Originally Posted by vulcan30

RE AA meetings

They can almost certainly give you people to talk to and social contact and I do not discount that. My worry that stops me attending is the thought of having to publicly admit the reasons why I'm drinking. There's also the worry about people trying to lecture me rather than listen. I'm not in favour of being seen as an alcoholic and making that my identity, I see myself as a social drinker. I'm willing to give it a go, I'm open to the idea that it might not be as humiliating as I think it will be. I've never tried it.

Back to the topic, being shut-in the house when you don't want to be, got no-one to meet-up with, and got no-where to go to drop-in to that doesn't require a pre-existing friend group.