Go online for your local intergroup office. If you call them they could give you plenty of choices for meetings. When you go to a meeting in your area, get a meeting book, they'll probably cover your large territory for options.
Welcome, and congratulations on your 5th day!

One day at a time. Women, stick with the women (men w/ men). Get phone numbers. Go to meetings (90 meetings in 90 days is suggested and you'll probably want to go!) Get a big book and read it. Get a sponsor. Try to talk to people at the meetings, go early and leave late, and take requests to go out after with people. Anyway I hope that's not too much. I guess it's about redirecting our efforts to drink into our efforts to be well and recover. :)

Yeah, I figured a women's group would be best, but I'm so limited. Beggars can't be choosers. I'm going to give AA a try but also going to look for a Rational Recovery as well, I'm not sure if AA is, well, "modern" enough (please, NOT to offend anyone) for me.

I know it can work, but the groups I've been to in the past were really into pushing me to share upfront and the chanting at the end bothered me. Are ther alternatives or am I just being picky? I will take whatever support I can get, but I also suffer from bipolar, depression and anxiety. The anxiety makes it really hard for me to work well in groups that make me feel uncomfortable, I'm even off work now because of it... and I'm in SALES... I'm supposed to "play well with others"!

SIGH. At least I can say honestly this time it is not an excuse to drink. I have the Big Book, so I do have the tenents and the tools.

I'm glad I found this at least. And tonight come 5pm I will make totally sure I am not HALT!!!!

Hello and welcome to the group. I'm bp as well. I think when loved1 said women with women and men with men it was in reference to sponsorship and possibly out of group friendships. I don't think it was intended to mean you must go to a women's meeting. Those are pretty rare in my area.

Well done, seek help and do keep coming back

Trickey

Thanks, Trickey. I'm trying, absolutely no alcohol in the house and as long as I stay away from the store after 4pm I'm "safe" from buying the stuff.

I'm dealing with depression too, so it's easier not leaving home, maybe that's why it's been easier to abtstain for these last days.. I just don't leave the house LOL/not. Oh well.

You should go on-line to get a list of other Aa meetings. If you still can't there is also and e-Aa. If you want the link send me a line. I'll give it to you. It's great having other options.

Stay strong. And celebrate every day that you are sober with a muffin and a candle. When you blow out the candle, say thank you for another day sober and looking forward to tomorrow. It may sound weird but celebrating you sobriety is a wonderful way of being proud of yourself and stay positive.

Keep up the great work.

Instead of looking for a convenient AA meetings you should be going to as many meeting a day as you used to drink.

Just go and go and go. Then somewheres along the line you will know when to fine the right meetings and where.

Pawn,

As I have to go to the store tonight I am picking up a bunch of mini muffins and some candles, great advice. Would love a link to eAA meetings, as I sometimes can't drive bc of panic attacks.

Simon, Didn't get the "as many meetings as you used to drink... e.g. if I drank 5 glasses of wine go to FIVE meetings each day??? Aren't the meetings around an hour each? Even if I didn't suffer from bipolar/depression/anxiety I don't think I could make that.

Meetings are all over the world, at different times you can always find one.

Go to this discussion topic. theres a link for an online meetings..
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