Alcoholism Support Group

Hi all,

So I am looking for some ideas. My Girl friend has been sober 6 months and is doing well. But AA meetings here are small (2-3 people much of the time) and very cowboy/male dominated and its a little hard for her to really connect at times. We live in a VERY small community in Wyoming where the nearest town is more than an hour away and we have 3 young kids we are raising while working full time, so time is a precious thing.

There is a womens meeting once a week here that she goes to, but it starts the moment she gets off work so its hard to get there and still eat dinner and help kids with homework and such. I have told her I will take the kids and do all that stuff so she can hit that meeting and then have coffee after maybe - a night to herself with people in recovery and all that. So that should help. But again...its a really small meeting and its not unusual for only 2 people to be there week after week.

My home group is on Monday nights and I am a male cowboy type so I fit right in. I have been sober many years now and know the importance of meeting attendance but I really do see what she is talking about in terms of finding a group she can connect to.

So I am wondering what else is out there for my lady love to try? We have an NA group I guess she could look at. There is a therapist is town, but that might be a little to expensive for us. I just don't know.

I got sober through AA and am a big believer in that program. But it seems like there are other avenues to recovery I hear about now and I am leery of them...but if they would work for her maybe she could look into them. Hell I don't know.

Thoughts?
Posted on 11/04/09, 11:11 am