I am trying to get the courage to go too, it was hard to say aloud to family, that I was going, then I couldn't go. The next meeting near me is in 4 days. All kinds of questions going through my head, the unexpected and unfamiliar is scary. Then I am thinking, is AA right for me, is it religion led? Is it possible and beneficial to dip your toe in and go to one meeting? What if I don't go back, am I going to look like a failure to your loved ones...lots of thoughts and questions and fear. I am with you on this one.