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Found a Mexican face to face support group! Yay!

Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd

It's late, 10:35pm, but I just got in from my first face to face support group meeting here where I just retired in Mexico, and it was wonderful to find a new home among more supportive folks like us down here.  It was a speaker meeting, and after the meeting was over I had to explain to both speakers why I laughed at times toward their presentation.  I wasn't laughing at them, I was laughing at myself.  It struck me funny that I could ever have doubted I'd fit in.  It turns out trauma and recovery are pretty universal, people are people everywhere, and they were just like us here, only in Spanish.  It was awesome.  I'm so grateful! :-)

Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
We can talk it over via private message if you'd like, Kerry. I friended you so we could, just as you said.

My face to face support group is quite wonderful. I've been to 3 meetings now, 2 of which I got to by cab, but by the 3d meeting I'd learned to ride the bus there. I'll be going to 90 meetings in 90 days just to get a rhythm going; they have a 5pm meeting I can get to right after my daily coffee with Ale.
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
I'm going to my 4th face to face support group meeting in a couple of hours. Word's getting out about my support group membership. My cleaning lady knocked at my door today asking if I'd meet her mom and talk her through some problems. I told her I'd be happy to meet her mom, but that I'm the one with the problems and I just try to be open to support from others so I can get through them.

Say a little prayer, won't you? I don't want to get off on the wrong foot here with folks thinking I'm some kind of expert only to let them down here when they find out I'm just a traumatized guy in recovery.
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
I dodged a bullet in that I didn't have to talk to my cleaning lady's mom about her "emotional problems" today because her mom had some kind of medical appointment instead. Whew!

My face to face support group meeting was cool yet again last night. I found out that the meeting leader is a professor, like I just retired from being. Off to meeting number 5 today now.