Marshalltown Group
11.2 miles away from Laurel, Iowa
902 Broad Street, Grinnell, Iowa 50112
Noon Big Book Study Grinnell
14.1 miles away from Laurel, Iowa
223 East 4th Street North, Newton, Iowa 50208
Newton Group 4th Street North
14.2 miles away from Laurel, Iowa
1848 350th Street, Tama, Iowa 52339
I Ave Group 350th St
17.2 miles away from Laurel, Iowa
1898 350th Street, Tama, Iowa 52339
I Ave Group #721192
17.2 miles away from Laurel, Iowa
201 West Johnston Street, Gladbrook, Iowa 50635
Double A Big Book Study
23.3 miles away from Laurel, Iowa
407 West 2nd Street, Prairie City, Iowa 50228
Camel Group Prairie City
25.8 miles away from Laurel, Iowa
407 North Monroe Street, Monroe, Iowa 50170
Monroe Group North Monroe Street
26.5 miles away from Laurel, Iowa
200 2nd Street Northwest, Mitchellville, Iowa 50169
New Beginnings Mitchellville
27.1 miles away from Laurel, Iowa
250 E Avenue, Nevada, Iowa 50201
There is a Solution Nevada
29.2 miles away from Laurel, Iowa
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Laurel, 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.