402 Main Street, Bayard, Iowa 50029
Bayard Big Book Group #708778
26.7 miles away from Paton, Iowa
2830 130th Street, Woodward, Iowa 50276
Woodward Group
27.5 miles away from Paton, Iowa
1076 8th Street, Manson, Iowa 50563
Manson Topic Group #704241
29.2 miles away from Paton, Iowa
613 West North Street, Madrid, Iowa 50156
Madrid Group #159124
29.5 miles away from Paton, Iowa
1229 Kathy Lane, Webster City, Iowa 50595
Happy Hour Group #705750
29.6 miles away from Paton, Iowa
801 East 18th Street, Carroll, Iowa 51401
Sober And Crazy Group #603983
31.4 miles away from Paton, Iowa
1015 North Hyland Avenue, Ames, Iowa 50014
Noon Groups #127254
32 miles away from Paton, Iowa
159 South Sheldon Avenue, Ames, Iowa 50014
No Expectations Group #722585
32.3 miles away from Paton, Iowa
2622 Lincoln Way, Ames, Iowa 50014
Saturday Morning Eyeopeners Group #662724
32.3 miles away from Paton, Iowa
2338 Lincoln Way, Ames, Iowa 50014
Sunday Night Grapeviners Group #158537
32.5 miles away from Paton, Iowa
1240 Heires Avenue, Carroll, Iowa 51401
Focus On Freedom Group #719139
32.8 miles away from Paton, Iowa
1011 West Main Street, Panora, Iowa 50216
Panora Jaywalkers Group
33.3 miles away from Paton, Iowa
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Paton, 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.