323 East Locust Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50309
Mon/Wed E. Village
172.1 miles away from Garden City, Minnesota
414 31st Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50312
Friday Night Forgiveness & Meditation
172.1 miles away from Garden City, Minnesota
1990 Grand Avenue, West Des Moines, Iowa 50265
Ray Harrison Dinner Group
172.5 miles away from Garden City, Minnesota
421 4th Street Northwest, Wadena, Minnesota 56482
Wadena Alano
172.5 miles away from Garden City, Minnesota
421 4th Street Northwest, Wadena, Minnesota 56482
Thursday Night Birthday Group #107972
172.5 miles away from Garden City, Minnesota
1312 Maple Street, West Des Moines, Iowa 50265
URS Group
172.5 miles away from Garden City, Minnesota
217 5th Street, West Des Moines, Iowa 50265
Function in the Junction
172.6 miles away from Garden City, Minnesota
State Highway 47, Aitkin, Minnesota
Rhymer Reason AA Group #129660
172.8 miles away from Garden City, Minnesota
93 Main Street, Keystone, Iowa 52249
Keystone Kwitters
172.9 miles away from Garden City, Minnesota
4501 Mills Civic Parkway, West Des Moines, Iowa 50265
Ladies Night West Des Moines
172.9 miles away from Garden City, Minnesota
322 1st Avenue Northeast, Aitkin, Minnesota 56431
Aitkin Alano Club
173.4 miles away from Garden City, Minnesota
322 1st Avenue Northeast, Aitkin, Minnesota 56431
Sober Sailors Group #710094
173.4 miles away from Garden City, Minnesota
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Garden City, Minnesota 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.