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sailorjohn when I am with sick people I get sicker, when I am with healthy people I get healthier.
Exactly. Guess it's much more sensible for me to take in an AA meeting every afternoon rather than sitting in a bar and watching a football game.
embraced said it well too, I have to make efforts every day to stay healthy.
I'd like to think that someday I could cut back on meetings or not go at all, but I'm not that healthy yet and in some ways I hope I always feel the need to have a foundation in the rooms of recovery. That's why we have old-timers in the program, some of us always need to be there.
Are there any Al-Anon meetings near your sister's place? Honestly, attending meetings when I'm out of my area has opened me up to how far our programs reach out. It's an amazing experience to be in another state, and yet I can identify 100% with other people who have the same issues. I've never felt like an outsider.