5 months - first AA meeting
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Join Date: Mar 2015
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Aw guys - I'm so glad you're not just AI!
I'm up and ready. Really tired but got better directions and I'm gonna go. Thank you!
Hope everyone has a lovely Sunday. I'll be back later to let you know how it went.
Thanks for being here <3
I'm up and ready. Really tired but got better directions and I'm gonna go. Thank you!
Hope everyone has a lovely Sunday. I'll be back later to let you know how it went.
Thanks for being here <3
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 6,348
Originally Posted by FreeOwl 
as powerful as this place is, there is still a tremendous value to hearing the tenor of people's voices and laughing with them and feeling moved by them.... being there when the beaten newcomer shows up.... feeling the intensity of the one who has returned from a relapse.... being there for others... giving a hug and a medallion... holding hands in a circle.
We humans need human community - perhaps none moreso than those of us who have known the isolation of addiction.
Congratulations on 5 months and on taking this step.
We humans need human community - perhaps none moreso than those of us who have known the isolation of addiction.
Congratulations on 5 months and on taking this step.
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Join Date: Mar 2015
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Hey guys - I attended the meeting in my city this morning and I'm happy to tell you I felt good by the end. Of course, all of your advice and words were true. It wasn't nearly as terrifying as I'd anticipated. I met some good people. Got a temporary sponsor and finally felt safe. The things people shared stunned me - purely because they were saying so much that I thought only I was experiencing. I was so sure, so so sure, I was the only one who felt these things. It's an amazing relief to know there are survivors, to see that people live through this and live well.
I am so grateful for every person in recovery who comes together to support each other, to teach us noobs, to share with each other so that we don't feel so isolated.
I am so grateful for every person in recovery who comes together to support each other, to teach us noobs, to share with each other so that we don't feel so isolated.
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Originally Posted by Jdvivre
Hey guys - I attended the meeting in my city this morning and I'm happy to tell you I felt good by the end. Of course, all of your advice and words were true. It wasn't nearly as terrifying as I'd anticipated. I met some good people. Got a temporary sponsor and finally felt safe. The things people shared stunned me - purely because they were saying so much that I thought only I was experiencing. I was so sure, so so sure, I was the only one who felt these things. It's an amazing relief to know there are survivors, to see that people live through this and live well.
I am so grateful for every person in recovery who comes together to support each other, to teach us noobs, to share with each other so that we don't feel so isolated.
I am so grateful for every person in recovery who comes together to support each other, to teach us noobs, to share with each other so that we don't feel so isolated.
Keep going back - it works if you work it
xxx
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