159 South Sheldon Avenue, Ames, Iowa 50014
No Expectations Group #722585
113.2 miles away from Riverside, Iowa
2524 West Farrelly Avenue, Peoria, Illinois 61615
Pioneer
113.4 miles away from Riverside, Iowa
2700 West Stephenson Street, Freeport, Illinois 61032
Crossroads Group Freeport
113.5 miles away from Riverside, Iowa
1015 North Hyland Avenue, Ames, Iowa 50014
Noon Groups #127254
113.5 miles away from Riverside, Iowa
350 South Broadway Street, Havana, Illinois 62644
The Havana Club
114 miles away from Riverside, Iowa
4700 North University Street, Peoria, Illinois 61614
Share Clean Air
114.5 miles away from Riverside, Iowa
4700 North University Street, Peoria, Illinois 61614
Share Clean Air E
114.5 miles away from Riverside, Iowa
12321 Hickman Road, Urbandale, Iowa 50323
Walnut Hills Step Study
114.5 miles away from Riverside, Iowa
1335 Northeast Beaverbrooke Boulevard, Grimes, Iowa 50111
Grimes Git R Done Tuesday
114.6 miles away from Riverside, Iowa
1660 60th Street, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266
How It Works West Des Moines
114.7 miles away from Riverside, Iowa
1001 South James Street, Grimes, Iowa 50111
The James Gang
115.2 miles away from Riverside, Iowa
3117 North Avalon Place, Peoria, Illinois 61604
A New Beginning AFG
115.3 miles away from Riverside, Iowa
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Riverside, 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.