Any AA people join my thread?

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I decided to get therapy for my drinking

My treatment plan is group therapy 2z per week plus AA. Not sure about AA because I’ve been to meetings before and now I’m not sure how they would react to my sz.,

Anyone go to meetings or have an opinion of the dr’s opinion.

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I went to AA a few times. There were a few nut cases in there and they seemed to be accepted.

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I’ve been in the past many times and I’ve had a spiritual awakening at church and not so much at those meetings still go occasainly and found some online meetings as well but I went back to sleep they probably can’t tell if u don’t tell them that ur nuts

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Do you read the big book?

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I guess I could online I had greatly improved my conscience contact with god as I understood him it thorough prayer and meditation

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By meditation I mean pondering what my deity said all the time

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It seems to me that they try to get a convert to a religion I could b wrong but it’s what it seems like to me there a people who probably disagree as there always will be no matter wha the subject

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AA saved me. I basically thought alchohol was worth dying for. I got lucky with AA. You should at least give it a try.

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ive gone to AA for 24 years and quit drinking nearly 19 years ago… i wouldnt trade it :slight_smile: i suggest you read the Doctors Opinion of the Big Book :slight_smile: let me know what u think please :slight_smile:

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Yeah, AA is pretty accepting. I’ve seen mentally ill people in meetings. No one picked on them. One reason is that a surprisingly lot of addicts/ alcohol.ics have been in institutions or psych wards themselves.
The main purpose of 12-step gruops is to help one another.
They have an old saying there. “Principles before personalities”. I think that applies to mental illness too. Hell, if ex-cons, hoods or other criminals are welcome, then we sure are welcome too.

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I’ve been a member of AA since 1998. I’ve always been accepted and treated well. As long as you are able to be honest with yourself and admit that you have a drinking problem, and have the desire to do something about it, AA can help you.
Because I’m also mentally ill I have struggled with feeling unique from everyone else in the rooms but the truth is, 9 out of 10 people in there have some form of diagnosable mental illness of their own.
In fact, alcoholism is considered a mental illness so you will be right at home.