by abclimo » Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:24 am
Josh: Hi and welcome! It's great that you recognized that you have a problem and don't want to continue in that self destructive path of addiction. Whether it's alcohol, drugs, shopping, sex, etc it's still an addiction and we don't understand and can't do moderation. The only way is abstinence. It's great that you are going to a meeting and I hope that went well for you. All meetings are not the same. In the beginning when I was "auditioning" meetings, I found some that were very cold feeling and I found others that were so warm and caring. Needless to say, I don't go to the cold meetings and have found a place in the meetings where the atmosphere was warm, caring, and helpful towards staying clean/sober and recovering. I have found friends in those rooms and people I know that I can count on when I need to talk to someone about things. They are people I can call friends, true friends. Please keep posting here, we can't do this individually, but together we can all help each other and succeed at beating this disease. It's a terrible disease and if we don't deal with it, it can and will kill us. Post back and hugs!