Originally Posted by
bradly22 
You're not alone in this. I can certainly relate. I found AA to be depressing and actually contributed to my drinking. It was downright dangerous for me to continue to go. Thankfully, I stopped going and have been better off without it.
I got a lot out of my step work and my former home group. That being said, I could have written your above post myself, and I am so glad someone finally wrote this. I personally found that many meetings, especially open discussion meetings, made me worse. They were downright depressing as well as pink-cloudish in nature. I could also sense when someone wasn't being authentic and was bullsh*tting, just to have a positive-sounding share. Solution based meetings weren't like that, fortunately, but there aren't enough of those around.