Hi. I have been visiting this site for quite a while and know that I need to do something. Um, I called the local AA to get a schedule but since it is Sunday it was an answering service. My question is, how do I know which meeting to choose or if it is the right meeting for me? This is really hard and I am really afraid but I know I really need to do this. Sponsor - how do you get one and how do you know this person would be beneficial to you? I know there are no guarantees and outcomes depend upon me, but I don't want to start this process and fail.
if you check a local protestant church or school there is liable to be a meeting at 7 and or 9 tonite;;;doesnt matter if its sunday also check synagohs anyway dont mind spelling. if you find a place they have different type meetings beginner etc... if you feel you need to go to a meeting just go to any one of them. even if you smell of whatever just sit down and keep quiet. if they go around the room asking each person who they are its ok just say a first name of anyone and state you just simply need to be there. you are gonna be ok and dont be surprized at how many people you may know are already there. its all ok ..i found when i first went years ago i had a drink on the way there and one on the way home i just knew i had to be there next month i have 10 yrs without a single drink. i was the worst boozer going
Thank you so much, Joe. I haven't found the courage to go just yet but I am kinda doing okay. I am not able to tell my story yet. I figured I would at least have to tell the folks there why I came and I don't really know what to say or where to start. Like I said, I don't want to start this process and fail.
Bayr, just go.
There's no committment for the first meetings. Nothing is expected of you. You are not doing "ok," you just seem to be. Grab the glimmer of light that you are experiencing and go for it with all your might. It just might be God calling you to his loving care.
As with many things in life, just showing up is half the battle.
There's no committment for the first meetings. Nothing is expected of you. You are not doing "ok," you just seem to be. Grab the glimmer of light that you are experiencing and go for it with all your might. It just might be God calling you to his loving care.
As with many things in life, just showing up is half the battle.
Jan, 8th. Hi my name is Ginny sue. This is the first time that i have visited this site. I have never had treatment, but i am in the beginning stages of being sick of my self. I have been hiding and lying to my husband for a long time and i am sick of it. He does not know that "I am an alcoholic". I hide how much i drink and I hide that i am drunk. I do this by keeping my mouth shut when i get drunk. If i start talking it is a give away. Eventually he falls a sleep in his chair and i continue to drink my self to oblivien. When i read the letter that BOB B. posted hello old friend signed by i am alcohol i had to write to you all. I want to stop drinking i hate how i feel in the mornings. I cant remember the night before. I am killing my self. Please help me.
Ginny Sue, thank you for your very honest post and thank you for turning to us for help. You have taken a very important first step in sharing with us what you have probably told no one else. We can help you -- be assured of that. Just stay with us awhile until you sort a few things out -- one small, very small step at a time. You want something better -- that is very clear from your letter to us.
Write us back and let us know that you are still with us, please, and that you are willing to listen, talk and chat a bit.
Although we are strangers, we care about you and what you and your husband are going through.
Write us back and let us know that you are still with us, please, and that you are willing to listen, talk and chat a bit.
Although we are strangers, we care about you and what you and your husband are going through.
