732 Main Street, Osage, Iowa 50461
Osage Group #105431
4.3 miles away from Orchard, Iowa
805 Wisconsin Street, Charles City, Iowa 50616
Charles City A.A. Unity Group #122067
11.8 miles away from Orchard, Iowa
217 West 5th Street, Saint Ansgar, Iowa 50472
St. Ansgar Group #105436
12.8 miles away from Orchard, Iowa
123 West Main Street, Riceville, Iowa 50466
Riceville Group #136854
14.4 miles away from Orchard, Iowa
313 Elm Street, Elma, Iowa 50628
Elma Group #128724
16.9 miles away from Orchard, Iowa
120 1st Street Northeast, Mason City, Iowa 50401
#127238
22.1 miles away from Orchard, Iowa
721 North Federal Avenue, Mason City, Iowa 50401
Puttin Sober Group #628888
22.1 miles away from Orchard, Iowa
100 1st Street Northeast, Mason City, Iowa 50401
#127238
22.1 miles away from Orchard, Iowa
207 8th Place Southeast, Mason City, Iowa 50401
Mason City Clubhouse Group #105420
22.2 miles away from Orchard, Iowa
1000 4th Street Southwest, Mason City, Iowa 50401
Midweek 12 & 12 Group #174766
23 miles away from Orchard, Iowa
308 Lewison Street, Adams, Minnesota 55909
Adamas A.A. Group, #000642986
23.8 miles away from Orchard, Iowa
320 North Eisenhower Avenue, Mason City, Iowa 50401
Friday Night Big Book Group #141470
25.2 miles away from Orchard, Iowa
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Orchard, 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.