Welcome HighHopes and you are not hijacking anyone's site, we are all welcome here. That is one of the things I love about SR they welcome people w/open arms although sometimes it may take a few posts but not usually.
that has got to be a bummer no meetings EEK. I know people on here for various reasons who can't get to f2f meetings and so they get there recovery here. Seems to work great for some of them.
Hope to see you around..