Need a meeting buddy...
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Mountain West
Posts: 96
Need a meeting buddy...
You know how they say the best way to start an exercise program is to find an exercise buddy? Well I think the best way for me to find a recovery program is to find a buddy! Is there anyone out there who hasn't been going to meetings/would like to start again, but is a bit nervous? I've gone to several when I lived in the east, but not since I moved out west. I printed out my local meetings schedule, and I think I am ready to start the recovery process again...I have been feeling SO lost lately, and I think it's time to work on that. I was thinking we could each pick a night that works for us to go, then talk about it when we get back. Maybe if I knew someone else just as nervous as I am was also sitting in a circle somewhere else in the country, I would be a bit less anxious. Lemme know if any of you are interested!!
get it, give it, grow in it
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Calif coast
Posts: 3,167
there is no reason for fear.
Go to a few mtgs. to find one that feels right for your home mtg.
Then reach out to make friends there and use their phone list.
I have met and kept two of my best friends in alanon in the past 5 1/2 years.
Go to a few mtgs. to find one that feels right for your home mtg.
Then reach out to make friends there and use their phone list.
I have met and kept two of my best friends in alanon in the past 5 1/2 years.
Living in a Pinkful Place
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 7,545
prayers to all of you reaching out for that first meeting, or that first meeting in a new area -
I remember how tough it was to walk in that room - how much my stomach was in knots. Then I remember the gentle smiles - the warmth of friendship in the room - the feeling of acceptance and soft peace that slowly entered my inner self as I set in a room of strangers but yet somehow it felt like they understood.
Remember in recovery we have choices - give a meeting 6 tries is what we suggest in our home group - if you don't feel a connection, sense the recovery, then you are welcome to try another group.
After all what is 6 nights compared to the yrs of misery we have already been thru - right?
Remember it's ok to cry, to not cry, to talk, to not talk, to read, to not read -
everything is ok.
wishing you serenity, joy and courage to take that step,
Rita
I remember how tough it was to walk in that room - how much my stomach was in knots. Then I remember the gentle smiles - the warmth of friendship in the room - the feeling of acceptance and soft peace that slowly entered my inner self as I set in a room of strangers but yet somehow it felt like they understood.
Remember in recovery we have choices - give a meeting 6 tries is what we suggest in our home group - if you don't feel a connection, sense the recovery, then you are welcome to try another group.
After all what is 6 nights compared to the yrs of misery we have already been thru - right?
Remember it's ok to cry, to not cry, to talk, to not talk, to read, to not read -
everything is ok.
wishing you serenity, joy and courage to take that step,
Rita
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