104 South Public Road, Fieldon, Illinois 62031
Fieldon Group
134.3 miles away from Salem, Iowa
411 South Main Street, Pearl City, Illinois 61062
Pearl City Open
134.4 miles away from Salem, Iowa
1504 Walnut Street, Dallas Center, Iowa 50063
Happy Hour Group
134.5 miles away from Salem, Iowa
613 West North Street, Madrid, Iowa 50156
Madrid Group #159124
134.6 miles away from Salem, Iowa
State Route 4, Virden, Illinois
Discussion Virden
134.8 miles away from Salem, Iowa
25389 Nantucket Road, Adel, Iowa 50003
Adel Sunday Morning Group
135.3 miles away from Salem, Iowa
715 Main Street, Adel, Iowa 50003
Adel Tuesday Nite Group
135.3 miles away from Salem, Iowa
90 East Leslie Lane, Columbia, Missouri 65202
Out of the Ashes Columbia
135.4 miles away from Salem, Iowa
2400 Business Loop 70 East, Columbia, Missouri 65201
ODAAT Club
135.5 miles away from Salem, Iowa
1206 Pannell Street, Columbia, Missouri 65201
135.8 miles away from Salem, Iowa
1206 Pannell Street, Columbia, Missouri 65201
Barbershop Group
135.8 miles away from Salem, Iowa
32946 State Route 4, Girard, Illinois 62640
Virden Area Group
135.8 miles away from Salem, Iowa
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Salem, 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.