View Poll Results: how many meetings do you attend per week ?
6 or more per week
29
7.55%
3 to 5 per week
82
21.35%
1 to 2 per week
68
17.71%
only occasionally
44
11.46%
never
161
41.93%
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how many 12 Step Meetings do you attend ?
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Lakeside, Ca
Posts: 10,208
how many 12 Step Meetings do you attend ?
how many 12 Step Meetings do you attend each week ?
just thought we would get a poll here regarding 12 Step meeting attendance
this is to include all types of 12 Step Meetings
AA, NA, Al-Anon/Alateen, GA, Christian 12 Step - etc. etc.
when I sobered up I attended proxy 5 meetings a week
this went on for almost a year
now I attend on an average proxy 2 a week
enjoy the poll
have a good day
onehigherpower
just thought we would get a poll here regarding 12 Step meeting attendance
this is to include all types of 12 Step Meetings
AA, NA, Al-Anon/Alateen, GA, Christian 12 Step - etc. etc.
when I sobered up I attended proxy 5 meetings a week
this went on for almost a year
now I attend on an average proxy 2 a week
enjoy the poll
have a good day
onehigherpower
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Lakeside, Ca
Posts: 10,208
the judge was very impressed
Originally Posted by Happyfeet 
I am trying to do 90/90.
90 in 90 comes highly recommended
for ones who are serious about getting and staying sober
back in 1989 I went through rehab
stayed sober just short of 3 years
I was on a court slip due to some trouble I had gotten into to
I had a stack of full page signed court slips when I saw the judge
I had attended over 1,350 meetings in proxy 1,250 days
the judge was very impressed
gave me and my lawyer everything we asked for
then like a fool I took it all for granted
pretty much stopped going to meetings
was back to being a drinking drunk in short time
onehigherpower
for ones who are serious about getting and staying sober
back in 1989 I went through rehab
stayed sober just short of 3 years
I was on a court slip due to some trouble I had gotten into to
I had a stack of full page signed court slips when I saw the judge
I had attended over 1,350 meetings in proxy 1,250 days
the judge was very impressed
gave me and my lawyer everything we asked for
then like a fool I took it all for granted
pretty much stopped going to meetings
was back to being a drinking drunk in short time
onehigherpower
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Gulf Coast, Florida USA
Posts: 5,731
Originally Posted by onehigherpower
90 in 90 comes highly recommended
for ones who are serious about getting and staying sober
back in 1989 I went through rehab
stayed sober just short of 3 years
I was on a court slip due to some trouble I had gotten into to
I had a stack of full page signed court slips when I saw the judge
I had attended over 1,350 meetings in proxy 1,250 days
the judge was very impressed
gave me and my lawyer everything we asked for
then like a fool I took it all for granted
pretty much stopped going to meetings
was back to being a drinking drunk in short time
onehigherpower
for ones who are serious about getting and staying sober
back in 1989 I went through rehab
stayed sober just short of 3 years
I was on a court slip due to some trouble I had gotten into to
I had a stack of full page signed court slips when I saw the judge
I had attended over 1,350 meetings in proxy 1,250 days
the judge was very impressed
gave me and my lawyer everything we asked for
then like a fool I took it all for granted
pretty much stopped going to meetings
was back to being a drinking drunk in short time
onehigherpower
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: WA
Posts: 7,581
I have one meeting I love lined up for each day of the week but schedule changes happen and I have been known to take a nap or get "lost" at the bookstore so I put 3 to 5 but truthfully my average is closer to 6 these days
Ps: it's not that I am so wonderful, I am just lucky that my home group meets 5 times a week and is just 3 blocks away from my house LOL
Ps: it's not that I am so wonderful, I am just lucky that my home group meets 5 times a week and is just 3 blocks away from my house LOL
Laozi Old Man
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Detroit, MI
Posts: 6,665
Now that I have had the obsession to drink lifted from me. I attend 2-3 twelve step meetings per week. Not because I need them to stay sober. But because I want to see newcomers get well. I rarely see that at non-twelve step meetings.
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Bklyn. NY
Posts: 1,859
My first 5 years of sobriety I'd say I averaged 5 to 6 meetings a week. After that I've been kinda all over the place with meeting attendance. At times I went reguarly, sometimes not so reguarly. For a year or 2, I was averaging about a meeting a month, but would jump in from time to time and do a whole bunch in a row. I'm comfortable making 1 meeting a week, I've been making 2 meetings a week for over a year now, and I like to aim for 3 a week but I've got a very full schedule and it's not always possible. It's not necessary either. AA was a bridge back to life for me, and it's worked and still works wonderfully.
I'd like to note that as much as I hated to admit it at the time, when I was not attending AA meetings consistently, I was also becoming a pretty miserable dude. I don't know what the magic is, but I don't question it anymore. When I attend reguarly, I'm a much happier and more grounded person. I look forward to my meetings. I didn't always feel that way.
I'd like to note that as much as I hated to admit it at the time, when I was not attending AA meetings consistently, I was also becoming a pretty miserable dude. I don't know what the magic is, but I don't question it anymore. When I attend reguarly, I'm a much happier and more grounded person. I look forward to my meetings. I didn't always feel that way.
Re-Tread
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Meditation
Posts: 1,300
I was getting to 5/6 a week for a month or two. Dropped down slowly. Next thing I knew it was 2/3 a week. I went down to just my home group.
Then some junk happened which caused me to take a break entirely.
I put occasionally. I enjoy certain meetings and plan to go back but right now I want to see how I feel just living sober. So far it feels great.
Just like drinking I wonder where I found time for so many meetings.
Then some junk happened which caused me to take a break entirely.
I put occasionally. I enjoy certain meetings and plan to go back but right now I want to see how I feel just living sober. So far it feels great.
Just like drinking I wonder where I found time for so many meetings.
Self recovered Self discovered
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Toronto Canada
Posts: 5,148
I used to be addicted to alcohol, but that was almost two years ago now. I went to a few meetings during that first week of sobriety, but I haven't been to one since then.
Sobriety is Traditional
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Posts: 8,643
My wife and I did 90 meetings in 90 days, but have cut back and now I just go to about three meetings a week. Also, I meet with my sponsor once a week.
I'm in a rural area, so I have to go a ways to get to meetings.
I'm in a rural area, so I have to go a ways to get to meetings.
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Lakeside, Ca
Posts: 10,208
when traveling I try to attend different meetings
heading out to the desert for a week
usually go to three early morning AA meetings out there (per week)
they have a cool Alano Club that holds many meetings
love watching the sun come up over the desert
getting up early with a meeting to start my day
I have met a lot of nice people out there in recovery
when traveling I try to attend different meetings
good for a change
onehigherpower
usually go to three early morning AA meetings out there (per week)
they have a cool Alano Club that holds many meetings
love watching the sun come up over the desert
getting up early with a meeting to start my day
I have met a lot of nice people out there in recovery
when traveling I try to attend different meetings
good for a change
onehigherpower
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