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Old 01-24-2013, 07:01 PM
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paul99
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Congrats on the 7 weeks!

It's your first AA meeting - many of us come out of there not quite sure what to make of it. I didn't understand much of what they were saying at my first meeting. The only thing I got out of it was that others drank like I drank, and that was enough for me to go back.

You don't have to have it all figured out after one meeting. No one does. While I love SR and I get a lot out of it, I need to have face-to-face time with other alcoholics. And for me, I get that in AA meetings. There is an energy there that I can only get from a group of like minded people gathered in one place, helping one another.

I was the same - started drinking at 15 and stopped at 40. So a long time of living and thinking one way...so don't expect that it will change overnight. Try another meeting - give it a shot, have an open mind.

All the best
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