610 South Evans Road, Evansdale, Iowa 50707
Evansdale Group #105401
102.6 miles away from Paton, Iowa
207 South 3rd Street, Oskaloosa, Iowa 52577
Oskaloosa St James
102.6 miles away from Paton, Iowa
501 High Avenue East, Oskaloosa, Iowa 52577
Oskaloosa St Pauls
102.6 miles away from Paton, Iowa
410 1st Street, Washburn, Iowa 50702
Washburn AA Group #700721
102.8 miles away from Paton, Iowa
309 9th Street North, Northwood, Iowa 50459
Northwood Group #121653
103 miles away from Paton, Iowa
803 4th Avenue, Decatur, Nebraska 68020
Decatur Thursday Night Group
103.1 miles away from Paton, Iowa
1500 North 15th Street, Council Bluffs, Iowa 51501
Primary Purpose Group Council Bluffs
103.4 miles away from Paton, Iowa
214 Downtown Plaza, Fairmont, Minnesota 56031
Fairmont Alano Club
103.4 miles away from Paton, Iowa
214 Downtown Plaza, Fairmont, Minnesota 56031
Wednesday Morning Meditation Group #728132
103.4 miles away from Paton, Iowa
1435 North 15th Street, Council Bluffs, Iowa 51501
New Life A.A. Group #667793
103.5 miles away from Paton, Iowa
215 North 13th Street, Fort Calhoun, Nebraska 68023
Fort Calhoun Monday Night Group
103.5 miles away from Paton, Iowa
622 South 4th Street, Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503
Winners Circle Group #128593
103.7 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.