I’m curious
Currently about to do the steps again in a different fellowship after first doing them in 1998
I’m pretty sure I understand a lot more today than I did when I was in my early 20’s
I’m looking forward to revisiting it all with a mind that actually understands what I’m reading and doing
No.
But I’ve always thought it was interesting.
Yes. 29 years sober in AA.
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in a different fellowship
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Sometimes it pays to shop around various twelve step groups. They say that there are no bad AA meetings, but I’ve been to a couple of atrocious ones. I couldn’t wait to get out of there. But by far most of the AA meetings I have been in have been good. Sometimes I was the atrocious person in the crowd. But if you’re in a twelve step meeting, and you are getting bad vibes, remember that in most towns of any size there are a good half dozen twelve step meetings to choose from. Personalities don’t always mesh. Shop around.
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That’s great @shutterbug !
Congrats
One day at a time
I got clean and sober in 1990 through AA, CA and NA. It took me a couple years to find a sponsor and work the steps.
I’ve been to over a thousand meetings and I can’t say enough good things about the program.
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There aren’t that many OA meetings around near me
I’m not in a city any more
I have history with one person in one meeting 1h away
Met a long time ago
I kind of dropped her in some kind of mean way
I’m far too ashamed to bump into her to go to the meetings there
There are 4 different ones within a couple of hours
But I feel very at home in the first and nearest so far
I’m noticing the same words take on a whole new meaning
It’s never been life and death so clearly to me as with stress eating
I had schizophrenia and addictive personality the first time
I was 6 years sober at one point but 25 years later I still only have a half pint twice a week
Without difficulty
And I watch my drinking very carefully
My sister is an alcoholic
I saw myself going her way with some early signs of enjoying it too much and pulled my drinking back again
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Hmm. . .
I Was Sent To Rehab Long Ago.
One Beer A Night. And My World Sold Me To The Alcoholic’s Anonymous Program.
It Wasn’t Needed, But!, Once Again, I Jus Followed Orders.
Learned In Three Days, Those Programs Jus End Up Turning Into A Drug Orgy.
Kinda Grotesque.
So After Some Serious Time Asking The Sky, Why. I Stepped To The Front Desk And Asked When Would I Be Able To Go Home.
The Official Looked At Me Like I Was A Foreigner And Said, ‘Whenever You Want’.
You See Dear Reader, No One Informed Me I Didn’t Have To Be There.
And I Wasn’t Interested In Meeting New People Having Issues With Addiction.
So I Instantly Called For A Ride Home.
Decided It’s A Useless Strange Dating Forum For People With Serious Issues.
I Jus Didn’t Belong There.
~P.s. Hope, Trust, True Love, Honesty, Joy, And Endlessly Eternal Peace!.~ 
I remember being in one AA meeting, and I was thinking, “Is this an AA meeting, or is this the twilight zone”? That’s the only really bad AA meeting I have been to, though.
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That might have been just you x
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