1212 West Williams Street, Ottumwa, Iowa 52501
Bloom Where Youre Planted
26.6 miles away from Richland, Iowa
202 East Washington Street, Mount Pleasant, Iowa 52641
Right Group #105423
27.6 miles away from Richland, Iowa
, Floris, Iowa 52560
Recovering and Making Progress Group
28.3 miles away from Richland, Iowa
11 West 2nd Street, Riverside, Iowa 52327
Anony Group In Riverside #708912
29.5 miles away from Richland, Iowa
10 South Main Street, Salem, Iowa 52649
4 Way Friends Group
30 miles away from Richland, Iowa
107 Market Street, Keosauqua, Iowa 52565
Keosauqua Group
31.6 miles away from Richland, Iowa
803 Clearview Drive, Williamsburg, Iowa 52361
Tuesday's In Iowa County Group #717069
32.9 miles away from Richland, Iowa
113 Walnut Street, Columbus Junction, Iowa 52738
River Junction Group #129032
33.6 miles away from Richland, Iowa
501 High Avenue East, Oskaloosa, Iowa 52577
Oskaloosa St Pauls
34.5 miles away from Richland, Iowa
207 South 3rd Street, Oskaloosa, Iowa 52577
Oskaloosa St James
34.5 miles away from Richland, Iowa
401 East North Street, Bloomfield, Iowa 52537
Bloomfield Group #713672
36.9 miles away from Richland, Iowa
140 Gathering Place, Iowa City, Iowa 52246
Iowa City Young People's Group #723346
38.7 miles away from Richland, Iowa
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Richland, 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.