1809 Mississippi Boulevard, Bettendorf, Iowa 52722
Big Book Study Group
74.3 miles away from Salem, Iowa
2204 Grant Street, Bettendorf, Iowa 52722
Bettendorf Group
74.5 miles away from Salem, Iowa
304 1st Street East, Mount Vernon, Iowa 52314
Mt Vernon Saturday Night 1st Street
74.6 miles away from Salem, Iowa
108 South Washington Street, Lisbon, Iowa 52253
Lisbon Wed Night
74.8 miles away from Salem, Iowa
2736 Bowling Street Southwest, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404
Friday Night Hope Group Cedar Rapids
75.9 miles away from Salem, Iowa
211 21st Avenue Southwest, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404
Hilltop Cedar Rapids
76.4 miles away from Salem, Iowa
3601 16th Avenue Southwest, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404
Keep It Simple Cedar Rapids
76.9 miles away from Salem, Iowa
1607 John Deere Road, East Moline, Illinois 61244
New Beginnings Group
77 miles away from Salem, Iowa
1361 7th Avenue Southwest, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404
West Highlands
77.2 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.