AA Meetings Ames, IA

Below is a comprehensive directory of AA meetings in Ames, Iowa.

The closest AA meeting to you is 0.73 miles away and meets on Monday at 7:00:00 PM.

If you can't find a meeting close to you at the time you're looking for, we recommend checking out nearby towns including: Kelley, Gilbert, Shipley, and Jordan.

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

What is an AA Meeting?

A meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous is a place to spread a message of strength, hope and courage to other alcoholics. This is a safe place for an addict seeking sobriety to come in and ask for help. These AA Meetings in Ames, IA will help them build a support network to help guide them to sobriety. You will be invited in by your peers that have all lived and survived from alcoholism. Their survival of maintaining their sobriety is dependent on helping others and giving back to others the guidance that was given to them.

How to Choose an AA Meeting in Ames, IA

Alcoholism is a disease of the mind, body, and soul. AA has developed meetings to assist with each individual piece of your independence from alcohol. If you are in search of a meeting on the first three steps, you should select a beginner meeting. If you are looking to explore your spiritual side, attending a meditation meeting would be an ideal choice. If you want to hear other people's journeys to sobriety, a speaker meeting is a good starting point. If you have completed your steps and are now working on the traditions of AA, a traditions meetings will help. If you want to attend a group with just your gender, you can go to a men’s or women's meeting where no one of the opposite gender will be there. All in all there is a meeting for everyone. Try them out until you find one that fits your needs.

How to Get The Most From an Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in Ames, IA

In order to benefit the most from your first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting you should keep an open minded. We all had an idea of what these meeting were and generally it is the same misconception. The best advice I ever got was to sit down, stop talking, listen to the message, and graciously 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 AA meeting you choose as your first.