Buggirl

I haven't been to an AA meeting for a couple of months and was going to go tonight, but really tired. Should I still go?

ScottFromWI

Yes, you should go.

48heath

Yes go bug girl,I am in Staffordshire as well and am going to a meeting tonight and I am tired,that would not have stopped me drinking.

Iconoclastic

It's easy to do the things I'm responsible for that I want to do, but one of the keys to my recovery is to learn to do the things I'm responsible for I don't want to do. Many of my most significant meetings were the ones I didn't want to attend.

If I don't know the reasons(s) why I don't want to attend, usually when this situation arises and I attend, I get to find out why I'm resisting. Also, sharing about this issue has the potential to help other meeting attendees relate.

Soberwolf

Yes you should go BG

BBQBOY

In the past, would you let something like being tired keep you from going out and getting your drink? I know I would have done just about anything to get a drink when I was active. So , I guess you can figure out my answer to your question. Best wishes.

MIRecovery

Yes

2muchpain

It seems that one of the common themes here when people decide to drink again is that they became complacent with their recovery plan. You should definitely go. John

GracieLou

Not sure about you but I was never, ever to tired to drink.

Yes, go to the meeting.

aasharon90

For me, married, 2 kids in school,
wife, stay at home mom, went to
meetings, many meetings, at different
times, which ever I could and would
incorporate in my family life schedule.

We all have different life schedules
and we have to work some sort of
recovery program that fits us and
no one else.

I was always lucky to have meetings
at all hours in the day, so if one didn't
work for me then I chose one that did.

I tried to find balance in my schedule,
being responsible, having time for family
as well as my recovery. For me, I couldn't
have one without the other.

Noon meetings worked well for me
for a long time. Id go, get what I need,
hearing what I need then return to my
family. Many times I went to 2 meetings
a day because I needed that recovery
understanding and communication there
where I didn't get it in my family because
I was the only one with an addiction and
program I was working.

I often checked my motives of why I
needed a meeting, checked my H.A.L.T.,
hungry, angry, lonely, tired.....or my
R.I.D.....restlessness, irritatability,
and discontent.....and if any of those
needed extra attention to then I took
care of it.

If I didn't do that then I wouldn't be
good for anything or anyone else.

Getting into a healthy, balanced
recovery routine can and would
prevent us from picking up a drink.
IMO as always.

Berrybean

Yes.

ccam1973

I would go... Each time I relapsed I got complacent in my recovery methods / support group.

Stay strong BG, you'll feel better after you go.

Ruby2

Yes, go. Ditto what ccam said. When I stopped doing the stuff I did in early recovery, I relapsed. Consider it a booster shot. And I was NEVER too tired to drink.

Ruby2

I was going to add this: If you have to ask, you know the answer.

Carlotta

Go. They have coffee at meetings.

Buggirl

Thanks for all the advice. It was taken out of my hands and I was too late getting back from work!

I have read some big book instead!
I am definitely going next week as it is the night before I go to my first camping trip of the year with friends and I must admit, even thought I forget about drink, I am nervous. I want to go as it's not just camping, it's a VW show and I am going to have to get used to the fact that folks drink and I don't! I will be stocked up on my fav soft drinks!

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Thepatman

good stuff ! You got this

3070

what would you do if you stayed home? would you sleep that whole time? bc if you have energy to watch tv, you have energy to listen at the meeting. if you are so tired its not safe to drive there, then ok. anything else is just an excuse to back out. and excuses can be a slippery slope into relapse.

thomas11

what she said.

Is there a reason (other than being tired) that you should not?

Buggirl

No excuses here, just working long hours. No desire to drink.