2338 Lincoln Way, Ames, Iowa 50014
Sunday Night Grapeviners Group #158537
125.1 miles away from Downing, Missouri
507 1st Street, Colona, Illinois 61241
Colona Group
125.2 miles away from Downing, Missouri
2622 Lincoln Way, Ames, Iowa 50014
Saturday Morning Eyeopeners Group #662724
125.2 miles away from Downing, Missouri
159 South Sheldon Avenue, Ames, Iowa 50014
No Expectations Group #722585
125.3 miles away from Downing, Missouri
1001 East 3rd Street, Anamosa, Iowa 52205
2nd Chance Anamosa
125.3 miles away from Downing, Missouri
2016 South Main Street, Jacksonville, Illinois 62650
S A S S Strong and Sober Sisters
125.4 miles away from Downing, Missouri
103 East Cedar Street, Anamosa, Iowa 52205
Anamosa Group #105332
125.4 miles away from Downing, Missouri
5522 County Road E45, Wyoming, Iowa 52362
Hale of a Group Wyoming
125.5 miles away from Downing, Missouri
1015 North Hyland Avenue, Ames, Iowa 50014
Noon Groups #127254
125.9 miles away from Downing, Missouri
208 South Street, Excelsior Springs, Missouri 64024
Excelsior Springs Group
126.2 miles away from Downing, Missouri
14 Grove Road, Eldridge, Iowa 52748
North Scott Group
126.3 miles away from Downing, Missouri
114 West Palm Street, Roodhouse, Illinois 62082
Grace Center Tuesdays at 8PM
126.5 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.