200 South Main Street, Fairfield, Iowa 52556
Fairfield at 1st Pres Church
41.6 miles away from Downing, Missouri
116 North 2nd Street, Albia, Iowa 52531
Akron Tuesday Night A.A. Group
43.8 miles away from Downing, Missouri
101 West Baker Street, Milan, Missouri 63556
Milan Group
44.4 miles away from Downing, Missouri
10 South Main Street, Salem, Iowa 52649
4 Way Friends Group
46.7 miles away from Downing, Missouri
2052 140th Street, Fairfield, Iowa 52556
Fairfield 140th St Group
47.3 miles away from Downing, Missouri
526 East Main Street, Fremont, Iowa 52561
Fremont 12 x 12 Group #723612
50.2 miles away from Downing, Missouri
810 Timea Street, Keokuk, Iowa 52632
Serenity Group #118602
51.9 miles away from Downing, Missouri
1600 Morgan Street, Keokuk, Iowa 52632
The H.O.W. Group
51.9 miles away from Downing, Missouri
60 Bluff Street, Nauvoo, Illinois 62354
Nauvoo AA Group
52 miles away from Downing, Missouri
408 West Jackson Street, Corydon, Iowa 50060
Solutions Group #702855
53.4 miles away from Downing, Missouri
202 East Washington Street, Mount Pleasant, Iowa 52641
Right Group #105423
54.1 miles away from Downing, Missouri
East Main Street, Brighton, Iowa 52540
Brighton Group
55.5 miles away from Downing, Missouri
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Downing, Missouri 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.