6948 Southwest Capitol Highway, Portland, Oregon 97219
Practicing the Principles Meeting
51.6 miles away from Gates, Oregon
2374 South Vermont Street, Portland, Oregon 97219
West Portland Group
51.6 miles away from Gates, Oregon
2201 Southwest Vermont Street, Portland, Oregon 97219
Friday Night Big Book and Step Study
51.6 miles away from Gates, Oregon
2201 South Vermont Street, Portland, Oregon 97219
WOW Portland
51.6 miles away from Gates, Oregon
1015 Northeast Roberts Avenue, Gresham, Oregon 97030
Paddle Your Own Canoe
51.7 miles away from Gates, Oregon
7425 Southwest 52nd Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97219
11th Step Meditation Group - Online
51.7 miles away from Gates, Oregon
1525 Northwest Division Street, Gresham, Oregon 97030
En Acción
51.7 miles away from Gates, Oregon
7475 Southwest Oleson Road, Portland, Oregon 97223
Recharge
51.8 miles away from Gates, Oregon
3457 Northeast Division Street, Gresham, Oregon 97030
Sunday Night Closed
51.8 miles away from Gates, Oregon
3102 Southeast Holgate Boulevard, Portland, Oregon 97202
The Village People
51.8 miles away from Gates, Oregon
5415 Southeast Powell Boulevard, Portland, Oregon 97206
Eastside Saturday Speakers
52.1 miles away from Gates, Oregon
1890 Northeast Cleveland Avenue, Gresham, Oregon 97030
Fireside Womens Meditation
52.1 miles away from Gates, Oregon
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Gates, 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.