Old 07-08-2009, 05:25 AM
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lightseeker
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I've found the anon programs so helpful for me. I've had years of therapy and the meetings have helped me in a way that the therapy never touched. You don't have to say anything at a meeting "I'll pass" is a commonly heard statement. The longer I'm in the programs the more I'm passing in fact. These are not "religious" meetings at all. More spiritual I guess. Whenever God is mentioned I think that it is short hand for Higher Power - which is what each of us defines for herself. It definitely is not group therapy because "cross-talk" isn't allowed. I have been very helped by hearing others experience, strength, and hope. One of the most important things that I have heard at meetings is "take what you like and leave the rest". There are things that I don't like about the meetings but I just "leave" that.

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