Originally Posted by
*Ceridwen 
LOL, this would bother me too, luckily I'm british and we don't do that sort of thing (the very idea <shudder> LOL)
I was NEVER a hugger before Alanon, if I wasn't sleeping w/you, I wasn't hugging you.
My first Alanon hug was from a 300lb plus BIG guy, took me by surprise (my now sponsor).
I've grown to
love them. We've got some professional grade huggers in my group. One woman asks new comers if they accept hugs, I used to tell her no. Now she's one of my favorites. Another hugs long and hard and still, you can actually feel her energy transferring.
I'm glad to be a hugger now, I was missing out. I even enjoy the manhugs, in a manly sort of way. But I don't hug people till the time is right, hugging a stranger would be stupid!
Thanks and God bless us all,
Coyote
P.S. Took me a year or so to get comfortable......letting go-o-o-o-o. Ha!