Alcohol Recovery Without 12 Steps Community Group
This group was created to explore various recovery paths for Alcoholism. We generally chose to explore paths outside of the AA model, or ones which incorporate, but are not limited to AA. Anyone wanting to learn and explore how to become free from alcohol addiction are welcome. Our main goal is to support each other with compassion and decency, while remaining open minded...
Well, I am off tonight for a Womenâ??s group. I need to get support numbers. I have not drunk for 2 days, but for some reason, I am not getting severe withdrawal symptoms but loads of full on cravings. I try to distract, having said that my concentration is the size of a newt.
Hopefully tonightâ??s group there will be fewer people. However, if I can stand up in my first meeting and say:
â??Hi I am Ruth and I am an alcoholic and a lady then talked how many issues she had had - they were so similar, almost identical to my own. The last thing I said was despite managing to stay off alcohol for 6 days, the drinking still followed an on/off cycle. I did finally say â??I cannot do this on my own.â??
I do not know how meetings work and whether I said too much for my first ever meeting. I guess there may be self-doubt.
Anyway,
Take care of yourselves and each other.
Ruth x
Hopefully tonightâ??s group there will be fewer people. However, if I can stand up in my first meeting and say:
â??Hi I am Ruth and I am an alcoholic and a lady then talked how many issues she had had - they were so similar, almost identical to my own. The last thing I said was despite managing to stay off alcohol for 6 days, the drinking still followed an on/off cycle. I did finally say â??I cannot do this on my own.â??
I do not know how meetings work and whether I said too much for my first ever meeting. I guess there may be self-doubt.
Anyway,
Take care of yourselves and each other.
Ruth x
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Ruth you can't say anything wrong in an AA meeting. You did great, don't be so uptight. Every one there knows what you are going through. My first meetings I was drinking still and they told me keep coming back no matter what, it'll rub off on you. It did I am seven months sober this friday. The program is not that hard if you realy want to stop drinking. I fought it for a while. If you would like to read my journal, request to be myfriend and you can see what my experience was like when I joined AA. Take care Hugs Randy
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There's no right or wrong, too little or too much. Some people can't utter the words and others completely break down and blubber away for minutes. That is the great thing about meetings, you have others who "get it."
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Don't sweat it.
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Ruth, just keep talking! Speak your truth to those other alkies in just as much pain and yearning for help as you are. Everytime you tell your story, you help someone! They will help you too especially when you don't know it... xx
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