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DECORAH ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS OFFICIAL WEBSITE
A.A. in Decorah, Iowa, 52101. Web address: DecorahAA.org
Decorah is located in Winneshiek County, which is in northeast Iowa.
AA Decorah Meetings
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The Decorah A.A. website was last updated on Mon 11 Mar 2024.
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Announcement as of 1 March 2024
Tuesday and Saturday meetings in Decorah (see below) will be moved from the "Peace and Justice Center" to the Methodist Church (302 West Broadway) while remodeling is done. The last meetings at Peace and Justice will be Saturday the 9th 4pm and Tuesday the 12th 8pm.
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LIST OF DECORAH A.A. MEETINGS
*An "open" meeting is open to:
~alcoholics or people who think they might have an alcohol problem;
~family/friends of alcoholics or family/friends of people who may be alcoholics;
~those who are curious about A.A.
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#A “closed” meeting is ONLY for alcoholics or people who think they might have an alcohol problem.
------>Weekly Sunday 4 pm meeting, meets in the classroom in the basement of Saint Benedict's building, 307 W. Main Street, Decorah. This is an "open"* meeting. Click here for flier with additional information. For those people who do not need a special accessibility entrance, enter through the western most door along the north side of the building and go down the stairs. For those who have special accessibility needs, use the door on the south side of the building to enter and take the elevator to the bottom floor. A professional American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter is not available, but the group is willing to work with people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. Furthermore, this group subscribes to the tenets of the "A.A. Guidelines on Accessibility for All Alcoholics".
------>Monday through Friday Noon meetings, meet in the classroom in the basement of Saint Benedict's building, 307 W. Main Street, Decorah. These are "open"* meetings. For those people who do not need a special accessibility entrance, enter through the western most door along the north side of the building and go down the stairs. For those who have special accessibility needs, use the door on the south side of the building to enter and take the elevator to the bottom floor. A professional American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter is not available, but the group is willing to work with people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. Furthermore, this group subscribes to the tenets of the "A.A. Guidelines on Accessibility for All Alcoholics".
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------>Tuesday weekly 8 pm meeting (see 1 March 2024 announcement in LARGE PRINT above), 119 Winnebago St. (Peace & Justice Center). This is a "closed"# meeting. This meeting is not readily wheelchair accessible. A professional American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter is not available, but the group is willing to work with people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. Furthermore, this group subscribes to the tenets of the "A.A. Guidelines on Accessibility for All Alcoholics".
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------>Starting 4 January 2024: Thursday weekly 7 pm WOMEN'S meeting, 302 W. Broadway St. (First United Methodist Church). This is a "closed"# meeting. Click here for flyer.
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------>Saturday weekly 4 pm meeting (see 1 March 2024 announcement in LARGE PRINT above), 119 Winnebago St. (Peace & Justice Center). This is a "closed"# meeting. This meeting is not readily wheelchair accessible. A professional American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter is not available, but the group is willing to work with people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. Furthermore, this group subscribes to the tenets of the "A.A. Guidelines on Accessibility for All Alcoholics".
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Information for Anyone New Coming to A.A. AND for Anyone Referring People to AA:
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About "anonymity"
-->"That 'anonymous' part was the most important thing to me at the time. To me, using our first names is only the first step in being anonymous. There is much more to anonymity. It means absolutely no gossip. It means not repeating what we heard about anyone at the diner or in the parking lot after a meeting—not even to our sponsor," from the Grapevine article "Hope Nobody Sees Me! A member in Tennessee shares his thoughts about the importance of anonymity."
-->Why Anonymous?
-->"Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities" (from A.A.'s Traditions).
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Grapevine is A.A.'s "meeting in print." Grapevine is the international journal of Alcoholics Anonymous and is published monthly. Click here for an informational video and here to subscribe.
Want To Help Another Alcoholic? Grapevine and La Viña are Great Twelfth Step Tools! Click here for more information.
Remember, A.A. members: "Ya gotta give it away to keep it." Here are some Grapevine related ways to do that:
www.aagrapevine.org/contribute
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www.aagrapevine.org/get-involved
[Click here if you are an A.A. member and would like to make a voluntary monetary contribution to the G.S.O. Click here for a story explaining the need the G.S.O. has for funds. Note that the G.S.O. only accepts voluntary contributions from members.]
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Click here for information on problems other than alcohol (like drug addiction, etc.) and how A.A. does or does not fit in.
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Al-Anon/Alateen is for people who are troubled by someone else's drinking or if they grew up with a problem drinker. Click here for information about Al-Anon/Alateen. Click here (link currently not available) for Decorah Al-Anon/Alateen meeting information.
A.A. Newsletters
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About A.A. (For professionals of all types who deal with alcoholics, including professionals in the fields of healthcare, law, corrections and clergy.)
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