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11-24-2015, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by SUNNYDEE

Hi
I'm 11years sober - and grateful to be so - my life is a million times better than what it was when I was drinking

However I really don't feel at ease in AA meetings... I've denied this to myself for a long time but I just don't feel they are for me.

I did try to share at meetings but it's the usual pontificating and broadbrushing reply 'you are not spiritually well, you must be doing something wrong, what haven't you been honest about, there must be something you are not doing, you don't have a HP etc etc' Please don't think I'm being condescending - I don't mean to be... I have a strong faith, I enjoy being sober, I embrace the 12steps as much as I can... I just don't like going to meetings.... anyone else feel like this?

I guess you can call it pontificating if you like. I choose to call it feedback. I've learned a couple things in my years in AA. 1)You can't BS a BSer and 2)The further I am from my last drink, the closer I am to my next.