First ever AA meeting tonight
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: london
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First ever AA meeting tonight
I am going to my first meeting tonight, 8pm. I'm nervous, excited and apprehensive! Just wanted to say hi and that i think this is a great site. I look forward to joining you all and, most of all, staying sober!
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Join Date: Feb 2009
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keep an open mind. A.A was a life saver for me. Im chairing a meeting tonight. I will think of you when we "[I]pause for a few moments and think of the suffering alcoholic both inside and outside of the rooms[/I"] most meetings share this at the beginning of the meeting. Well done on taking your first step....
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: uk
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way to go girl.......
get a sponsor and work the steps asap.
Once i did that i stopped picking up a drink ...and became contented sober.
If you can....go ten minutes early......with some spare change...and an open mind......
Please please let us all know how you got on..............trucker
get a sponsor and work the steps asap.
Once i did that i stopped picking up a drink ...and became contented sober.
If you can....go ten minutes early......with some spare change...and an open mind......
Please please let us all know how you got on..............trucker
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: london
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Hi again and thanks for your replies. Well, i went, all on my own, and i was so nervous! I shouldn't have been though because they were all very nice indeed, and very welcoming. I didn't have to say anything at all if i didn't want to, one lady said the best thing was to 'just listen'. I did and i have to say i was very impressed. I really want to sort my life out, so i felt i had nothing to lose. I'm so glad i went, i even got a silver chip and everyone clapped lol!!! It was funny and sad, uplifting and inspiring. I will go back! Good luck to everyone xxxx
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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Welcome to SR Ruby.
I am happy that your meeting went well.
It is comforting to be around people that are going through the same things as you are.
There is also plenty of support in this community also when you need or want it.
Good luck in your journey.
I am happy that your meeting went well.
It is comforting to be around people that are going through the same things as you are.
There is also plenty of support in this community also when you need or want it.
Good luck in your journey.
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Originally Posted by rubyred 
Hi again and thanks for your replies. Well, i went, all on my own, and i was so nervous! I shouldn't have been though because they were all very nice indeed, and very welcoming. I didn't have to say anything at all if i didn't want to, one lady said the best thing was to 'just listen'. I did and i have to say i was very impressed. I really want to sort my life out, so i felt i had nothing to lose. I'm so glad i went, i even got a silver chip and everyone clapped lol!!! It was funny and sad, uplifting and inspiring. I will go back! Good luck to everyone xxxx
I enjoyed my first meeting
I also went thru the feelings you did.
Wish you well on your road to recovery
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Arizona
Posts: 49
ME TOO - 1st AA meeting!
Well, after Day 2 of detox (yesterday) and joining in on Chat and meetings I got the nerve to go to my first DEDICATED meeting, meaning that I had gone to other meetings with friends, but this was for me!
Interesting story, AA website had not been updated so there was no meeting at the location where I and a few others showed up. I knew of another large meeting (not exactly close by) and rather than go home, drove straight there.
I now KNOW that this is my time and that I want to be happy.
Oh, did call AA today to find another location for tonight, I think I will find my sponsor!
Keep going back and yeaaahhh for you - us! Thanks to all at SR for the great encouragement, it has made such a difference...already...
Interesting story, AA website had not been updated so there was no meeting at the location where I and a few others showed up. I knew of another large meeting (not exactly close by) and rather than go home, drove straight there.
I now KNOW that this is my time and that I want to be happy.
Oh, did call AA today to find another location for tonight, I think I will find my sponsor!
Keep going back and yeaaahhh for you - us! Thanks to all at SR for the great encouragement, it has made such a difference...already...
Attitude of Gratitude
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Posts: 2,305
Welcome to the SR Family! I'm so glad you went to a Meeting! Working the Steps of AA and the fellowship are both an enormous part of my Recovery. I know if I hadn't worked the Steps, I would have never been able to stay clean and be in Recovery.
Just taking the chemical out of an alcoholic/addict isn't enough. I know many who are more unhappy now that they are just clean, than they were when they were using. Now that the chemicals we used to numb ourselves with are gone, we have to feel all of those feelings, face the wreckage of our past, find the tools to deal with everyday living . . . without chemicals. For some of us, it has been the better part of our lives that we used so there's many issue to sort through and deal with. The Steps helped me to do all of this.
I hope you will continue to share how your doing on your Journey in Recovery. . . the good, the bad and the ugly. And eventually the bad and ugly will just fade away after you've dealt with these issues and you will find all the good that life has to offer each and everyone of us.
God Bless,
Judy
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Baghdad
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Originally Posted by TiredofTired
Well, after Day 2 of detox (yesterday) and joining in on Chat and meetings I got the nerve to go to my first DEDICATED meeting, meaning that I had gone to other meetings with friends, but this was for me!
Interesting story, AA website had not been updated so there was no meeting at the location where I and a few others showed up. I knew of another large meeting (not exactly close by) and rather than go home, drove straight there.
I now KNOW that this is my time and that I want to be happy.
Oh, did call AA today to find another location for tonight, I think I will find my sponsor!
Keep going back and yeaaahhh for you - us! Thanks to all at SR for the great encouragement, it has made such a difference...already...
Interesting story, AA website had not been updated so there was no meeting at the location where I and a few others showed up. I knew of another large meeting (not exactly close by) and rather than go home, drove straight there.
I now KNOW that this is my time and that I want to be happy.
Oh, did call AA today to find another location for tonight, I think I will find my sponsor!
Keep going back and yeaaahhh for you - us! Thanks to all at SR for the great encouragement, it has made such a difference...already...
friend of bill w.
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: east coast
Posts: 218
AA is a lifesaver for me. I go to about four meetings a week. I get there early and stay late so I can get a chance 2 connect & get to know people. I plan my day around a meeting. I am looking 4 a spo sor rite now so I can start the step work.
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