My_1st_AA_mtg
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My_1st_AA_mtg
Hi, my name's Paul. I'm an alcoholic. It's been 6 months since my last... post :-) (and 19 months since my last drink)
And so yes, I FINALLY went to my first meeting. How refreshing the honesty! It was just as I imagined it would be: broken people admitting it and sharing excerpts from their journeys back to wholeness!
As a practicing Christian, how sad I am that Christians can't meet together with this same humility, brokenness and support! (instead, we are supposed to have it all together! ..what a joke and a lie. :-(
Well, I don't recognize most names here (A couple like Sugah). Thankfully Carol is still here :-)
Best wishes to all. This site was so helpful to me during my first 6 months.
Paul
And so yes, I FINALLY went to my first meeting. How refreshing the honesty! It was just as I imagined it would be: broken people admitting it and sharing excerpts from their journeys back to wholeness!
As a practicing Christian, how sad I am that Christians can't meet together with this same humility, brokenness and support! (instead, we are supposed to have it all together! ..what a joke and a lie. :-(
Well, I don't recognize most names here (A couple like Sugah). Thankfully Carol is still here :-)
Best wishes to all. This site was so helpful to me during my first 6 months.
Paul
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Detroit, MI
Posts: 6,665
Originally Posted by PaulL 
...sad I am that Christians can't meet together with this same humility, brokenness and support!
I would not say they are better than AA but you do get to talk about the Bible and J.C.
The bad news is they don't want to here any mention of the Big Book or
Bill W.
same planet...different world
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Butte, America
Posts: 10,946
I'm glad you got something from your first meeting.
Thanks for sharing that.
And yes, I've been in some meetings when something
'busted loose' for someone
and the meeting took on this whole
surreal .... real-ness.
Those are the times,
for me
that I know without doubt
and without need to prove
that Something Greater Than Myself
not only exists ...
but on occasion goes to a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Welcome to the Fellowship!
Thanks for sharing that.
And yes, I've been in some meetings when something
'busted loose' for someone
and the meeting took on this whole
surreal .... real-ness.
Those are the times,
for me
that I know without doubt
and without need to prove
that Something Greater Than Myself
not only exists ...
but on occasion goes to a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Welcome to the Fellowship!
Forward we go...side by side-Rest In Peace
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Serene In Dixie
Posts: 36,740
Good to see you are doing well Paul.....
Welcome back to SR
My home group meets at 11 a.m. on Sunday
mny members attend early church services of their religion
and show up for our AA meeting as well.
Yes! you can use both if you choose.
Blessings to you and your wife.
Welcome back to SR
My home group meets at 11 a.m. on Sunday
mny members attend early church services of their religion
and show up for our AA meeting as well.
Yes! you can use both if you choose.
Blessings to you and your wife.
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Arizona
Posts: 872
Hey Paul!
I remember you from the boards (I am infrequent as well)...
Congrats on your first meeting! God laid out a great path for me as well... first He used AA to help me find Him (even though I was the one who was lost!)... then I found a relationship with Christ. Pretty amazing.
I am a huge believer (pun intended) that I, as an alcoholic, need the 12 steps and program of AA to keep my sobriety.... I heard someone say 'you go to church to be saved, you go to AA to be sober.' True true.
God bless and keep coming back!
NMB
I remember you from the boards (I am infrequent as well)...
Congrats on your first meeting! God laid out a great path for me as well... first He used AA to help me find Him (even though I was the one who was lost!)... then I found a relationship with Christ. Pretty amazing.
I am a huge believer (pun intended) that I, as an alcoholic, need the 12 steps and program of AA to keep my sobriety.... I heard someone say 'you go to church to be saved, you go to AA to be sober.' True true.
God bless and keep coming back!
NMB
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Location: Northern Colorado
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Originally Posted by PaulL
Hi, my name's Paul. I'm an alcoholic. It's been 6 months since my last... post :-) (and 19 months since my last drink)
And so yes, I FINALLY went to my first meeting. How refreshing the honesty! It was just as I imagined it would be: broken people admitting it and sharing excerpts from their journeys back to wholeness!
As a practicing Christian, how sad I am that Christians can't meet together with this same humility, brokenness and support! (instead, we are supposed to have it all together! ..what a joke and a lie. :-(
Well, I don't recognize most names here (A couple like Sugah). Thankfully Carol is still here :-)
Best wishes to all. This site was so helpful to me during my first 6 months.
Paul
And so yes, I FINALLY went to my first meeting. How refreshing the honesty! It was just as I imagined it would be: broken people admitting it and sharing excerpts from their journeys back to wholeness!
As a practicing Christian, how sad I am that Christians can't meet together with this same humility, brokenness and support! (instead, we are supposed to have it all together! ..what a joke and a lie. :-(
Well, I don't recognize most names here (A couple like Sugah). Thankfully Carol is still here :-)
Best wishes to all. This site was so helpful to me during my first 6 months.
Paul
I love AA.
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