914 Northwest Ash Drive, Ankeny, Iowa 50023
Ankeny At or About Noon
30.4 miles away from Patterson, Iowa
510 East 1st Street, Ankeny, Iowa 50021
Ankeny AA Basics
30.4 miles away from Patterson, Iowa
1421 West Broadway Street, Polk City, Iowa 50226
Lakeside Group
30.8 miles away from Patterson, Iowa
520 Northwest 36th Street, Ankeny, Iowa 50023
Ankeny Saturday AM Hope Lutheran Church Meeting
31.9 miles away from Patterson, Iowa
407 West Clark Street, Creston, Iowa 50801
New Hope Group Creston
32.3 miles away from Patterson, Iowa
710 Northeast 36th Street, Ankeny, Iowa 50021
Men In Action Ankeny
32.4 miles away from Patterson, Iowa
103 2nd Street Southwest, Bondurant, Iowa 50035
Bondurant Group
32.4 miles away from Patterson, Iowa
417 Wyoming Avenue, Creston, Iowa 50801
Way of Life Group
32.5 miles away from Patterson, Iowa
2830 130th Street, Woodward, Iowa 50276
Woodward Group
34.7 miles away from Patterson, Iowa
200 2nd Street Northwest, Mitchellville, Iowa 50169
New Beginnings Mitchellville
34.8 miles away from Patterson, Iowa
1011 West Main Street, Panora, Iowa 50216
Panora Jaywalkers Group
34.8 miles away from Patterson, Iowa
100 East 2nd Street, Casey, Iowa 50048
One Page At A Time Casey
34.9 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.