20801 Elkhorn Drive, Omaha, Nebraska 68022
Elkhorn Group
122.6 miles away from Patterson, Iowa
511 Melrose Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa 52246
Breakfast Club Group #699721
122.6 miles away from Patterson, Iowa
, Center Point, Iowa 52213
Center Point Serenity
122.7 miles away from Patterson, Iowa
127 West Crocker Street, Marceline, Missouri 64658
Marceline Group
122.8 miles away from Patterson, Iowa
7 Franklin Street, Center Point, Iowa 52213
North Linn Group #135193
122.8 miles away from Patterson, Iowa
808 Main Street, Herman, Nebraska 68029
Herman Freedom Group
123 miles away from Patterson, Iowa
150 9th Avenue, Hiawatha, Iowa 52233
Archway Group #670163
123 miles away from Patterson, Iowa
1285 3rd Avenue Southeast, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52403
Women Into Action Cedar Rapids
123.1 miles away from Patterson, Iowa
, Iowa City, Iowa
Saturday Noon Group #142800
123.3 miles away from Patterson, Iowa
123 East Market Street, Iowa City, Iowa 52245
Iowa City LGBTQ Group #711983
123.4 miles away from Patterson, Iowa
214 East Jefferson Street, Iowa City, Iowa 52245
Broad Highway Group #716936
123.4 miles away from Patterson, Iowa
1700 B Avenue Northeast, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402
Discovery Group Cedar Rapids
123.4 miles away from Patterson, Iowa
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Patterson, 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.