210 9th Avenue, Granite Falls, Minnesota 56241
2nd Chance Group #660307
139.2 miles away from Meriden, Iowa
145 8th Avenue, Granite Falls, Minnesota 56241
Granite Falls Alano Society
139.3 miles away from Meriden, Iowa
145 8th Avenue, Granite Falls, Minnesota 56241
Wednesday Noon A.A. Group #671328
139.3 miles away from Meriden, Iowa
200 2nd Street Northwest, Mitchellville, Iowa 50169
New Beginnings Mitchellville
139.9 miles away from Meriden, Iowa
513 Main Avenue, Gaylord, Minnesota 55334
Gaylord Tuesday AA Group
140.4 miles away from Meriden, Iowa
815 East Lincoln Avenue, Olivia, Minnesota 56277
Christian Community Outreach Center
140.6 miles away from Meriden, Iowa
815 East Lincoln Avenue, Olivia, Minnesota 56277
Olivia Group #107874
140.6 miles away from Meriden, Iowa
401 Church Street, Shenandoah, Iowa 51601
New Beginnings Group Shenandoah
141.1 miles away from Meriden, Iowa
200 West Clarinda Avenue, Shenandoah, Iowa 51601
Tall Corn Group
141.2 miles away from Meriden, Iowa
405 School Street, Carlisle, Iowa 50047
Carlisle Meeting
141.7 miles away from Meriden, Iowa
130 Main Street South, Hector, Minnesota 55342
Hector Group #107595
142.2 miles away from Meriden, Iowa
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Meriden, 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.