113 South Jefferson Street, Minneota, Minnesota 56264
Open Minneota AA Group #728047
173.7 miles away from Portland, Iowa
2204 Grant Street, Bettendorf, Iowa 52722
Bettendorf Group
173.7 miles away from Portland, Iowa
2521 West 4th Street, Sioux City, Iowa 51103
Westlawn Group
173.7 miles away from Portland, Iowa
200 West 1st Street, Paynesville, Minnesota 56362
Paynesville Wednesday Night Gp #107881
174 miles away from Portland, Iowa
525 15th Street, Moline, Illinois 61265
Last Chance Group
174.1 miles away from Portland, Iowa
712 16th Street, Moline, Illinois 61265
Ladies' Night
174.3 miles away from Portland, Iowa
501 Essex Street, Garretson, South Dakota 57030
Garretson SD AA Group
174.4 miles away from Portland, Iowa
106 4th Street West, Milan, Illinois 61264
Milan Hillcrest
174.4 miles away from Portland, Iowa
110 Lake Avenue South, Paynesville, Minnesota 56362
Friday Nite Group #129112
174.4 miles away from Portland, Iowa
306 3rd Street West, Milan, Illinois 61264
Camden Serenity Group
174.5 miles away from Portland, Iowa
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Portland, 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.