Hi and welcome to a period of life that can be so gratifying, if we let it.
Much good thoughts above that I’ve read so I’ll add a couple that seem to ruffle newcomers. First is if you end up at a discussion meeting you don’t need to say anything, you might say I’m Kate and I’m new. Believe me that’s enough, we learn by listening. Try to remember that anyone there is there for the same reason we are all there, we are alcoholics trying to get/be sober. If we let ourselves we can befriend some beautiful people, just remember WOMEN FOR WOMEN, MEN FOR MEN because we are very venerable in early sobriety. Hopefully you can hook up with someone you can identify with and get to a bunch of meetings before making any decisions.
The program has been working for many years and has helped millions worldwide. It works if we work it one day at a time in a row.
BE WELL