AA Meetings Altoona, IA

Monday AA Meetings in Altoona

Tuesday AA Meetings in Altoona

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Wednesday AA Meetings in Altoona

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Saturday AA Meetings in Altoona

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If you can't find a meeting close to you at the time you're looking for, we recommend checking out nearby towns including: Bondurant, Berwick, Pleasant Hill, and Mitchellville

Additional local resources: Altoona NA Meetings | Altoona Al-Anon Meetings

What is an AA Meeting?

An Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting is a place to share experiences and success stories with other alcoholics. This is a safe place for an alcoholic seeking sobriety to come in and ask for help. These AA Meetings in Altoona, Iowa will help them build a support system to help guide them to sobriety. You will be greeted by your peers that have all lived and survived from a hopeless state of mind and body. Their survival of maintaining this state is reliant on helping others and giving back to others the gift that was given to them.

Selecting An AA Meeting in Altoona, Iowa

There are a a lot of different AA meetings in Altoona, Iowa. Before choosing the meeting that you are going to attend, it is beneficial to know the different types of AA meetings and who can attend each one.

Open Meeting of AA – An Open Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting is open to anyone who has a desire to attend. You do not have to be an alcoholic to go to an open AA Meeting. Friends, family, and children can attend these meetings.

Closed Meeting of AA – A Closed meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous is only for those who have a desire to get sober. Friends and family are not able to attend these meetings.

Big Book Meeting – At these meetings, a member will usually read out of the Big Book and then encourage its members to discuss the meeting.

Speaker Meeting – At an AA speaker meeting, a member of AA will tell their story and share their experience, strength, and hope with fellow members of AA. The speaker may or may not talk through the duration of the meeting and members are often encouraged to share their thoughts before wrapping up.

AA Literature Meeting – A literature meeting usually revolves around reading from one of the AA approved pieces of literature and can often be followed by a discussion amongst the members or a speaker about the literature of topic.

Step Study – An AA step study usually focuses on one or two steps per meeting. This can involve a speaker lead discussion about a particular step, literature reading, and could be followed by a discussion about the step(s).

Meditation Meeting – A Meditation AA Meeting can involve meditation for a portion of the meeting or even the length of the meeting. The meditation may be guided and then followed by a discussion.

Traditions AA Meeting – One or more of the AA traditions will be discussed in extensively. This can be done with a speaker, literature lead, and could be followed by a dialogue.

Being that each Altoona AA meeting is autonomous, they are able to run each meeting as they see fit. Some meeting formats may vary and you can also find AA meetings in Altoona that do not. We recommend contacting the local AA intergroup to get more information on AA Meetings in Altoona, Iowa, or navigating to aa.org to find out more information.

How to Get The Most From an Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in Altoona, Iowa

The members who benefit the most from Alcoholics Anonymous tend to find success through getting involved in the program. If you are attending your first AA meeting and really want to get sober, we advise following the suggestions of the AA members that have come before you.

It is important that you reach your hand out and admit that you need help. Part of staying sober is helping the newcomers of Alcoholics Anonymous in Altoona stay sober, so people are going to be more than willing to help you get sober too. Stand up, say who you are, admit that you need help.