scaredykat

Just wondering what everyone's favorite meeting is if they have one. I know that there all good. But my favorite in my area is Living Sober. We read a story from the Living sober book and break up into groups and discuss it. I love that book. It's simple and to the point.

My home group is also my favorite. It open discussion group. I couldn't decide at first which meeting I wanted for my home group. In the end I pick the discussion group because it was my home group years ago before I left for all these years. I'm glad I'm back. They missed me.

Barb

nogard

my fave AA meeting is a lunch time one in the city the meeting is called the gallery. There is always lots of people there and often visitors from overseas. It has a strong message and many characters a lot of them OCM's. I also love it as it was the first meeting I ever went to. These days I attend NA meetings but still go to the gallery and one other samll local AA meeting.

Kevin

best

Outside of the doors and in fellowship with others doing what we like doing sober.
Wanna go for a bike ride?

My favorite meetings... my quiet time in the morning and my thank you time at night.
Only two people at those meetings...Me and God.

stone

My weekly step meeting is my favourite. Really peaceful atmosphere, nice people and nice room. I made it my home group last week.

Luckyv2

Easy Does It Group of Narcotics Anonymous located at 6th and elm at the alono club in North Platte Ne.

Rowan

Women's 12 step study meeting, my home group. Anywhere from 11 to 27 women there, it was my first ever meeting. We read a few pages of the current step, then discuss it. This week we are on step 11.
Great thread, Barb. Thanks.

barb dwyer

Monday night candlelight meetings.

Rusty Zipper

scardey...

the once a month monday night business meeting...

it has taught me more about myself, and recovery then all the Big Books combined!

patience and tolerance! lol

xxoo, rz

barb dwyer

the candlelight meetings for me, because both of my 'first meetings' one years ago, then the one when I came back this time ... were that night. Odd, but true.

And I love it that it's even without candles - they put up christmas lights ... it's just cheesy enough to feel like home. I love that.

scaredykat

I just wanted to thank everyone for their responses. The thank you button still doesn't work.

I was just curious if people had favorite meetings like myself.

Rowan- I wish we had a woman's group in my area I know we use to years ago. I don't know what happened.

Barb

Grateful Heart

My favorite meetings are the "As Bill Ses It" book study meetings! GH

Jersey Nonny

Hmmmn...I had to give this some thought, and come back to the thread.

Over the years, I belonged to several different home groups, which (of course) were my favorites: Clifton Saturday Night (I joined that one because the guy I started dating belonged to it...I stayed with the group long after he went back to drinking); Nutley Friday Night (it was a candlelight meeting...a very warm atmosphere, and a lot of old-timers); Lyndhurst Saturday noon-time (had to join it when I started a part-time job working Friday nights).

Then, there was a lunch-time Commuter Meeting...mostly business/professional people who hit the meeting at noon...but, there were also a few down-and-out homeless men who may have just come for the coffee (but, at least they were "sober" for an hour a day).

Once a month, I looked forward to a "breakfast meeting" held at Straight & Narrow, Paterson, a drug/alcohol rehab/half-way house. There was a Catholic mass at 9:00 with a choir composed of recovering addicts/alcoholics...at 9:30 we were served a simple breakfast of bacon or sausage and scrambled eggs.

I was told in early sobriety that "the best group" should be your own. Very often, I would hear speakers declare from the podium, "My name is_______, and I'm an alcoholic. I'm from the ___________ Group...the best group in New Jersey."

scaredykat

We have one meeting in my area where the people say My name is _____ and I'm and alcoholic. And I'm a proud member of this group. Then everyone in the group yells out "yes you are". That's not one of my favorite meetings. I don't care for it much because there's some people there that make me feel intimidated. I don't feel comfortable there. I don't go there much. My other meetings I feel fine and love them.

Barb

Jersey Nonny

Are you sure you're not from New Jersey?

parentrecovers

my favorite alanon meeting was my first one. getting there the first time is tough. after that, easier...

Astro

Big meetings, small meetings, spiritual meetings, BB meetings, Step meetings, speaker meetings, they're all good! I take the good stuff and leave the rest.

NOMOMERLOTMAMMA

My favorite meeting is my Tuesday night speaker/discussion meeting. That's my home group...lots of oldtimers, also we always get court ordered folks, some of whom keep coming. Always awesome speakers..and some great support there for sure.

Kellye C

I like our open discussion meetings, I like our Step Study meetings and I love our newcomer's meeting and ask-it basket meetings but I think my favorite is our ladies meeting. That was the first meeting I went to at this group. It is where I feel safe showing the real me and my emotions. It is usually well attended with anywhere from 15 - 30 ladies ranging in sobriety time from days to 25 years. I learn so very much by watching these ladies go through situations, share about them, and then getting to see how they come through to the other side still sober.

Take care,
Kellye

Dom

Beginner meetings, I goto one where there are comfortable chairs and usually 4-6 guys, 8 tops.

Emimily

my favorite meeting is my home group, Came to Believe, on Monday nights. i got to be the trusted servant for every Monday in July and August and it was wonderful! i also like the ten p.m. meeting in my area on Wednesday (an As Bill Sees It meeting led by one of my closest friends... who also knew my mom in early sobriety, when I was in her tummy!) and Thursday (a candlelight open discussion). good stuffs... good folks... there's a bit of drama that happens at the ten p.m. meeting sometimes, but overall, what an awesome resource if you can't make it to a meeting during the day. a ten p.m. every night group is amazing, really.

i love my AA family...