by dofsaint » Tue May 04, 2010 10:39 am
I still remember my first AA meeting, I thought that I was nothing like "these" people they do not understand my problems and other thoughts of this nature. However I started to try different meeting and started to truly listen to what was being said, before too very long it dawned on me. AA was the first group in my life were I felt that I truly belonged, they understood how I was feeling and had felt in the past, if I said something at a meeting I understood that at least one person in the room knew and understood what I was saying and they had felt/thought the same thing or way. Once I really stopped drinking and started to make it a point (no matter how hard it was) to speak at EVERY meeting that I went to, I really felt that I fit in and this was were I was suppost to be. When I took the first step to heart (this was after 5 or 6 years of going to meeting off and on) this is when I was able to not pick up a drink and really begin my new life and things said and everthing about AA made sense to me. So I guess what my point is, try some different meetings and you may find a meeting that fits your needs and believe me, no matter how we drank, everyday, once a week, once a month or if you could still function when you drank. In the end we all have the same problem, it just that different forms and the end result will be the same for all of us, if we do not/did not stop drinking, Jail, Mental Hospital or Death! I know this to be true from personnel experence, I have been to jail and I do NOT want to experence the other two!
David (10 years sober as of May 1, 2010) so it does work!