Update : My first AA meeting - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

Misguidedsoul · 07-03-2012, 02:57 PM

After several days of contemplating I successfully went to my first AA meeting today

.. (Big step for me)

It was different to what I had imagined but everything that members here had told me it would be. I was made to feel welcome and yet nobody questioned me. I listened as the meeting was opened.. and as people there took turns to share. I related to all the shares, they sounded so like myself !!

I still haven't been to the Doctors, my appointment is at the end of this week, and still no-one who knows me face to face knows yet about my drinking.. how i share that I guess I will find the answer too..

Anyway thats my update as promised.. I will attend another meeting soon....thanks for all the support so far guys.. it's been really helpful

**Dee74** · 07-03-2012, 03:00 PM

I'm glad you took that step Misguidedsoul

Try not to worry about the Drs too much either

D

2granddaughters · 07-03-2012, 03:03 PM

Excellent soul ... let the magic begin !!

All the best.

Bob R

Live2Run25 · 07-03-2012, 03:05 PM

way to go Mis!! That is a great first step!!

Stevie1 · 07-03-2012, 03:11 PM

Wow, good for you!
It's incredibly scary going for the first time, I remember that. I was hung-over something awful, fragile, weepy, terrified and ignorant my first time.

But as long as you choose a good meeting with lots of combined sobriety, people will be gracious and welcoming and know right where you're at.

stevie88 · 07-03-2012, 03:13 PM

Great stuff...3 weeks ago i went to my first meeting,tomorrows meeting will be my fifth...At first i was nervous but now i couldn't be without AA....

Itchy · 07-03-2012, 03:17 PM

Hey they didn't bite or even try to abduct you into anything did they? I used AA in my early recovery aliong with there and was amazed at the difference between what I experienced, and what I have read in some circles.

If I had to do it again, which I will not, I would use my home group again. I made some very nice friends in AA.

heath480 · 07-03-2012, 03:34 PM

Good news.

I have been to a meeting today as well.

DisplacedGRITS · 07-03-2012, 03:41 PM

Hahaha! Look at you, Misguided! You're making it happen! Keep it up and the Promises will come true in your life sooner than you expect.

MalkavianEmily · 07-03-2012, 04:18 PM

Congrats MGS! (and you too heath) It's the start of a great journey with some really good company.

Sapling · 07-03-2012, 04:23 PM

Glad you liked it...They sounded just like you...huh?....That's why I get along with them so well....Nice job Misguidedsoul...I think your soul has got some guidance now. Keep coming back!

hypochondriac · 07-03-2012, 04:39 PM

Well done Misguidedsoul

x

***Anna*** · 07-03-2012, 04:40 PM

I'm glad it went well for you.

07-03-2012, 02:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
Misguidedsoul Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Wales UK Posts: 31	Update : My first AA meeting After several days of contemplating I successfully went to my first AA meeting today .. (Big step for me) It was different to what I had imagined but everything that members here had told me it would be. I was made to feel welcome and yet nobody questioned me. I listened as the meeting was opened.. and as people there took turns to share. I related to all the shares, they sounded so like myself !! I still haven't been to the Doctors, my appointment is at the end of this week, and still no-one who knows me face to face knows yet about my drinking.. how i share that I guess I will find the answer too.. Anyway thats my update as promised.. I will attend another meeting soon....thanks for all the support so far guys.. it's been really helpful

07-03-2012, 03:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dee74 SR Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Seas Posts: 67,047	I'm glad you took that step Misguidedsoul Try not to worry about the Drs too much either D __________________

07-03-2012, 03:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
2granddaughters in my 24th year of sobriety Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Canada. About as far south as you can get Posts: 4,523	Excellent soul ... let the magic begin !! All the best. Bob R __________________ . . .If you want to drink, that's your business ..... .If you want to quit, that's A.A.'s business. . . --- driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity. . . L.D. 1989

07-03-2012, 03:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
Live2Run25 Run to live... live to run Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Western Maryland Posts: 936 Blog Entries: 5	way to go Mis!! That is a great first step!! __________________ -Britt Sober Since 6/3/2012. "And the day came for the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom" 9 Half Marathons completed in 1yr 5 months. Getting Married on 9/6/2013!!

07-03-2012, 03:17 PM	#7 (permalink)
Itchy Re-Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Louisiana Posts: 4,051	Hey they didn't bite or even try to abduct you into anything did they? I used AA in my early recovery aliong with there and was amazed at the difference between what I experienced, and what I have read in some circles. If I had to do it again, which I will not, I would use my home group again. I made some very nice friends in AA. __________________ "Here's to the few who forgive what you do, and the fewer who don't even care" — Leonard Cohen Fairy tales are more than true — not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten. -- G. K. Chesterton

07-03-2012, 03:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
Stevie1 Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: midwest Posts: 755	Wow, good for you! It's incredibly scary going for the first time, I remember that. I was hung-over something awful, fragile, weepy, terrified and ignorant my first time. But as long as you choose a good meeting with lots of combined sobriety, people will be gracious and welcoming and know right where you're at.

07-03-2012, 03:13 PM	#6 (permalink)
stevie88 Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Dudley,Uk Posts: 1,152	Great stuff...3 weeks ago i went to my first meeting,tomorrows meeting will be my fifth...At first i was nervous but now i couldn't be without AA....

07-03-2012, 03:34 PM	#8 (permalink)
heath480 AA member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: United Kingdom. Posts: 1,655	Good news. I have been to a meeting today as well. __________________ Sobriety Date 23rd May 2003. Sobriety delivers everything Alcohol promised.

07-03-2012, 03:41 PM	#9 (permalink)
DisplacedGRITS Crazy Cat Lady Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 1,946 Blog Entries: 3	Hahaha! Look at you, Misguided! You're making it happen! Keep it up and the Promises will come true in your life sooner than you expect. __________________ Sobriety Date: May 3, 2013 If I can do it, you can do it. Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. -The Big Book of AA, Chapter 5 Page 58

07-03-2012, 04:18 PM	#10 (permalink)
MalkavianEmily Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: London, England Posts: 675	Congrats MGS! (and you too heath) It's the start of a great journey with some really good company.

07-03-2012, 04:23 PM	#11 (permalink)
Sapling AA Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Between Meetings Posts: 9,004	Glad you liked it...They sounded just like you...huh?....That's why I get along with them so well....Nice job Misguidedsoul...I think your soul has got some guidance now. Keep coming back!

07-03-2012, 04:39 PM	#12 (permalink)
hypochondriac Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: UK Posts: 4,443	Well done Misguidedsoul x __________________ “The future you have tomorrow, won't be the same future you had yesterday.” ― Chuck Palahniuk, Rant

07-03-2012, 04:40 PM	#13 (permalink)
*Anna* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dancing in the Light Posts: 28,160	I'm glad it went well for you. __________________ Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. Marianne Willianson

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