3520 Southeast Yamhill Street, Portland, Oregon 97214
Lunch Bunch Portland
211.7 miles away from Bates, Oregon
600 Northeast 92nd Avenue, Vancouver, Washington 98664
Sunday Solutions
211.7 miles away from Bates, Oregon
1814 Southeast Bybee Boulevard, Portland, Oregon 97202
Sellwood Meditation
211.7 miles away from Bates, Oregon
7810 Southeast 15th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97202
This Is Your Life
211.8 miles away from Bates, Oregon
1832 Northeast Cesar E Chavez Boulevard, Portland, Oregon 97214
Loyola Mens Group
211.8 miles away from Bates, Oregon
650 A Avenue, Lake Oswego, Oregon 97034
Oswego Men's Alcohol Recovery (O.M.A.R.)
211.9 miles away from Bates, Oregon
302 North 3rd Street, Silverton, Oregon 97381
Recovery at Noon Silverton
211.9 miles away from Bates, Oregon
10412 Northeast Fourth Plain Boulevard, Vancouver, Washington 98662
Iron Horse Vancouver
211.9 miles away from Bates, Oregon
3615 Northeast Broadway, Portland, Oregon 97232
Broadway Big Smoke Group
211.9 miles away from Bates, Oregon
2800 Southeast Harrison Street, Portland, Oregon 97214
Friday Night Serenity Seekers
212 miles away from Bates, Oregon
790 A Avenue, Lake Oswego, Oregon 97034
Great Events
212 miles away from Bates, Oregon
935 Northeast 33rd Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97232
Laurelhurst Womens Group
212.1 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.