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NEOMARXIST · 09-15-2009, 03:58 PM

I can relate to what your saying Debs, I attended a good few AA meetings and whils't I found much of it very useful I found it off-putting how people would be constantly nagging about getting a sponsor/steps etcetc.

I use AA to suit myself and what I have found works with me, I do not wish to be a slave to a program/sponsor how I was to alcohol and I do not wish to feel pressure/unease at not doing things how certain characters feel they must be done. As long as I ain't drinking or getting resentful about not drinking then I'm doing just fine.

So I use AA meetings as a place to go when I feel I need to be mixing with a group of recovering alkies and when I may need to be brought back down to earth in the way that hearing some of the hard-core shares can do so well, I learned a lot from AA meetings and picked up lots of valuable experiences, but I choose not to attend religiously...

09-15-2009, 03:58 PM	#27 (permalink)
NEOMARXIST Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1,996	I can relate to what your saying Debs, I attended a good few AA meetings and whils't I found much of it very useful I found it off-putting how people would be constantly nagging about getting a sponsor/steps etcetc. I use AA to suit myself and what I have found works with me, I do not wish to be a slave to a program/sponsor how I was to alcohol and I do not wish to feel pressure/unease at not doing things how certain characters feel they must be done. As long as I ain't drinking or getting resentful about not drinking then I'm doing just fine. So I use AA meetings as a place to go when I feel I need to be mixing with a group of recovering alkies and when I may need to be brought back down to earth in the way that hearing some of the hard-core shares can do so well, I learned a lot from AA meetings and picked up lots of valuable experiences, but I choose not to attend religiously...