My very first meetings were at my detox program, so I was somewhat prepared for what to expect when I got home. There is a lot of variety from meeting to meeting.
Someone said at a meeting, "What does your recovery community look like?" as if we have some choice in the matter. The way I look at it, if I want to successfully fit in to the place where I live (despite being alcoholic), I need to go to AA meetings and work the program.
After about a month of meetings (I did 90 meetings in 90 days), I had some questions about what a "higher power" was, so I joined SR and I have since then used it as a resource for viewing a variety of experiences with AA.
Please keep us posted!
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