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Old 07-27-2007, 10:26 PM
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CJ-50
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Join Date: Jul 2007
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dgillz -- glad it hasn't happened to you.

And the meetings that it was worst at I quit going to. Mostly, I heard the anti-"high bottom" remarks from old-timers who were men (the "come back when you've really hit bottom" types). So I quit going to co-ed meetings. But I've also had women feel that it's fair game to come up to me and "comment" on (i.e. criticize) me or my share after meetings. Really offensive behavior -- I try to keep reminding myself that AA is open to all, even the mentally ill. But what bothers me is that, at least in my geographic area, the "no cross-talk" rule has really gotten downplayed & ignored. I've even had one person say in a meeting -- "well I don't know about your god CJ, but my god wouldn't do that" or words to that effect -- the point being, they actually called me out by name in their share after I shared. That sort of thing has really made me question if it is worth going just to get a weekly reminder that it is not safe for me to drink.

Oh well, it does feel better to get it off my chest. Thanks for listening.

CJ
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