7600 Southeast Johnson Creek Boulevard, Portland, Oregon 97206
American Veterans Meeting
208.6 miles away from Bates, Oregon
15815 Northeast 18th Street, Vancouver, Washington 98684
Eastside Womens Book Study
208.7 miles away from Bates, Oregon
11631 Southeast Linwood Avenue, Milwaukie, Oregon 97222
Milwaukie Area Swingshifters
208.9 miles away from Bates, Oregon
2505 Northeast 102nd Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97220
Crossroads Book Study
208.9 miles away from Bates, Oregon
5101 Southeast Thiessen Road, Milwaukie, Oregon 97267
No Matter What Milwaukie
209 miles away from Bates, Oregon
845 6th Avenue, Sweet Home, Oregon 97386
Sweet Home Survivors Enough is Enough Mens Meeting
209.1 miles away from Bates, Oregon
7115 Southeast Woodstock Boulevard, Portland, Oregon 97206
Womens Spirituality 101
209.2 miles away from Bates, Oregon
9491 Southeast Wichita Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97222
Self Insured Symposium SIS
209.3 miles away from Bates, Oregon
10029 Northeast Prescott Street, Portland, Oregon 97220
Nite Siders
209.3 miles away from Bates, Oregon
8815 Northeast Glisan Street, Portland, Oregon 97220
Rule 62 Speaker Meeting
209.3 miles away from Bates, Oregon
2350 Southeast Territorial Road, Canby, Oregon 97013
Canby Early Open CEO
209.3 miles away from Bates, Oregon
217 South 1st Street, Rockford, Washington 99030
District 13
209.3 miles away from Bates, Oregon
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Bates, Oregon 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.