coming_clean

I went looking today, an outcry for help...

I found a NA group here in my city, only a ten minutes bikeride from here.
So I went, after many years of selfreflection and study about my own addiction, I finally found the nerves to go..
It was awsome, about twenty people or more, a lot of people my age, male and female,

After the meeting they all hugged me and gave me a NA book with their phone numbers in it. I got my welcome key chain

This is what I need, I´m slowly coming to terms that I truely am powerless over my addiction. I can´t do this alone, I need the support and understanding...

It felt like coming home...

intention

I'm really pleased you were able to go. There's a lot of love, acceptance and understanding in those rooms which is invaluable when we are feeling helpless, hopeless and alone. The hugs are very important too and they can offer you a solution in the program.

Keep coming back.

NEOMARXIST

Nice one. That's a good positive step forward.

Peace

ChristinaW

I know exactly how you felt today! I was in AA about 14 years ago and had almost a year sobriety before I decided that I was no longer an alcoholic/drug attict. Well, when i finally broke myself and could no longer even look in the mirror I came back into the same rooms and meetings as before and was welcomed back with open arms. No one looked at me weird or turned their back on me no matter how bad I got. They just hugged me and said they were so glad that I made it back. Many sufferers with addictions and alcoholism never get a chance at a new life. I am so glad you decided to make that first move and go to a meeting. You will never have to feel the way you felt before the meeting ever again, if you just stay clean. Hang it in there and use those numbers when you are feeling the urge to use.

Kjell

Love me posts like this!

Congrats!

artsoul

That's wonderful, CC! I felt that way too when I went to my first AA meeting years ago. People would ask me what meetings were like, and all I could think of is that it's "like church SHOULD be."

Congratulations on reaching out - it's hard, but we SO need it.

coming_clean

If church would be like this, I would be a christian...

ManicPanic

Good luck.

ANGELINA243

NA--Never Alone, Never Again.... Sounds to me like you found a good group. Glad you felt welcome and at home there. We do recover.

augustwest

The war is over my friend. Welcome home. Welcome to NA! I strongly encourage you to do a 90 in 90, get a sponsor, get a homegroup, start working steps, and do service work. Do those simple things and your life will change without fail.

Congratulations, you're Never Alone, Never Again!

Keep coming back!

augustwest

Tell yourself:

JUST FOR TODAY my thoughts will be on my recovery, living and enjoying life without the use of drugs.

JUST FOR TODAY I will have faith in someone in N.A. who believes in me and wants to help me in my recovery.

JUST FOR TODAY I will have a program. I will try to follow it to the best of my ability.

JUST FOR TODAY through N.A. I will try to get a better perspective on my life.

JUST FOR TODAY I will be unafraid, my thoughts will be on my new associations, people who are not using and who have found a new way of life. So long as I follow that way, I have nothing to fear!