Can't post thread in NewComers - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

killingmesmalls · 08-11-2009, 07:03 PM

I just registered & am having the same blank white page that others have posted about come up in NewComers when I try to create new thread - tried it three times with same issue. Using MAc and Firefox.

I have a question about where to find the right meetings - Pasted below. Can you redirect it to the NewComers page? Or any other ideas on how I an get thread to post?

SUBJECT AA Meetings - How to find right one?

Hi All -
Glad I found this site. Coming to terms with a lot lately & this is the biggest. I have been wanting to go to meetings for a while, but have found excuses not to. I know it's not going to get better unless I take the steps and stick to it - played around with it long enough & know that it will never not be a problem.

I have young kids and wanted to know if any of you have heard of meetings that have any form of care for children? I know this is an off question & I feel so ashamed that it has come to this situation with my kids - but I honestly don't know what else to do. I don't want to look up ten years from now and still be on this path.

Thank you for any help.

**Astro** · 08-11-2009, 10:30 PM

Hello KMS, and welcome to SR! You can search for meetings on the AA website here Alcoholics Anonymous : How to Find A.A. Meetings but I don't think any meeting list is going to mention whether meetings are kid-friendly or not.

Mu suggestion would be to call the local intergroup office for your area, they might be able to direct you to larger open meetings that are OK with children present. I took my kids to meetings for years, they behaved well and were usually quiet. It's not unusual to have children at our meetings. The way I see it, it's more important to have a parent get recovery, than to worry about a child being in the room.

I'll have the mods move this to Newcomers. Hope to hear more from you.

suki44883 · 08-11-2009, 10:32 PM

Love your name, smalls. Is it from The Sandlot? I love that movie!

***Morning Glory*** · 08-11-2009, 10:52 PM

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...right-one.html (AA Meetings - How to find right one?)

08-11-2009, 07:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
killingmesmalls Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: upland, ca Posts: 46	Can't post thread in NewComers I just registered & am having the same blank white page that others have posted about come up in NewComers when I try to create new thread - tried it three times with same issue. Using MAc and Firefox. I have a question about where to find the right meetings - Pasted below. Can you redirect it to the NewComers page? Or any other ideas on how I an get thread to post? SUBJECT AA Meetings - How to find right one? Hi All - Glad I found this site. Coming to terms with a lot lately & this is the biggest. I have been wanting to go to meetings for a while, but have found excuses not to. I know it's not going to get better unless I take the steps and stick to it - played around with it long enough & know that it will never not be a problem. I have young kids and wanted to know if any of you have heard of meetings that have any form of care for children? I know this is an off question & I feel so ashamed that it has come to this situation with my kids - but I honestly don't know what else to do. I don't want to look up ten years from now and still be on this path. Thank you for any help.

08-11-2009, 10:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
Astro Forum Leader Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Scottsdale, AZ, one big happy dysfunctional family! Posts: 11,833	Hello KMS, and welcome to SR! You can search for meetings on the AA website here Alcoholics Anonymous : How to Find A.A. Meetings but I don't think any meeting list is going to mention whether meetings are kid-friendly or not. Mu suggestion would be to call the local intergroup office for your area, they might be able to direct you to larger open meetings that are OK with children present. I took my kids to meetings for years, they behaved well and were usually quiet. It's not unusual to have children at our meetings. The way I see it, it's more important to have a parent get recovery, than to worry about a child being in the room. I'll have the mods move this to Newcomers. Hope to hear more from you. __________________ "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty, and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming---WOW-What a ride!"

08-11-2009, 10:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
suki44883 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Somewhere Out There Posts: 9,092	Love your name, smalls. Is it from The Sandlot? I love that movie! __________________ We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words. - Anna Sewell - So oftentimes it happens that we live our lives in chains and we never even know we have the key. - The Eagles

08-11-2009, 10:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
*Morning Glory* Administrator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: CA Posts: 9,968 Blog Entries: 2	http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...right-one.html (AA Meetings - How to find right one?) __________________ “Come to the edge.” “We can't. We're afraid.” “Come to the edge.” “We can't. We will fall!” “Come to the edge.” And they came. And he pushed them. And they flew. Guillaume Apollinaire, 1880-1918

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