AA Meetings Stratford, IA

Monday AA Meetings in Stratford

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Wednesday AA Meetings in Stratford

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Saturday AA Meetings in Stratford

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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: Stanhope, Dayton, Lehigh, and Pilot Mound

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

What is an AA Meeting?

A meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous is a place to share experiences and success stories with other alcoholics. This is a safe place for an alcoholic wanting to get sober to come in and ask for help. These AA Meetings in Stratford, Iowa 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 addiction. Their ability to maintain a sober life is reliant on helping others and giving back to others the guidance that they received.

Choosing A meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous in Stratford, Iowa

There are a many different AA meetings in Stratford, Iowa. prior to selecting the meeting that you are going to join, it is beneficial to know the different types of AA meetings and what happens at each one.

Open Meeting of AA – An Open Meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous is open to anyone who wishes to attend. You do not have to have an alcohol addiction to go to an open Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting. Friends, family, and children can join these meetings.

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

Big Book Meeting – At Big Book meetings, a member will commonly 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 journey, strength, and hope with fellow members of AA. The speaker may or may not talk through the duration of the meeting and an sometimes they open the floor to discussion at the end.

AA Literature Meeting – A literature meeting commonly involves 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 typically focuses on one or two steps per meeting. This can involve a speaker lead discussion about a particular step, literature reading, and may or may not be followed by a discussion about the step(s).

Meditation Meeting – A meditation meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous can involve deep reflection for a portion of the meeting or even the whole time. 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 thoroughly. This can be done with a speaker, literature lead, and may or may not be followed by a conversation.

Being that each Stratford AA meeting is autonomous, they are able to run each meeting as they see fit. Variation of meeting formats is common and you can also find AA meetings in Stratford that do not. We recommend contacting the local AA intergroup to find out more information on AA Meetings in Stratford, Iowa, or visiting aa.org to find out more information.

How to Get The Most From a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous in Stratford, Iowa

In order to benefit the most from your first AA 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, shut up, listen to the message, and humbly ask for help. No matter the type of meeting meeting, that one thing that won’t change is the message of recovering from a hopeless state of mind. The process of recovering from that hopeless state is in asking for help from another alcoholic which you will find in any AA meeting you choose to start with.