I remember how scared I was going into my first meeting alone...I made myself do it the day before I graduated from treatment.
What I found there was a room full of people just like me with different faces and different names.....
all with pretty much the same story, with some minor variations of course...
Try to compare in, as opposed to comparing out...
Look for the similarities, not the differences.
Take what you need and leave the rest.
Remember, the people at the meetings are people just like you, and that some are sicker than others.
Not to scare you off...
but I've met some people with plenty of years of sobriety...that are still sick.
I guess I wish that someone had told me that before I went to my first meeting...
Don't put anyone on a pedastol...because even those with years of sobriety can fall down.
We are all in this same sobriety boat together, and we're all trying to live life and learn how to do it sober & clean one day at a time.