Old 03-23-2010, 10:00 PM
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Lenina
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Eliot,

My first AA meeting wasn't a rip-roaring success. It was mostly middle-aged men with awful stories of DUI's, broken marriages, lost jobs and other stuff that had never happened to me. I think there were two older women there, too. I was 26 but looked younger.

All I remember that was said to me was "Are you in the right place? This is an AA meeting, did you know?" That was in 1978.

My next meeting was in 1986, in rehab. I didn't warm up to AA for a long time but I did do my after-care meetings and AA meetings as was asked of me. Things started to make sense.

Anyway, I recommend you look at all the recovery methods you can. I liked Rational Recovery. It made sense to me.

Don't quit trying.

Love,

Lenina
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