317 West Decatur Street, Decatur, Illinois 62522
Loves Home Group
204.8 miles away from Marion, Iowa
501 Cedar Street, Colfax, Wisconsin 54730
Colfax Group
204.9 miles away from Marion, Iowa
2218 Hutchison Road, Flossmoor, Illinois 60422
The Optimists group
205.1 miles away from Marion, Iowa
13460 North Port Washington Road, Mequon, Wisconsin 53097
Women's Big Book Online Meeting
205.1 miles away from Marion, Iowa
17929 Gottschalk Avenue, Homewood, Illinois 60430
rise and shine
205.2 miles away from Marion, Iowa
203 Main Street, Hardin, Illinois 62047
Calhoun Saturday Night Group
205.3 miles away from Marion, Iowa
4455 South Robert Trail, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55123
Unity Service Recovery Eagan AA
205.4 miles away from Marion, Iowa
1025 West 5th Avenue, Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54902
Oshkosh Group
205.4 miles away from Marion, Iowa
319 East 75th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60619
Evans Ave Early Birds
205.5 miles away from Marion, Iowa
7510 Palomino Drive, Apple Valley, Minnesota 55124
South Of The River Womens AA
205.6 miles away from Marion, Iowa
1306 Michigan Street, Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54902
The Lunch Bunch
205.6 miles away from Marion, Iowa
2029 Hillview Drive, Chicago Heights, Illinois 60411
From Bridge to Shore Group Harbor Lights 2
205.6 miles away from Marion, Iowa
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Marion, 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.