Originally Posted by serenelife

Yesterday, I decided to go to my first AA meeting. I felt that a women's group was the best place to start. As some may know, it took alot of courage to go. I pulled up to where the meeting was being held. They were holding a yard sale so there was a lot of people. A gentleman approached me and asked if I was looking for something. I told him that I was there for the women's meeting. He took me inside and showed me around and handed me some literature and offered some words of encouragement. I sat in the room and waited as I was early. Women came and went, without even acknowledging my presence. One lady came in and said hello and sat down and started reading. Well the time for the meeting came and no one else was in the room but me and this lady. One of the other ladies that kept coming in the room told the other ladies that the person who usually ran the meetings wasn't coming because of a sick child. Someone asked if any of the other ladies would run the meeting as there were a few new people ( me and the other lady). The reply from all of them was No we are just going to hang out.

After hearing that I decided to leave as I am not going to sit in a room with other people snubbing me. As I was leaving, the gentleman who originally greeted me, asked me why I was leaving and I told him that the person who ran the meetng wasn't coming and the other ladies didn't want to run the meeting. I told him that it had taken a lot of courage for me to come to the meeting and only to find that I felt very unwelcomed there. I thanked him for his welcome and words of encouragement, but I wasn't coming back because of the way I was treated.

I will find another meeting somewhere else as I know now more than ever I need the support because of my screwup last night.