103 2nd Street Southwest, Bondurant, Iowa 50035
Bondurant Group
30.7 miles away from Laurel, Iowa
400 South Main Street, Traer, Iowa 50675
Thursday Traer Group #648194
31.6 miles away from Laurel, Iowa
1701 8th Street Southwest, Altoona, Iowa 50009
Progress Not Perfection Altoona
33.4 miles away from Laurel, Iowa
1975 8th Street Southwest, Altoona, Iowa 50009
Altoona 12 Step Group
33.4 miles away from Laurel, Iowa
1800 G Avenue, Grundy Center, Iowa 50638
Grundy Center Group #178736
33.7 miles away from Laurel, Iowa
1306 17th Avenue, Eldora, Iowa 50627
Monday Night Saw Mill Group #150275
33.9 miles away from Laurel, Iowa
710 Northeast 36th Street, Ankeny, Iowa 50021
Men In Action Ankeny
35.3 miles away from Laurel, Iowa
905 North 5th Avenue, Huxley, Iowa 50124
Huxley Group
35.5 miles away from Laurel, Iowa
1201 McCormick Avenue, Ames, Iowa 50010
Mc Cormick Place Group #130650
35.6 miles away from Laurel, Iowa
, Ames, Iowa 50010
Saturday Night Speaker Meeting Ames
35.9 miles away from Laurel, Iowa
510 East 1st Street, Ankeny, Iowa 50021
Ankeny AA Basics
36.1 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.