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09-05-2007, 11:44 AM

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Jersey Nonny

Old & Sober Member of AA

Join Date: Nov 2005

Location: Nursing Home in Brick, New Jersey

Posts: 5,174

Congrats on getting to your first meeting. I've been to both NA and AA, although my main focus is AA since I'm an alcoholic. My 44 year old pot-addicted daughter just celebrated 10 years in NA. My 51 year old heroin-addicted son is seven months clean and attends both NA and AA.

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It is where ever you feel most comfortable. I hate to say this, but some old timers in AA might try to make you feel like you are in the wrong place...but you are right...it is all the same...Alcohol IS a drug!!!!

After 27 years of AA sobriety, I'm afraid this is still the case at some meetings...it all depends on the "group conscience". I don't know what it's like in Pennsy, and it is getting better in Jersey, but there are still those die-hard AA's who tend to look down on "addicts"...sad to say.

As parentrecovers suggests, you can feel completely at ease at open meetings.